In Part II of this series, I’ll tell you more about grant writing with the STAR method, but for this post I want to focus on why academics should consider creating Gantt charts to map out their time and manage it better.Ī Gantt chart is a map of your project’s schedule across time. My fiance is a financial consultant at one of “ The Big Four” in New York City, and he just so happens to have an MA in Philosophy, so when I go to him for advice about project management or grant proposal writing, he has unique insight into both the business world and academia.
It’s hard to keep track of it all! So when it came time to meet with my dissertation committee for our annual meeting, I knew that making photocopies of my CV wouldn’t give them a real, tangible update on my progress. We both juggle multiple jobs, projects, talks, leadership roles, hobbies, trips, and so on. I admitted that sometimes I only just barely manage to do them, and I said exactly the same thing to her. When I met with a colleague to talk about her Orals, she very kindly told me she had no idea how I managed all of the things that I do.
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