How do you keep track of a thesis or long research project?

Hi everyone! I’m the maker of Kanban Pesquisa.

I built it after a long research project where my work was spread across a task app, a reference manager, Drive folders, spreadsheets and notes from supervision meetings. Keeping them in sync took almost as much time as the research itself.

I’m curious how others handle it:

1. What tools do you use today? Notion, Trello, Zotero, spreadsheets, paper?

2. What’s the hardest part to keep organized? Deadlines, sources, feedback from your supervisor, or working with co-authors?

3. If you supervise students or run a research group: how do you follow their progress without asking for status reports?

Your answers will shape what we build next. If you want to see how we approached it, there’s a public example project you can open without signing up: https://kanbanpesquisa.com.br/hub?projeto=example-estudos&secao=tarefas

Thanks for sharing!