Choosing a Visual Project Management Tool for a Solo Research Project
Why this matters for evaluating my project One of the recurring themes in the Research Project Management module of my MSc in Computer Science with Data Science has been that effective project management starts with reliable, up-to-date data — and visual tools are what make that data usable at a glance rather than buried in a to-do list. For my dissertation (data imputation on the Diabetes 130-US…
For my MSc dissertation research on data imputation in hospital readmission rates, visual project management tools were crucial to track an iterative process. Initially, I considered standard tools like Gantt charts, timelines, Kanban boards, and RACI charts, ruling out RACI due to lack of team coordination. Three tools stood out: Notion, Trello, and ClickUp.
After researching market usage, I chose ClickUp for its unified task data across Gantt, board, and timeline views. I implemented a Scrumban system with Kanban layout for iteration and fixed weekly sprints for checkpoints. To avoid over-engineering, I started with two lists (milestones and experiments) and only added complexity as needed.
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