10_aPreparing Your Proposal

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CE""#$%-M Personal Deelopment and !esearch Methods Preparing &our Proposal

Recap

' Based on your intended dissertation

' You should have a rough dissertation idea forming

' Follow only the given format

' Use Turnitin before hand in


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Layout and allocation

' Title

' Introduction – !"

' #issertation bac$ground – !"

' #issertation aims % ob&ectives – '!"

' Intellectual challenge – !"

' Research programme – (!"

' #eliverables – !"

' Resources – !"

' )References integrated* and reference section at bac$+


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Title'

,annot be-' .obile /etwor$ing

' 01,ommerce

' #esigning web pages

' /eeds to be more along the lines of-' 2 dissertation to research* analyse* investigate*design* implement* test* evaluate and conclude onan 01,ommerce system for mar$eting services

' .ust have an artefact

( /ot &ust research % literature review


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2rtefact

' 2 product designed* built and tested

' ,ould be-

' 3oftware % prototype

' 4uidelines

' .odel % notation

' .ethod % module % framewor$

' Re5uirement specification % design document


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Introduction )(!! words+

' 2ssume reader has no e6isting $nowledge' Introduce the topic' Identify the problem'

3et a conte6t 1 Research % computing area ( 7ow does your pro&ect relate to this8

' 7ow does it relate to your studies )name your award+' Identify briefly the wor$ re5uired to solve the

problem' 3ummary written style % must be direct' 7ow are you going to test8


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#issertation bac$ground )(!!

words+

' Identify past and current wor$s' 9utline the $ey references

( :rovide a mini literature review

( ( to ; sources in detail 1 up to !

( Briefly e6plain each

( Briefly compare each

( 2dd your own insights

( #iscuss their value to dissertation' Reference in body using 7arvard with full references

in the references section at the end



Referencing

' In te6t

' ,ampion )'!!!+ – reads as wea$

' ???this wor$ is similar to that of ,ampion )'!!!+

' 2t the bac$ of proposal

' ,ampion* R? @?* ,rum* 4? :? and Liu* A? )'!!!+

TRIuMPh: A Method for Multimedia Interface Design*

I,3302 Int? ,on?* 3oftware 3ystems 0ngineering

and their 2pplications* :aris?



2ims 9b&ectives )(!!

words+

' 2ims )Chat you intend to achieve+

( 9ne aim or two as a ma6imum

' 9b&ectives )how to achieve aim+

' 9b&ectives need to be measurable' ,ould be-

( Formulate research programme

( Research of given areas

( Research design approaches ( /eed to develop implementation s$ills

( Testing strategy development

( 0thics approach



University ethics

' /eed to complete a fast trac$ or full ethics form for adissertation )but not at proposal stage+

' Fast trac$ application

' #eals with simple voluntary* consent etc?' Informs users of confidentiality issues

' 3hould have no physical or psychological ris$s

' #oes not involve animals

' 9r* none of the following – children )under D years+*no one with learning difficulties* people in custody*vulnerable people* people engaged in illegal activity



University ethics

' Full ethics application' Loo$s at perceived benefits against possible

ris$s

' Identifies potential ris$s and haEards' #iscomfort* distress and inconvenience

' Testing in general

' /eed to address human issues' Timings % rests etc?' ,onfidentiality of results



Intellectual challenge )(!!

words+' 2cademic challenges for you personally-

( ,arrying out a literature review

( Identifying strands of research to follow

( 2dding your own perspectives

( /ew programming s$ills to learn ( Cor$ing on your own % pro&ect planning

( Time $eeping – pro&ect mgmt

( Cor$ing with supervisors – ,onvincing%defending

( #esign notations etc?

( Testing approaches

( ,onclusions writing – critical evaluation

( Cor$ing ethically



Research :rogramme )!!

words+

' #escribe the programme to be followed

' Include a stage by stage plan showing activities to

be underta$en

' 3how milestones and deliverables

' Typical timescales )total 'G wee$s+

' Research % analysis – ' to ( wee$s

' Research % further investigation – ( to H wee$s

' #esign % method notations – ( to ; wee$s' Implementation – ; wee$s



Research :rogramme )!!

words+

' Testing – ( wee$s

( Test programme

( Function testing % personal

( User testing 1 ; % ! users ( ,onvention % criteria* or guidelines

' 0valuation and conclusions – wee$

( Reflection

( 3trengths % wea$nesses

( Future areas to e6plore

' Remaining time spent improving and re1improving



#eliverables )(!! words+

' Identify the tangible outputs % products' 2nything produced of value

( #issertation

( :ublishable literature review

( 2rtefact

( Rough analysis8

( .odels % set of designs8

( Testing framewor$

( 2 set of re5uirements

( 4uidelines ( Results

( 0tc



Resources )!! words+

' In detail

' 7ardware

' 3oftware

' Users8 – remember ethics

' 2dvice % e6pertise8

' Ceb space8

' Library


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Reference sources

' 2verage is around ! sources

' From

( @ournals

( ,onference papers ( Boo$s

( Internet

(/ot Ci$ipedia

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