Valeria Heimann studied mathematics and completed her PhD at Heidelberg University. She has been with d-fine since 2016, working at the interface of business expertise, processes, and IT. In various projects, she has supported companies in making complex structures clearer, more efficient, and more sustainable. Her current content focus lies in the areas of processes and Enterprise Architecture. Parallel to her work at d-fine, she studied Software Engineering with a focus on Project Management at the University of Oxford. These studies were supported and promoted by d-fine. For about half a year, she has additionally been responsible for the sales and marketing activities of a non-profit data platform sponsored by d-fine, where she drives its strategic further development.

Collecting, processing and analyzing data are central activities for virtually every researcher. Topics like data sharing and data publication are becoming increasingly important. Nevertheless, many research projects lack a structured and well-organized data management. This course is meant to give a general, discipline-independent introduction into various topics central to an efficient management of research data with a special focus on questions related to data archiving and data sharing. Both are central aspects of good scientific practice. Archiving and long-term preservation of research data are prerequisites for the scrutiny of scientific results based on the analysis of this data. Data sharing on the other hand increases transparency of research results and enables possible re-usage of data for new research questions, in combination with additional data sets and in interdisciplinary contexts.

In particular, the course will cover the following topics:
- Requirements on research data handling from universities, research funders and scientific journals
- Short-term and long-term preservation: formats, metadata, documentation, standards
- Open Research data, data publication and data citations: Where? How? Why and why not?
- Creation of data management plans for research projects

This workshop provides you with basic strategies and tools for an effective and efficient time and project-management. You will get specific ideas for improving your own approach towards organizing yourself and your work. The motto of the workshop is: Becoming a better, smarter, more focused time-manager is an evolution not a revolution. You already have a lot of the ideas and skills that you need. This workshop helps you to understand them in a deeper way and to commit yourself to really using them.

Contents in brief:
Successful project management (milestone plans vs. iterative incremental approach), basic strategies and tools for an efficient time and self-management (i.e. Pomodoro Technique, phases of productivity, implementation intentions), setting priorities, pragmatism and productivity).

Methods:
Input and discussion, individual and group work, coaching techniques.