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Assignment: Agile Seminar Paper
The paper must be 12 to 15 pages in length (excluding, the abstract, the title page, tables, figures, equations, and references). The structure of the paper should be:
A. Title Page (see APA):
1. The recommended length for a title is no more than 12 words.
2. The APA manual has an example of a title page
B. Abstract (separate page, approximately half page) (see APA):
1. Provide a brief overview of the topic and introduce why it is a challenging and important project management issue.
2. Briefly discuss the content of your paper and the general conclusions you made from the results of the review.
C. Introduction (continues page, approximately 1-2 pages):
1. Provide background information and details concerning this topic that convey the importance and challenges of the issue.
2. Explain your reasoning for the methods (databases, search engines, etc.) you used to obtain literature.
3. Explain your reasoning for the methods (statistical, graphical, qualitative, etc.) you used to analyze the results of the review.
D. Literature Review (continued page, approximately 4-6 pages):
1. Provide a detailed review of the literature concerning the topic.
2. When discussing literature, try to group similar concepts together and then compare them with papers approaching the issue differently (e.g., financial versus human resources).
3. Include a variety of perspectives and viewpoints that thoroughly cover all aspects of the topic.
E. Analysis (continued page, approximately 5-6 pages):
1. Evaluate how much is currently known about the topic based on your literature review.
2. Discuss the quality of the literature found.
3. Present and explain the findings.
4. Evaluate the need and significance of new research.
F. Conclusions and Recommendations (continued page, approximately 2-3 pages):
1. Provide insight and recommendations concerning the topic based on your literature review and analysis.
2. Here often authors will identify areas for future research based on information discovered during the development of the paper.