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Planning a project: aims, steps and a timeline

HES 103 · Research and Study Skills for University Study — Week 12 of 16

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This week’s topics

Planning a project: aims, steps and a timeline

  1. Aims and objectives
  2. A simple timeline (Gantt chart)

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Produce a simple project timeline/plan.

Activity

Draw a timeline for a four-week mini project.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Foundations of Information Systems, 9.2: Project objectives and schedule · PDF · OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems (2025), 9.2 on defining objectives, deliverables and scope and building a schedule (a step up), pp. 348–349 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, 10.5: Gantt charts · PDF · OpenStax Introduction to Business 2e, 10.5 on scheduling work with Gantt charts, pp. 342–343 · for registered students
  • College Success, 3.7: Time and Task Management · PDF · OpenStax College Success (2020, updated 2023), 3.7: planning long-term tasks step by step, pp. 94–101 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Studying independently: planning your week
  • Week 2: What is research?
  • Week 3: Primary and secondary sources
  • Week 4: Finding information: libraries, databases and search engines
  • Week 5: Can I trust this source?
  • Week 6: Making notes from sources
  • Week 7: Referencing: why and how
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Plagiarism and how to avoid it
  • Week 10: Asking a good research question
  • Week 11: Collecting your own data: surveys and interviews
  • Week 12: Planning a project: aims, steps and a timeline
  • Week 13: Presenting what you found
  • Week 14: Reflecting on your learning
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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