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Introduction

Define the purpose of the work with a title, overall aims, and an unambiguous and answerable research question. Explain the products of the work and those who will benefit from it. Be sure that you define the project scope specifically.
Markers will look for the extent to which: the problem is defined, relevant and appropriate; objectives are stated, suitable and SMART; outputs and beneficiaries are defined and credible; scope is fully defined, realistic and understood.

Critical Context

A critical description of the context in which the work will take place. A review of no fewer than 5 relevant documents should help you define and contextualise the research question and inform the subsequent choice of methods to be used. Academic literature should be used and sources cited throughout the proposal to inform the work and justify the statements that are made as the arguments develop.
Markers will look for: the extent to which appropriate literature has been identified and consulted, this work is used to inform the project with coherent arguments developed to justify and inform the proposal; levels of engagement with the literature; a comprehensive and systematic approach to searching the literature; whether references are evaluated and whether high quality academic references are used*; whether the literature is understood, synthesised and applied to the task hand; the sophistication of arguments used; originality in the arguments presented; the currency and relevance of sources used; important references or sources that are omitted.
*Note that broader sources, such as technical documentation, descriptions of competing products, applicable law, relevant software, text books and research methods literature may also be relevant — as discussed with your supervisor.

Approaches: Methods & Tools for Design, Analysis & Evaluation

A comprehensive description of the methods used to address the question. In some cases this may involve the collection of data, consideration of its nature and details describing how it would be analysed. Note that proposals must contain descriptions of planned analysis to enable the reader (including the researcher) to determine whether any data used are suitable for the task in hand. In others it may involve a description of an appropriate software design, development and evaluation methodology. In some cases both of these will be relevant. You must also be clear about how you will ensure that you are considering relevant legal and professional issues and accounting for the emotional, physical and intellectual well-being of anyone who is effected by your study — ethical issues must be described and discussed here with any concerns identified and addressed.
Markers will look for the extent to which approaches are: comprehensively described — they should be documented in detail* and discussed; appropriate — they must be aligned with the question in hand and likely to result in a successful project with robust answers; informed by existing research and practice; described in a manner that enables the reader to establish the likely quality of results; indicative of deep knowledge; specific; innovative — where innovation in terms of approach is shown to be necessary; evaluated in terms of any limitations, assumptions or issues of scope. These criteria apply to analysis, design and research ethics.
*Students often focus on data collection rather that analysis or where ‘Design & Create‘ is the focus on software build and technology rather than evaluation and acquisition of knowledge in their proposals. You must demonstrate that you know how you are going to establish answers to your research question(s) through your activity including any data collection or the development of (software, hardware, prototype) artefacts. These methods should be robust in terms of process and detailed in terms of their description.

Work Plan

A work-plan showing the steps required to complete the work. This must be presented in graphical form.
Markers will look for the extent to which: tasks are identified comprehensively and in detail; timings are realistic; dependencies are considered and milestones set; the work-plan is comprehensive, coherent and aligned with the rest of the proposal; the work plan is legible*, comprehensive, realistic, aligned with project objectives and suggests that the project is likely to succeed;
*We receive a surprising number of work-plans that are highly pixelated screen dumps of tiny unreadable text. Marks will not be awarded for illegible plans.

Risks

A risk register, documenting risks, their likelihood and impact, and procedures that will be put in place to mitigate against these risks and recover from them should they occur. A table is usually considered to be the best way to present this information concisely.
Markers will consider whether: a risk register has been completed along with impacts and mitigation strategies; the key risks are identified and compared in terms of likelihood and impact; listed risks are project specific, credible and show breadth of thinking in terms of risk source and type; it is clear how risks will be managed; mitigation strategies are appropriate and effective; innovation and pragmatism are evident.
Presentation
The proposal must be presented professionally with legible text and graphics, coherent arguments and appropriate structure.
Markers will look for the extent to which: the proposal is coherent, complete and legible; writing is fluent, concise and precise with a clear and persuasive narrative; arguments are supported by evidence and presented with consistency and clarity; referencing, citation, summarising, paraphrasing and use of quotations demonstrate best practice; opaque, repetitive or irrelevant text are avoided; the proposal is free of grammatical errors, inconsistencies and spelling mistakes;
Ethical, Legal & Professional Issues
All proposals must make reference to the Research Governance Framework established by the Department of Computer Science Research Ethics Committee (CSREC) and clearly describe any ethical issues that might occur in line with this advice. Indeed, a completed Ethics Checklist – Part A of the Ethics Review Form – must be submitted with all proposals to identify individuals or groups effected by the research and draw attention to issues that may threaten their emotional, physical and intellectual well-being.
Discussion of the issues that are raised and ways in which they will be addressed should be included within the main body of the proposal under ‘Approaches‘ to demonstrate capabilities in dealing with ethical issues in the RMPI assessment.
Markers will consider whether: the Ethics Checklist has been considered and interpreted comprehensively and responsibly given the nature of the project in light of institutional policy; responses are appropriate given the proposed research and consistent with the planned activity; any ethical issues arise that are not documented in the proposal; issues that are identified are realistic and accounted for adequately.
Ethical Review
Note that your proposal is not submitted for Ethical Review through the INM373 RMPI coursework and submission process, we are simply asking you to identify ethical issues and explain how they may be addressed here. So this process may draw attention to the need for an application for ethical review before the project itself can commence. Should this be the case, the process is managed after your RMPI submission in discussion with your supervisor through the INM363 Individual Project module.
Where Part A of the Ethics Review Form indicates that ethical clearance requires additional documents to be submitted — such as an application for Proportionate Review (Part B of the form) and associated consent forms, participant information sheets, topic guides, etc. — the form and associated appendices should be produced in discussion with your supervisor and submitted for ethical review after you have submitted your proposal in conjunction with the the INM363 Individual Project module and timelines. We do not need to see these when assessing RMPI, though you may want to discuss them when describing the approaches you will take in your proposal.
References
We strongly recommend using some of the excellent texts that have been written to support students when thinking about project topics, objectives, methods and deliverables.
You should use these in particular to identify and document appropriate research methods.

identify an appropriate research question and justify this with well informed and well-argued critical context;
explain the purposeof the work, its objectives, the products that will be generated and the intended beneficiaries;
describe the methods or approachesthat you will use to answer the question effectively and robustly in some detail — you need to show that you understand what you will do in terms of any design and build or data collection and analysis;
critically evaluatethe methods and likely results in the context of the question and the application domain showing that you have an understanding of the scope and reliability of the results that the planned work will produce — it is important to demonstrate self-awareness here;
develop a risk registerthat identifies risks, their likelihood, potential impact and mitigation strategies;
plan the steps required to complete the work and the dependencies between them in detail through a graphical work plan;
consider the ethical, legal and professional issuesthat are raised by the work that you plan and describe ways in which you intend addressing these issues effectively and comprehensively;
ensure that the work is informed by a survey and synthesis of relevant academic literatureand appropriate technical documentation where relevant to establish critical context;
presentthe proposal with a coherent narrative in a clear, consistent and professional manner that exhibits good academic conduct and includes a comprehensive reference list.

 
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