Module 1: Research Strategy and Planning

Organiser

	Topic	Subtopics	Activities	At your University
	Introduction
	1. Research strategy – an introduction For each topic, read the topic material via the link in this column before reading the subtopic material.	1.1 National and institutional research strategies	Activity 1: Looking at your university's strategic plan	At your University 1.1
		1.2 Research strengths and critical mass
		1.3 Your research strategy	Activity 2: Your research strategy
		1.4 Research teams
	2. Research planning – scope and concept	2.1 The idea	Activity 3: Prepare a SWOT analysis	At your University 2.1
		2.2 Building blocks		At your University 2.2
		2.3 People support
		2.4 Clarifying your project scope
		2.5 Funding considerations		At your University 2.5
		2.6 Timelines
	3. Project funding – grant seeking	3.1 Understanding the grant scheme		At your University 3.1
		3.2 Promoting your proposal	Activity 4: Prepare a sound bite	At your University 3.2
		3.3 The politics of funding		At your University 3.3
		3.4 The consequences of success
	4. Basic research project management principles	4.1 Research project management	Activity 5: Managing research projects – a self-review
		4.2 Project management process
		4.3 Project management areas	Activity 6: What makes projects challenging?
		4.4 Developing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
		4.5 Employing the WBS in your project planning and management
		4.6 Overview of project management strategies – design phase		At your University 4.6
		4.7 Overview of project management strategies – planning phase		At your University 4.7
		4.8 Overview of project management strategies – implementation phase
		4.9 Overview of project management strategies – closeout and evaluation phase
		4.10 Creating a project plan	Activity 7: Create your own project plan
	Module review and completion	Frequently asked questions
		Checklist
		Record of completion	Guided conversation The instructions for the guided conversation are in the "Record of completion" document.	At your University