“Failing to plan is planning to fail.” Planning is sometimes viewed as a tedious administrative task mandated by funding organizations or even your PhD school. In research, planning is a sophisticated mental exercise intended to reduce uncertainty and squandering valuable time that could be spent devoted to conducting real studies.

Planning is actually an endeavor that aims to: (1) optimizing the likelihood of success: producing outcomes in a restricted funds and time; (2) arranging your thoughts and obtaining resources in line with the project’s scope; and (3) foreseeing dangers, obstacles, and disputes.