Thesis management

Find a number of do’s and don’ts for this subject when writing a thesis:

• Structure
• Style
• Literature review
• Practical research
• Thesis management

Do’s in managing your thesis

• Plan per component: preparation (10%), data collection (30%), writing (40%), review (20%)
• Plan well ahead of your deadlines, you can always get flu
• Agree between deadlines that you have to keep
• Supervisor: create an agenda and a report for each meeting
• Supervisor: send very specific questions in a list about the mail
• Accompany: tell him or her which grade you prefer
• Once you started with pleasure on your subject. Think back to that!
• Plan well, then you stay motivated
• Answer the question: what does the world / my organization / science have in my research?

Dont’s in managing your thesis

• Send a whole “unfinished” thesis with “am I on the right track?”
• Do not prepare for conversations with your supervisor
• Lose motivation for your thesis
• Do not keep a log of discussions with your supervisor
• Calculate the number of pages per day (5 per day) and aim at them or plan too tightly