The Dissertation Survival Packet

Everything you need in one place.
The Dissertation Survival Template Packet is your all-in-one toolkit for planning, writing, and completing your dissertation. It includes step-by-step writing templates, progress trackers, interview and data protocols, IRB checklists, APA reporting guides, and defense preparation tools—so you always know what to do next. This is the same structured system our coaching clients use to stay organized, reduce anxiety, and finish their dissertation faster. Designed from real doctoral milestones and aligned with APA 7th-edition standards, this packet helps you plan, track, write, analyze, and defend your entire dissertation with confidence and clarity.

$29.00

Inside this packet, you’ll find:

✔ A full progress-tracking system

Break your dissertation into clear, manageable steps with:

  • Monthly goal-setting & word count tracking
  • Weekly writing planners
  • Chapter-by-chapter status check-ins
    These tools help you monitor momentum and stay on pace.

 

✔ Chapter Templates for Every Chapter (1–5)

Each chapter includes structured writing frameworks with prompts, fill-in sections, sentence starters, and guidance for:

  • Background & problem statements
  • Gap identification
  • Research questions
  • Methodology design
  • Results reporting
  • Discussion & implications
    These templates translate academic expectations into simple, actionable writing tasks.

 

✔ Methodology & Data Protocols

Whether your study is qualitative, quantitative, or mixed, the packet gives you:

  • Interview protocols
  • Data cleaning checklists
  • Statistical assumption testing guides
  • APA reporting snippets
    Everything you need to collect and analyze data with rigor.

 

✔ Literature Review Tools

Includes a complete Literature Review Synthesis Matrix that helps you:

  • Compare/contrast studies
  • Identify true gaps
  • Organize themes
  • Write a structured, publishable Chapter 2

 

✔ IRB Application Checklist

A full ethics-review prep list covering:

  • Required documents
  • Consent forms
  • Recruitment materials
  • Data security plans

 

✔ Final Defense Preparation System

Get ready for your committee with:

  • A 20-minute defense slide outline
  • Logistics checklist
  • Anticipated Q&A questions

What is your methodology?

Quantitative (statistics)/Mixed Methods (statistics plus qualitative data)

Qualitative (case study/phenomenology/discourse analysis/literature reviews, etc.)

Not sure?