Course Plan : IF 5099 Research Methodology Class 03 : Information Technology Option

Dr.-Ing. Ir. Suhardi, MM (suhardi@stei.itb.ac.id) Week Topic Introduction (Course plan, rule of the game, grading), output : Thesis research proposal, publication paper Detail Agenda References / Materials Assignment

Introduction, course plan, protocols, grading, fields of IST, research and innovation on IST

1) Essay on Topic Interest for Thesis (facts and problems, ACM Curriculum, especially IS proposed solutions); 2) Determine Luthfi and IT; type of research, output and research methodology; 3) list minimum 20 relevan papers Review (min) the (most relevan to your research interest) 3 papers to identify : research problem(s), Suhardi research goal(s), method(s) or methodology, results and limitation(s) or future research writing : 1) a critical review / essay on the 3 papers (the last week assignment); 2) literature review Anto and literature map (minimum 30 most relevan papers) Writing: 1) research proposal : abstract, chapter 1 Introduction, chapter 2 Literature Review); 2) paper (abstract, Introduction, Literature Review / Theoretical Background))

Review Field study of IST and identify Fields of IST research : engineering Types of Research on the field science & algorithm development, Assigment 1 and Assigment 2 of IST engineering, desgn, planning, (last week assigments); (7 - 17) development, innovation, impacts of IT in organizations and community

critiquing on research problems, Critical Thinking and literature research goals, important theories, review (research proposal, methodology, results, limitation or paper, and thesis) future research

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research proposal, Technical Report, Publication, and IPR

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Research Methods for Engineering Science and Algorithm development

http://http://www.uninova.pt/cam/teaching/SRMT/SRMTunit2.pdf

Research Methods for Engineering, design, development and planning Research Methods for Implementation or Strategy Implementation Research Methods for IST Impacts (qualitative, quantitative and mixed) Submit research proposal and paper Seminar

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Suhardi 3 Lukman Plagiarism Critiquing, Evaluating, and Improving research proposal and paper by audience, assistents and Lecturer Critiquing, Evaluating, and Improving research proposal and paper by audience, assistents and Lecturer Critiquing, Evaluating, and Improving research proposal and paper by audience, assistents and Lecturer Critiquing, Evaluating, and Improving research proposal and paper by audience, assistents and Lecturer Critiquing, Evaluating, and Improving research proposal and paper by audience, assistents and Lecturer Luthfi

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Reference: 1 Uma Sekaran and Roger Bougie; Research Methods for Business; John Wiley & Sons, 5th Edition, 2009 Briony J Oates; Researching Information Systems and Computing; Sage Publication, 2007 2

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John W. Cresswel; Research Design: Qualitatitive, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 3rd Edition, 2009 Alexander Kossiakoff, et al; System Engineering: Principles and Practice; John Wiley & Sons, Second Edition, 2011 Pressmann; Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, Mc-Graw Hill, 7 Edition, 2009 Lucienne T.M. Blessing and Amaresh Chakrabarti; DRM : A Design Research Methodology; Springer, 2009 Hilary J. Holz et al; Research Methods in Computing: What are They ? and How should we teach them ? , 2006 Dodig-Crnkovic; Scientific Methods in Computer Science Jose Nelson Amaral, et al; About Computing Science Research Methodology Gerrit Muller; Validation of System Engineering Methods and Techniques in Industry; Procedia Computer Science, 2012 Gerrit Muller; System Engineering Research Validation, Per Runeson and Martin Host; Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting Case Study Research in Software Engineering; 2008 Mary Shaw; Writing Good Software Engineering Research Paper, International Conference on Software Engineering, 2003 Mary Shaw; What Make Good Research in Software Engineering ?, International Journal for Software Tools for Technology Transfer, 2002, Vol. 4, no. 1 Sandeep Purao, Design Research in the Technology of Information Systems : Thruth or Dare, Ken Friedman, Theory Construction in Design research: Criteria, Approaches and Methods, Elsevier, 2003 Ken Friedman, Building Theory: What, How, and Why, 2005 Chitu Okoli and Kira Schabram; A Guide Conducting Systematic Literature Review of Information System Research; ISSN 1535-6078, 2010 Liz Victor; Systematic Review; Social Research UPDATE, 2008 Kitchenham, Guidelines for Performing Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering, Technical Report, 2007

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Assignment Presentation (Seminar) Final Research Proposal Final Paper

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Cover : Title, author name, etc. Abstract Table of Content List of Figure List of Table Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Statement of Problems 1.3 Objectives 1.4 Research Questions or Hyphotesis 1.5 Justification 1.6 Scope and Limitation Chapter 2 Literature Review 2.1 Introduction (including literature Map) 2.2 Theoretical Review / Conceptual framework Review the empirical and theoretical literature relevant to the problem being investigated Indicate what has been done by other researchers including the methodologies used and id The hypothesized variables should be subheadings of the literature review to form a frame Conceptual framework should demonstrate an understanding of what variable influences w Cite 5-8 references per key section in the text Use either APA or Harvard method of citation. Consistency is important in citation Each key variable should be 2-3 pages long 2.3 Critique of the existing literature relevant to the study 2.4 Research gaps Chapter 3 Methodology 3.1 Research design- Indicate type of research, justify the choice of type of research by citing a 3.2 the next sub chapter depend on the type of research . . . Chapter 4 Plan Results (Preliminary Research Results) References Appendix 1 : Research Project Management WBS (Works Breakdown Structure) Network Planning and Critical Paths Schedule Risk Management Note: the contents depend on the type of research

o the problem being investigated ing the methodologies used and identify gaps literature review to form a framework that would help in analysis nding of what variable influences what

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paper format according to the targeted conference or publication format but normally as follow

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Title and Author Abstract Introduction Theoretical Background Methodology Results and Discussion Conclussion and Future Research Reference Appendice