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Page 1: The Project Proposal. Main Headings Summary Project Background Project Description Project Aim Project Objectives Evaluation Criteria Deliverables Timeframes

The Project Proposal

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Main Headings

Summary Project Background Project Description Project Aim Project Objectives Evaluation Criteria Deliverables Timeframes and Project Plan Technical and Non-Technical Resources Required References

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Summary of Project

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Summary of Project

No more that 350 words To create the first draft, just answer

the questions on the following slide.

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Questions

1. What is the area of study?

2. What is the problem being tackled?

3. What does the literature say?

4. How did you tackle the problem?

5. How did you implement the solution?

6. What results have you gotten?

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Sample Answers1. “This research investigates the area of knowledge

capture in the domain of knowledge management.”

2. “By introducing a new technology into my work place the staff will be able to record their ideas.”

3. “Existing research indicates that their may be benefits to capturing the organisational knowledge.”

4. “In this work a Wiki server was be introduced into the workplace, and logins provided to staff.”

5. “The Wiki has a range of templates to support the range of approaches to ideas generation.”

6. “Results suggest that the use of this Wiki has aided in capturing key organisational knowledge.”

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Merge into abstract

This research investigates the area of knowledge capture in the domain of knowledge management. By introducing a new technology into my work place the staff will be able to record their ideas. Existing research indicates that their may be benefits to capturing the organizational knowledge. In this work a Wiki server was be introduced into the workplace, and logins provided to staff. The Wiki has a range of templates to support the range of approaches to ideas generation. Results suggest that the use of this Wiki has aided in capturing key organisational knowledge.

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Project Background

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Project Background

At least three pages long.

This is NOT to explain how you came up with the idea of the project, but rather to discuss some of the literature associated with your project area, without mentioning the specific research project that you are undertaking.

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Project Background

So it’s about setting the scene for the project and explaining background to this research

How does it fit into the overall context of your discipline (e.g. Knowledge management / Engineering)

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Project Background

Provide a couple of definitions of AT/IT/DA/KM that support this research

Provide several references in this section (between 10-15 at least).

Don’t talk about your specific research in this section

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Project Background

Include a few mentions of what people have done in the past,

And add in diagrams from their work...

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Project Background

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Project Description

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Project Description

At least a page and a half to two pages

The description needs to tell us two things, this is WHAT I’m going to do, and this is WHY I’m doing it.

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Project Description

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Project Description

Include a few diagrams to show the architecture of: The experiment The artefact The models

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Project Description

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Project Description

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Project Description

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Project Description

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Project Aim

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Project Aim

This is the “thesis” of the project Consider using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Verbs in stating your aim. e.g. “This research will measure how

Web 2.0 tools can improve collaboration and knowledge sharing”

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Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom, B.S. (Ed.) (1956) Taxonomy of educational objectives

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Bloom, B.S. (Ed.) (1956) Taxonomy of educational objectives

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Bloom’s Taxonomy

•Evaluation: appraise, argue, assess, attach, choose compare, defend estimate, judge, predict, rate, core, select, support, value

•Synthesis: arrange, assemble, collect, compose, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, manage, organize, plan, prepare

•Analysis: analyze, appraise, calculate, categorize, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine

•Application: apply, choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, practice, schedule, sketch, solve, use

•Comprehension: classify, describe, discuss, explain, express, identify, indicate, locate, recognize, report, restate, review

•Knowledge: arrange, define, duplicate, label, list, memorize, name, order, recognize, relate, recall, repeat, reproduce state

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Project Objectives

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Project Objectives

Typically between 4 and 7 objectives The objectives are the milestones in

reaching your project aim.

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Project Objectives

Suggested objectives Review appropriate research Identify interesting approaches Identify a range of opinions Design the experiment Execute the experiment Analyze the results

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Evaluation Criteria

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Evaluation Criteria

About half a page for this section

How you intend to implement and evaluate your research?

What methods are you going to use, both quantitative and qualitative?

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Evaluation Criteria

Can you find a formal framework for assessing the outcome the a previous project has already used?

Use standards? IEEE 829 Standard for Software Test

Documentation. ISO 9126 and ISO 14598 (which are

standards on software evaluation)

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Evaluation Criteria

Suggested criteria The suitability of the design The suitability of the experiment The suitability of the evaluation

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Evaluation Criteria

How do you evaluate the project? How effective were the tools you used?

Did the tools prove to be suitable? How effective were they at measuring

your research question? Did the tools accurately model the research

question?

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Evaluation Criteria

How have other researchers who have done similar projects in the past evaluated their projects?

Is there a standard model, framework, or instrument to be used?

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Deliverables

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Deliverables

Literature Review Dissertation Document Software Survey results on CD Etc.

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Timeframes and Project Plan

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Timeframes and Project Plan

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Timeframes and Project Plan

You need create a Risk Mitigation, Monitoring and Management matrix.

An effective strategy must consider three issues: risk avoidance, risk monitoring, and risk management and contingency

planning.

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Risk Mitigation, Monitoring and Management

Example: Assume that high staff turnover is

noted as a project risk

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Risk Management

Contingency Planning Assumes that mitigation efforts have failed

and that the risk has become a reality Continuing the example, the project is well

underway and a number of people announce that they will be leaving

If the mitigation strategy has been followed, backup is available, information is documented and knowledge has been dispersed across the team

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Risk Mitigation

• A proactive approach to risk avoidance is the best strategy. Develop a plan for risk mitigation. For example: assume that high staff turnover is noted as a project risk r1, some of the possible steps to be taken are these: Meet with current staff to determine causes for turnover Assume turnover will occur and develop techniques to

ensure continuity when people leave. Define a backup staff member for every critical

technologies. Double everyone’s salary

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Risk Monitoring

As the project proceeds, the following factors can be monitored:

general attitude of team members based on project pressures, the degree to which the team has jelled, interpersonal relationship among team members, availability of jobs within the company and outside it

As the project proceeds, risk monitoring activities commence. In addition of these factors, the project manager should

monitor the effectiveness of risk mitigation steps. Project manager monitors factors that may provide an

indication of whether the risk is becoming more or less likely

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Types of Risks

Discuss project-based risks only These are NOT risks;

I might get sick in the middle of my project I might get a promotion and be too busy in my job My girlfriend/boyfriend might run off with my best

friend My dog might run away My supervisor might now give me a lot of

feedback

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Types of Risks

These are risks; My test audience might not help me The tool I use might not fully match the

requirements I might not get the technology/software I need I might not get a lot of responses from my

survey Problems might take longer to solve than I

predicted

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RMMM Matrix

Risk Level of Risk Management Monitor Mitigation

1 Loss of any/all part or project

Moderate Develop a comprehensive back up strategy at the start of the project.

Ensure backups are being completed. Check files dates and sizes.

Keep daily, weekly and monthly backups on multiple devices.

2 Insufficient responses to questionnaire

Critical Keep log of answered questionnaires

Reference questionnaires completed against timeframe

Ensure questionnaire available to enough people

3 Lack of time for project due to settling in time in new work position

Low Follow plan for completion of dissertation

Continuously track dissertation progress

Allow an occasional annual leave day if behind

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Technical and Non-Technical Resources Required

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Technical and Non-Technical Resources Required

Access to people PC / Laptop / PDA / etc. Software Libraries

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References

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References

At least 20+ Up-to-date references In Harvard format