I like to track time over projects.
I also like to think of very large projects as software–both require iterative attention, laborious meetings, extensive “back-end” work, and administrative oversight. The dissertation-as-software model doesn’t seem popular, though, so I am using tools in somewhat new ways.
Here are some graphics I made over a year ago (oof) to effectively draw a red, “you are here” X on the map.
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- Effort Breakdown by Weekday
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- Effort Breakdown by Task
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- Ticket Dependency Graph
PhDammit 