Reference no: EM133127550 , Length: 3000 words

Assignment Brief

Section 1 - Background, project rationale and relevance to your subject discipline (1500 words)

Note that this section should be supported with reference and evidence from the literature.

Outline what you want to do and why you want to undertake this work, some areas to consider are: , a gap in the knowledge base, continuation of previous research, personal motivation, skills set and career choices.
• Using relevant literature outline and critically discuss what relevant research has been previously undertaken, in the past, in your area of interest and why this project is necessary.
• Outline and critically discuss why the research will be of value, in the future, and what the anticipated impact of the outcomes will be.
• Set out and justify, where your work will fit in the computing body of knowledge. This is not a literature review.
• Provide a diagram such as a mind map illustrating the position of your proposed project in the computing body of knowledge.

Section 2 - Research question, Aims, Objectives Task list, Risk Assessment (1000 words).Please note: this section drives all the content of the execution of your project, you are measured against this in the assessment of your final MSc research project.

Research Question

You should aim to outline a research question or questions. Your research question(s) are the primary question(s) your project sets out to answer, or the problem you are trying to solve.

Aim

Expand upon your research question(s) and produce a summary of what your project will achieve in one or two sentences.

Scope, Objectives and Risk

Set out the project objectives. These are the steps you will carry out to achieve the aims and to accomplish what you have set out to do in the research question.

In this section you should be mindful of the criteria which will be used to assess your project report, see the marking scheme in the KF7029Digital Technologies Project Handbook (located under Blackboard assessment tab for KF7028).

For example, part one of the marking scheme for KF7029, MSc Project requires a literature review hence your first objective should be, "Construct a literature review (in a subject linked to the proposed area of investigation). A further objective needs to reflect the practical work that you will carry out in the execution of the project.

For each objective, ensure it is SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely). You should outline what will be delivered either to the project report or as a project artifact andestimate how long the objective should take in terms of days/weeks. Outline what research method/design you will adopt for each objective and how each method will support one another. Construct a statement that identifies how you will measure the quality of the contribution to the project. For example:

Objective 1 - Construct a literature review in the use of Artificial Intelligence and predictive systems for determining weather patterns and their effect on wind turbines.
• Deliverable - Chapter 2 in the project report, recommendations to be incorporated into either the practical work or in future recommendations.
• Duration 4 weeks
• Approach will be to systematically explore research in AI and predictive systems with respect to determining weather patterns in relation to renewable energy, specifically wind power systems, focusing on research in the last 5 years.
• Quality of the work will be judged on the use of literature, strength of the discussion, in termsof relevancy, logic, balance of the deliberation.

Task list
Break down each objective into tasks and produce a task list, each task should outline, deliverable, resources (all types) required, skills required, time required.

Risk Log
Either using objectives and or your task list produce a risk log (see example on your Blackboard Assessment tab) for your project. Each objective or task should be assessed based on risks, such as technical, personal, resources, time, and cost factor.
Gantt Chart/Monitoring and Control Table

Using your task list, construct a Gantt chart (see provided examples on the Blackboard module site).

Sources and use of Knowledge.
• Identify and justify a journal where your work would be relevant for publication.
• Identify and apply aspects of the standards for publication in the target journal that you can incorporate into your project proposal, so for example the referencing system, font style and pitch etc, instructions usually found under the journal's advice to authors.
• provide a short justification (with reference to previous papers in this journal) why this journal is a suitable place to publish your work.

Section 3 - Ethics, Legal, Social, Security and Professional Issues (500 words)

Drawing on the relevant literature, write out a separate section for Ethics, Legal, Social, Security and Professional Issues. In your deliberations discuss, explore, and define each of these issues (ethical, legal, social, security and professional) in relation to your project. Even if you think an issue is not applicable to your project, you should justify why this is the case. You must demonstrate that you understand each of these different issues and their relevance to research and the discipline. You should also consider what issues might arise should you publish your work and others take up further developments of your research.

References: these should be primarily used to support your Background, Motivation and Relevance section and your Ethics, Legal, Social, Security and Professional Issues sections All references in the reference list must also appear within the body of the report. There is no ideal number of references recommended but a guide might be no less than 10 - 15 sources should be used. The style of the references and citations should be as required in your chosen journal.