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Project Management for PhDs
4 Manageyour PhD 56
4.1 The Big Question 56
4.2 Product or Process 57
4.3 Time as a starting point 58
4.4 The Planning System for PhDs 59
4.5 Getting started 71
4.6 Difficult times 74
4.7 Exercises 76
Interview ‘ Morę and morę Applied Science teachers move on to PhD’
(Martha Meerman) 78
5 Futurę 82
5.1 Thinkingaboutyour futurę 83
5.2 Formulating goals 85
5.3 Make SM ART objectives 86
5.4 Action plan 90
5.5 Exercises 93
Interview: ‘Talk about your futurę needs’
(Kim van Bastelaar) 94
6 Timetowrite 96
6.1 Writing process step by step 96
6.2 Writing and supervision 102
6.3 Problems with writing 104
6.4 Exercises 108
Interview: ‘Writing can become this huge obstacle’
(Frank Zaal) 110