10_apreparing your proposal
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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 $ey references
( :rovide a mini literature review
( ( to ; sources in detail 1 up to !
( Briefly e6plain each
( Briefly compare each
( 2dd your own insights
( #iscuss their value to dissertation' Reference in body using 7arvard with full references
in the references section at the end
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Referencing
' In te6t
' ,ampion )'!!!+ – reads as wea$
' ???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?
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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$ills
( Testing strategy development
( 0thics approach
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University ethics
' /eed to complete a fast trac$ 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$s
' #oes not involve animals
' 9r* none of the following – children )under D years+*no one with learning difficulties* people in custody*vulnerable people* people engaged in illegal activity
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University ethics
' Full ethics application' Loo$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
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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$ing ethically
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Research :rogramme )!!
words+
' #escribe the programme to be followed
' Include a stage by stage plan showing activities to
be underta$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$s
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Research :rogramme )!!
words+
' Testing – ( wee$s
( Test programme
( Function testing % personal
( User testing 1 ; % ! users ( ,onvention % criteria* or guidelines
' 0valuation and conclusions – wee$
( Reflection
( 3trengths % wea$nesses
( Future areas to e6plore
' Remaining time spent improving and re1improving
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#eliverables )(!! words+
' Identify the tangible outputs % products' 2nything produced of value
( #issertation
( :ublishable literature review
( 2rtefact
( Rough analysis8
( .odels % set of designs8
( Testing framewor$
( 2 set of re5uirements
( 4uidelines ( Results
( 0tc
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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