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Section 1: Problem Identification
Preliminary Interview / Practice Review
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Identification of Practical Problems o b
Finalizing Problem Statements r m
Finalizing RQ and RO i
Systematic Literature Review
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Complete Chapter 1
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Chapter revision by Supervisors C o
Update Chapter 1 for WCD
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Section 2: Literature Review m e
Systematic Literature Review
Concepts, Definitions, Current Scenario P p c
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Review of Past Studies l
Theory/Model/Best Practices r e
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Update Chapter 2 for WCD
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Section 3: Research Method
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Research Design
Finalize survey/interview instruments s i
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Expert Review - Context & Method
Cognitive Interview - Respondents
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Pilot Test l e o
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Data Collection - Interviews/Survey f
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Section 4: Data Analysis
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Preparing data for analysis
Coding in software - SPSS/Nvivo
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Complete Chapter 4 for WCD f e
Section 5: Writing Final Chapters e
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Revisit Chapter 1, 2, 3,
Chapter 5
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Proofreading Chapters c
Thesis Formatting
Publication/Presentation - Journal / Conference SLR PAPER / Practice Review e Pilot test result / Empirical Result
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