Project Question Framework

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Project Question Framework

• Using questions to plan, execute and avoid
  plagiarism in your project
• Dave Inman

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1. Outline

• How can questions be used to plan your project?
• Top level question
• Sub questions
• An example
• Case studies from class
• How does the framework help plan, execute and
  avoid plagiarism?

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2. Top level question

• Needs to be based on a title.
• Need to be very clear.
• Needs to get to the heart of what a project is
  about.
• Internet Website for past and present students at
  London South Bank University

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2. Top level question

• Needs to be based on a title.
• Need to be very clear.
• Needs to get to the heart of what a project is
  about.
• Internet Website for past and present students at
  London South Bank University
• How can a website help past and present LSBU
  students interact with each other?

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3. Sub questions

• We can keep 5-7 items in short term memory.
• If we break top level question into 5-7 sub
  questions, we can see whole structure of project
  as a set of questions we can keep in mind total
  of 25-50 questions.
• How can a website help past and present LSBU
  students interact with each other?
• How do current LSBU students interact with past
  students?
• What examples of such systems exits and how good
  are they?
• What functionality should be offered?

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4. An example

• The Use of Social Networks for Secure
  Introductions.
• ..cont.

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4. An example .

• The Use of Social Networks for Secure
  Introductions.

Can Social Networks be used to enable secure
introductions for a charity Bed Breakfast?
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4.1 An example sub questions
Can Social Networks be used to enable secure
introductions for a charity Bed Breakfast?
Think of 5-7 sub questions that when answered
will answer this question
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4.2 An example .
Can Social Networks be used to enable secure
introductions for a charity Bed Breakfast?

• What are social networks?
• What does the charity Bed Breakfast want?
• Are there any examples of similar social
  networks?
• What should be built and why?
• How was the software developed?
• How did the software perform?
• What lessons are there for the future?

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4.3 Sub sub questions .
What are social networks?
Make 5 sub questions to answer this question
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4.4 Sub sub questions .
What are social networks?

• What is a definition of a social network?
• What does a social network do?
• What examples exist of social networks?
• What do they do well?
• What do they do badly?

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5. Case studies

• Please give me a BIT project title
• Please give me a CS project title

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6. How does the framework help plan a project?

• Questions help us focus on detail (sub-questions)
  or overview (high level questions)
• The whole project can be seen, even if the
  answers are not clear yet.
• Answering questions gives sequence and timing to
  the project we need to answer sub-questions
  before higher order or later questions.
• We can answer say 2 questions a week to finish
  the project on time.

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7. How does the framework help execute a project?

• Look for sources to answer each question
• Answer 2 questions a week approx
• Write up answers as you go
• Give each section a structure
• Question
• Process
• Answer

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8. How does the framework help avoid plagiarism?

• As you focus on YOUR questions you will look for
  answers in your sources
• The sources wont answer YOUR question directly
  (hopefully!).
• You will use several sources, taking information
  from each to help answer YOUR questions.
• You will write the answers in YOUR words, using
  quotes and information from your sources.
• This approach is driven by YOUR questions, not
  your sources