MIS 650 Project Seminar

For either a research project or a campaign, the general goal is to increase our control over the world, either by acquiring knowledge through research or advantage through a campaign. In both cases, a convincing project proposal will

that the proposed project is worthwhile. Click on each criterion above for an explanation.

1. Describe your project’s goals

2. Focus on the need: new knowledge, process, procedure, or policy; what are the existing practical problems; review existing ideas or evaluations

3. What are the implications of this need? What will happen if the need continues? What specifically must be done?

4. Why hasn’t anything been done yet? Who else knows about this problem?

5. What would a solution look like?

Research:
Show that there is something lacking in current theory, that there is a practical problem requiring solution, that a new approach is required, perhaps a new area to explore involving new users, new technology, new organizational pressures, etc.

Campaign:
Show that there is genuine need for improvement in some process, procedure or policy in the IS field and that it makes sense to try to improve things.

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Satisfy the Need

1. Describe your new idea in as much detail as you can

2. Indicate how the new idea will fill in the gap, provide a spur to practical application, or supply new thinking to the problem area.

3. Show how you will establish the new theory or build the new process, procedure or policy -- with details on your procedures and expected results

4. Satisfy expectations that the project is feasible by a realistic budget for time, money, and resources

5. Raise and satisfy possible ethical concerns.

Research:
Describe your approach and how it will meet the need without creating new problems that must be solved in order for your research to be successful.

Campaign:
Describe in general terms what you will do to change things and indicate how feasible (difficult or easy) it will be to do what you are proposing.

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Conclude

1. Review the need-satisfaction link

2. Point out the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed research or campaign

3. Review the practical benefits

4. Paint a picture of “after the results.”

Research:
Show how the problem is neatly wrapped up by your proposed work.

Campaign:
Show how what you want to do can lead to the changes needed.

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