ELEE1169 Research, Planning And Communications - University of Greenwich
You are required to write a proposal of a small-scale research project. The project should be relevant to the subject area that you are studying and should be completed within the period of nine months by 1 researcher (yourself, full-time). You will choose an appropriate date of commencement. The assignment is NOT your final MSc project, but the proposed project can be in relevant area of your final MSc project. Your report should not overlap with any other reports (either yours or not yours) by 20%.
PART ONE
• Write an abstract of your proposed project and provide a project title.
• Write an introduction to the research area, problems to be addressed and potential benefits to industry and/or the society.
• Describe the aims, objectives and scope of your project.
• Describe the novel points of your research (i.e., contribution to knowledge).
PART TWO
When you write this part of the assignment report, you should follow the instructions below:
• Obtain copies of 10 references that are of direct relevance to your project. Review the references and write your comments. For each reference, you should write one paragraph about its main contribution to knowledge, and one paragraph about its shortcomings]. You should not take the Abstracts and Conclusions directly from the references.
• Do NOT include the actual copies of the references in your report, use the Harvard referencing system to list the references at the end of your report, and cite the references in the main text.
• Based on your comments on the 10 references, write an overall summary of research gaps.
PART THREE
• Describe the approaches and techniques (e.g., case studies, data collection methods) to be use in your project
• Make a work plan by defining the tasks to be carried out during your project, and scheduling the tasks within the project period with milestones/check points in a Gantt Chart. You should give full explanation to the Gantt Chart.
• List key deliverables of the project and potential risks.
Attachment:- Research Planning And Communications.rar