1. An MSc Presentation Ronan Fitzpatrick April 2007 A dissertation life cycle

2. Incubation Proposal ResearchContributionValidation New Hypothesis Dissertation DisseminationApplication Presentation MSc life cycle

3. Incubation Searching around for ideas. Academic & Practitioner Calls for Papers (SEWorld & ITWorld) Build on what you know (Undergraduate or work project)

4. Proposal Structure & Format Academic/Practitioner input ‘Know it already’ pitfall Convince your supervisor that you have a project.

5. Proposal content Introduction Project background Project aim and objectives Intellectual challenge Research program Project deliverables Resources required for the project References.

6. Research Address title topics Depth & Breath Seminal sources Contact world experts Data gathering Data analysis

7. Contribution Synthesis New model, Framework, CSFs, Guidelines Proof of concept by prototype implementation

8. Validation Return to Academic/Practitioner/World expert Incorporate any feedback

9. Presentation Overview, presentation, summary Emphasise your contributions In research, in deliverables Avoid giving a lecture

10. Dissertation See ‘Crafting a dissertation’ for: Structure Content Format

11. Dissemination Conferences Journals Practice Course website

12. Application For academic use: As chapters, papers, deliverable As student readings For practitioner use: As tools and practice guidelines As part of your portfolio

13. New Hypothesis Learning from application Considering new research Formulating new hypotheses

14. Life cycle Any questions on life cycle?