It is clear that one of the main reasons why IT projects face

difficulties, is because of a failure to understand that managing an IT

project can include managing issues across other business
disciplines. Taking this into account and using information derived
from your 9 month project, design and draft a related research
proposal. Ensure that the final proposal is suitable for discussion at
Senior Management level.
Your proposal should include the following:
1. A conceptualization of one major problem the new IT
programme may face; a clear research question or hypothesis
and research objectives; a research strategy which includes a
description and justification for the proposed data collection,
analysis and interpretation methods and relevant statistical
procedures.
2. In relation to the statistical elements of the first task you are
required to state:
(a) Whether the statistics gathered will be descriptive and/or
inferential. A clear explanation of both of these types of
statistics is expected.
(b)What statistical analysis would be used, how results would
be interpreted and written up accurately and
comprehensively.
3. A section which indicates that your research is grounded in
theory and that you, as Project Manager, have engaged in
critical thinking when reading the literature and assessing
research articles related to the selected issue.
4. An indication of any further areas of the project which may
require future and new research.
100 marks are available, distributed broadly as follows:
The Research Proposal (limited to 2000 words) (80 Marks)
Structure, Presentation and Referencing (20 Marks)