Once you’ve identified your risks you can then set about putting things in place to minimise or avoid negative risks, increase chances of an opportunity arising or its impact, and working out which risks should just be accepted.

A scientist is one of the few professions where failure means progress. No one wants their project or experiments to fail, but a large part of science is failing and learning it.

Communication is a skill that must be learned.

Communications can present the greatest risks to a project, as such, most funding organisations will require you to create a communications plan with your project.

There will always be constraints when you are managing a scientific project – things that just cannot be compromised on.

Timing is a very important aspect of research – especially regarding communication. .

Project management is a structured process to actively plan and implement strategies to manage risks to projects and identify and enhance opportunities.