ISYS3303 PROPOSAL - 10% of Final Grade This is a suggested and basic proposal. You may add other required sections (i.e. Keywords) relevant to your project and consult the numerous project proposal textbooks available. The maximum mark(s) available for a compulsory section are displayed. Remember, when using this template, you will obviously delete the various instructions and mark allocations. Student Name/s: Group Name / Number: 1. Introduction (200 words) - Marks Allocated: 2 What is the purpose of this project? Aim to offer a justification for your interest as well an argument about the project’s value. For example, can you provide a business case for what you are proposing? 2. Research Question/s and intended outcomes (150 words) - Marks Allocated: 2 Main Question Sub Question/s if applicable Provide a rationale for this / these question(s). Intended Outcomes of Project 3. Methodology (150 words) -Marks Allocated: 1 Primary / Secondary methods to be used. Please justify with references so that you have substantiated the methodology. (3 references minimum) * 4. Feasibility and Scope of the Study (100 words) -Marks Allocated: 1 Explain why what is being proposed is feasible. 5. Report Structure (proposed) -Marks Allocated: 1 This structure should reveal a clear and logical storyline. This storyline reflected in the headings and subheadings needs to answer a series of relevant questions (e.g. What is being investigated? Why is it being investigated? How is it being investigated? What scope and limitations apply? Etc. Etc.) 6. Project Timelines -Marks Allocated: 1 [Identify the projected tasks and anticipated completion times. Take into account the three (3) assessment tasks in this course as well as assessment tasks in other courses that you are taking this semester. Provide a weekly breakdown.] 7. References/Sources of evidence -Marks Allocated: 2 Minimum of at least 20 items. At least eight of these items should be key refereed references. * The items in your reference list should be formatted according to the guidelines published in the RMIT Business College Referencing Guide. Your reference list should contain an introduction that describes where and how you looked for information/evidence. Where necessary, describe the databases searched and the search terms used. Next, list the criteria that you have used to include or discard potential evidence sources. In projects where you believe there is little in the way refereed journal articles your searching explanation needs to demonstrate this fact. Explain how you have looked for both confirming and disconfirming information related to the problem(s) that you are seeking to investigate. Please upload your annotated pdf reference files to the Shared Google Drives to be created in the Intensive Workshop and label them clearly. Uncertain if a journal is peer reviewed? You can use the following online reference tool to establish a journal’s credentials. See: UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory is an excellent database available via the RMIT Library. This tool allows you to easily check if a journal is peer-reviewed (or refereed). It will also tell you if the journal is academic (or scholarly) as opposed to a magazine or trade journal. This database is helpful for everyone who may find articles on Google and are unsure how to work out if it is scholarly, academic, peer reviewed or refereed. To use Ulrichs, login to the RMIT Library. Then under Launch, click Databases A-Z, then under Find Databases, click All databases A-Z, either type Ulrichs into the search box and select the correct entry or click ‘U’, then click Go. 8. Appendices (if applicable) * Refereed references require a .pdf file of the reference and the applicable material highlighted.