Introducing ScrumAdemia: An Agile Guide for Doctoral Research

Organisation: Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences Swantje Schirmer (Vortragende:r), Jan Klenke (Vortragende:r), Rebecca Lohmann (Vortragende:r)

Lunchtime Talk

Leibniz PhD Network's General Assembly 2020, Online Event Organisation: Leibniz Gemeinschaft Désirée Reder (Vortragende:r), Jan Klenke (Vortragende:r)

This session shows how doctoral researchers can adapt SCRUM project management to deal with typical workflow-related problems during a research project

Organisation: Graduiertenakademie GradTUBS, Technische Universität Braunschweig Désirée Reder (Vortragende:r), Jan Klenke (Vortragende:r)

Doctoral Researchers face various challenges including receiving
training on research methods, regular supervision and feedback,
and loneliness.
While research institutions provide methods training, supervision
depends on the individual PhD-advisors, and information on PhDorganization is often limited on introductory self-help guides.
Experiences of loneliness due to the lack of working in a team can
also lead to mental health issues. Additionally, the long-term
prospect of a huge project such as a dissertation provides only few
rewarding moments on the way. Thus, the struggles of day-to-day
work organization are generally overlooked.
Scrum provides a solution to some of these issues by introducing a
team structure, regular meetings, and an iterative work style with
short-term achievements. Originating from software development,
Scrum needs to be adjusted to the very particular academic
context. This is why we came up with: ScrumAdemia!

Organisation: Leibniz Universität Hannover Swantje Schirmer (Vortragende:r), Rebecca Lohmann (Vortragende:r)

Wissenschaft als Beruf. Lunch Talk

Organisation: Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences Swantje Schirmer (Vortragende:r), Jan Klenke (Vortragende:r), Rebecca Lohmann (Vortragende:r)

Lunchtime Talk

Leibniz PhD Network's General Assembly 2020, Online Event Organisation: Leibniz Gemeinschaft Désirée Reder (Vortragende:r), Jan Klenke (Vortragende:r)

This session shows how doctoral researchers can adapt SCRUM project management to deal with typical workflow-related problems during a research project

Organisation: Graduiertenakademie GradTUBS, Technische Universität Braunschweig Désirée Reder (Vortragende:r), Jan Klenke (Vortragende:r)

Doctoral Researchers face various challenges including receiving
training on research methods, regular supervision and feedback,
and loneliness.
While research institutions provide methods training, supervision
depends on the individual PhD-advisors, and information on PhDorganization is often limited on introductory self-help guides.
Experiences of loneliness due to the lack of working in a team can
also lead to mental health issues. Additionally, the long-term
prospect of a huge project such as a dissertation provides only few
rewarding moments on the way. Thus, the struggles of day-to-day
work organization are generally overlooked.
Scrum provides a solution to some of these issues by introducing a
team structure, regular meetings, and an iterative work style with
short-term achievements. Originating from software development,
Scrum needs to be adjusted to the very particular academic
context. This is why we came up with: ScrumAdemia!