Planning your Industrial Project: Risk, Ethics and Project Management ANW2036 Planning your Industrial Project: Risk, Ethics and Project Management
The research cycle
OUTCOMES FOR TODAY Q. Progress update? Please now liaise with me directly james.littlemore@moulton.ac.uk Moodle page is active; Studley Trust deadline 4th Nov (some eligible, not all). Aims: Prepare a basic risk assessment and discuss the ethical implications of your study. Produce a basic GANTT chart indicating the project plan.
Managing Risk Adherence to University of Northampton policy. Context. Task: Complete an outline risk assessment on the template – share with your neighbour for comment.
Ethics Ethics = morals, ‘norms for conduct in research’. Academic scandal! Scientific misconduct (fraud, fabrication of data and plagiarism)….. http://www.nature.com/news/publishers- withdraw-more-than-120-gibberish-papers- 1.14763 Watch: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science- environment-16554357 or http://bobnational.net/record/311750 . Comments? Q. Considerations for human and animal experimentations? Example https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7VP YGKM - critical comments? Q. So what are the ethical considerations of your study? Draw up a list and be prepared to share with your peers.
Planning Your Project: Tools of the Trade Planning your work (long-term): GANTT chart (=network diagram). Q. Why bother? A GANTT chart visually depicts a project schedule and work breakdown structure using an bar chart depiction. % completion can be tracked. Use the template available on Moodle.
TYPICAL GANTT CHART
TASK Draw up a realistic GANTT chart for your likely topic from now until May 2016. Step one: Identify your activity prompts and allocate a realistic time budget to each one. Step two: Now format your GANTT chart with labels for task, duration and times. When you are finished, ask your neighbour for comment.
Other Planning Tools Mind mapping: free online tools https://bubbl.us - can be exported Managing ideas: free tool http://www.evernote.com/ Planning your work (short-term): by day http://todokyo.com or by week (has an App): http://teuxdeux.com/ or http://www.mylifeorganiz ed.net/
What we Did….. Formatted a basic risk assessment and discussed the ethical implications of your study. Produced a basic GANTT chart indicating the initial stages of your project plan. MORE INFORMATION Review: http://www.readytoresearch.ac.uk/ Watch: BBC Horizon ‘Playing God’, BoB
Planning your industrial project : conclusive remarks Q. Can you now use these techniques for your actual project?