Planning
Going into personal project I knew that I have bad time management skills. Handing this just on time, conciquentlmy not being able to produce the best work but also give myself more stress(than needed). Knowing this I had decided to plan the personal project better. Going into the personal project really late due to the hole pandemic and bad organisation I was already behind. To plan my work better I had created two calendar, one for the original dates and dead lines and my own calendar to catch up to these dates(pictures of calendars below)
Normal planning
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My planning
Orange Criterion A
Green Criterion B
Yellow Criterion C
I will be discussing the planning of my personal project. This will include a short, mid and long term planning. This is easiest to show on a calendar. Which will be attached to the journal. You may see a calendar which is highlighted with the specific colors of the phase. This will consist of the outline of each phase but also underlining important dates in the project. Underneath I will be stating the short, mid and long term planning:
Start of project(May)
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Long plan(May): Start investigation ask peers and mentor/supervisor any questions I have. This part of the process is very important as it is the beginning of the project. Kitowska Ania(2020) had written a website on "How to start a successful project", one of the suggestions were to understand the problem to the full extent. This was what I was basically doing, phase 1 investigation, doing research meaning subject specific understanding and defining a goal behind the entire project. For the long term planning I wanted to finish my investigating by the end of June(30th of June). This is because I know before hand that I would be staying in the Netherlands and I would be able to work on the project more.
Mid: Knowing that I would be able to work over the holidays I made sure I still did my work
Regarding about by time management skills, this was a very important aspect in the project. I knew before that I wasn't that good at managing myself, and really wanted to change my habit with this project. As most of my evenings are occupied by after school activities, I needed to find a way that I still could do my after school activities and succeed in my project. Knowing that at the end of the school year(June) the workload of the school tends to decrease I used this as and advantage point. Another advantage point was the summer holidays, as explained before I could use the free time in the holidays to work on the project. To keep it short I wanted to use both these advantage points to succeed while being able to do my after school activities. I highlighted this on a separate calendar, the phase one and two of the project would be reorganised however phase three(Action) would be on track.