Meeting Min Log Sheet
Meeting Min Log Sheet
Project Proposal:
The proposal will be submitted electronically via the appropriate Moodle page. The following will
be considered as the minimum requirements for your Project proposal:
Title Page.
Executive Summary – A brief summary of the proposal, typically a single paragraph.
Table of contents.
Introduction – Introduction to project area. A statement of the problem - outline the value and
benefits to be derived from the Project and in particular who will gain from it apart from you. What
contribution will it make to the function of a company, organisation or other defined set of
individuals or group? Give a clear outline of any background information required, this will depend
on the Project topic area.
Rationale - Why has the topic been chosen? What is the industry or research need for you to study
this area?
Scope – clearly indicate areas that will be considered within the project and those that won’t.
Research question.
Aim: what do you ultimately hope to achieve by undertaking this Project?
Objectives: what steps will you need to take in order to achieve your Aim?
Description of planned Project – Provide an outline of how your Aim and Objectives will be
achieved. This will be expanded upon when you discuss Project Management.
Research Methodology – this is particularly associated with how the Project aim is to be achieved.
It covers which methods have been selected, their justification and what the alternatives were.
Depending on the Project subject area this could include a design process or subject-specific
approach. It could also include the choice of apparatus, equipment, software etc. Good Project
management will increase the validity and reliability of the outcomes. It will also address the area of
research philosophies and approaches.
Resources - Identification of likely resources that will be needed.
Initial Research, including your preliminary Literature Review. This will help steer your Project and
provide initial insights into areas of study, experimentation, analysis and other work.
Timing plan with key deliverables identified (usually a Gantt chart).
Safety assessment - Any potential sources of health and safety risk should be identified and ways of
eliminating the hazard discussed with your Supervisor. This heading must be included. If you
assess there to be no risks, there should be a statement to this effect.
Conclusions.
NOTE: You will need to define your aims and objectives for your first
assignment. An aim/goal is a point in time when you want to be; a level of
accomplishment you want to achieve. An objectives is the action or activity
you employ in order to help you achieve a specific goal/aim.
Supervisor:
Student:
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