Seminar Advanced Method Engineering

Writing a research paper

Schedule

• Wednesday (Sep 28) 17.00h: Research question & approach

• Friday (Oct 21) 17.00h: Draft paper version

• Friday (Nov 4) 17.00h: Peer review

• Week 45: Final paper

Paper outlets

• Value of a method: ECIS– http://www.ecis2012.eu/– Barcelona, June 10-13, 2012– Paper deadline: December 1, 2011

• All other groups: RCIS– http://rcis-conf.com/rcis2012– Valencia, May 16-18 2012– Paper deadline: December 7, 2011

• Funding

Research question & approach

• Trigger / introduction• Main research question

– Optional: max. 4 sub research questions

• Research approach– Specify the type of research (e.g. design research, case study

research, experiment, etc.)– Specify the research steps– Specify the research outputs

• Use the ECIS / RCIS template for layout

• Deadline: Wednesday (Sep 28) 17.00h

Next seminar

• Discussion of research question, research method, and feasibility of your research

• Five short presentations in which you present your research question(s), research approach and planning– Max. 3 slides per group

Progress meetings

• Update on research projects, discssion about issues and problems, etc.

• Choice:– In-depth discussion of 1 or 2 research projects– Short progress presentations of all groups