There is the need to write in any project you do. What needs to be written, and how much of your time it takes will be different for everyone, but most scientists will underestimate how much of their time will be spent writing.

A scientific presentation is a great way to get exposure for your science because while you are speaking, you and your science are the centre of attention.

Regardless of whether your project was a success, ended badly, or fell somewhere in between, there should always be a proper wrap up of the project.

Most scientists at one stage or another are involved in the preparation and submission of an article or paper to a scientific journal.

For your science to have an impact, it needs to be accessible to as many people as possible.

It can be difficult to identify risks and the impact they might have on your project because you don’t know what you don’t know!

Risk management is what you do when a ‘risk’ becomes an ‘issue’, which puts you in the situation where you have to work out how you are going to manage this issue to keep the project on track.

Projects are defined by three main constraints – time, cost and quality. Managing the budget is part of the third stage of project management documentation to mitigate project risks.