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Effective Research Project Management Techniques

Learn about research methodologies, project objectives, life cycles, network planning, classroom action research, and coping strategies in project management. Gain insight into generating proposals, project completion time, and reducing project length effectively. Enhance your project management skills with valuable resources and tools.

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Effective Research Project Management Techniques

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  1. Research Project Management Dr.A.Indira Centre for Poverty Studies and Rural Development, ASCI Capacity Building for Principals of DIETs 14th March 2007

  2. Learning Objectives • What is research? • Generating a proposal • Project management objectives • Project life cycle • Diagram networks of project activities • Estimate the completion time of a project • Determine how to reduce the length of a project effectively

  3. “if you want it done right, you may as well do it yourself”

  4. Research? • Basic Research • Applied (Action) Research Action research -- a form of self-reflective enquiry undertaken by participants in social situations to improve the rationality understanding the practices, and the situations in which carried out

  5. Community-based action research -- explicit set of social values • is democratic, enabling the participation of all people. • is equitable, acknowledging people’s equality of worth. • is liberating, providing freedom from oppressive, debilitating conditions. • is life enhancing, enabling the expression of people’s full human potential. • (Stringer 1999: 9-10)

  6. Resources • Public knowledge -- published" or made public. • Collaborative knowledge -- field incident database. • Shared personal knowledge -- notes, memos, job aids • Experiential knowledge -- experiential knowledge space. • A set of tools, test resources, and emulation systems which can simulate any of several customer operating environments

  7. Kurt Lewin, 1940s

  8. Generating a Proposal • Idea • hypothesis • Methodology • Budget • heads • Time Scheduling • Manpower

  9. What is a project? • Any endeavor with objectives • With multiple activities • With defined precedent relationships • With a specific time period for completion • Examples? • A major event like a wedding • Any construction project • Designing a political campaign

  10. Five Project Life Cycle Phases • Conception: identify the need • Feasibility analysis or study: costs benefits, and risks • Planning: who, how long, what to do? • Execution: doing the project • Termination: ending the project

  11. Steps for Classroom Action Research • Decide on a question--Meaningful and important to you. • Read literature on your topic • Plan your overall research strategy and data collection strategies • Collect data (refine methods as needed) • Make sense of the data (qualitative and/or quantitative) • Reach conclusions about your question. What is the practical significance of your findings? • Take action based on your conclusions • Share your findings with others

  12. Network Planning Techniques • Program Evaluation & Review Technique (PERT): • Developed to manage the Polaris missile project • Many tasks pushed the boundaries of science & engineering (tasks’ duration = probabilistic) • Critical Path Method (CPM): • Developed to coordinate maintenance projects in the chemical industry • A complex undertaking, but individual tasks are routine (tasks’ duration = deterministic)

  13. Both PERT and CPM • Graphically display the precedence relationships & sequence of activities • Estimate the project’s duration • Identify critical activities that cannot be delayed without delaying the project • Estimate the amount of slack associated with non-critical activities

  14. Gantt Chart Showing Each Activity Finished at the Earliest Possible Start Date

  15. The Critical Chain Approach • The Critical Chain Approachfocuses on the project due date rather than on individual activities and the following realities: • Project time estimates are uncertain so we add safety time • Multi-levels of organization may add additional time to be “safe” • Individual activity buffers may be wasted on lower-priority activities • A better approach is to place the project safety buffer at the end

  16. Coping Strategies 1. Don't Give Up2. Enlist the Help of Colleagues3. Keep a Positive Attitude4. Be Prepared to Compromise5. Be Generous6. Go Public7. Join a Local Action Research Group8. Establish a Reputation for Success9. Publish Reports in Journals10. Have Faith in Your Own Personal Knowledge

  17. Most formidable challenges • capturing expert/novice and peer-to-peer exchanges, making this information readily accessible to anyone who requires it at a particular moment and context. • developing a strong sense of ownership among team members, leading to greater levels of collaboration, sharing, and knowledge documentation. • finding processes and modes of access that best fit the working styles and preferences of team members

  18. Thank you!

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