Research Proposal almost ready

As I have said before that probably the process of writing my research proposal was going to be a pretty straightforward process. I was right. I have written 2 conference papers on this topic, and I can comfortably say that it's already 70-80% done. This is a great news :)

Now I just need to focus all the energy in preparing myself with skills essential for the field research (and make sure that my supervisor will be happy enough to give me the green light).

Below is probably the list of what I need to do next ( in the next few months):

1. Participate in the Research Interview Training next Tuesday (8 of February 2011)

2. Read more about Research Interview. This is crucial since I am going to use interview as my main data collection method, apart from observation and documentations.

3. Work on more literature review, and this time USING ATLAS.ti I bought the software for more than 100 dollars, and I'm having trouble installing it on my Windows 7 laptop machine :P Should have used my Linux OS and Open Office if my supervisor didn't request me to use these Windows ONLY software of Endnote and Atlas.ti

4. Still need to master the Classic Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM). 4. Write another conference paper on GTM.I have prepared draft for this paper, looking good but I need more inputs from my supervisor. Will submit this to the Pacific Asian Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) in Brisbane this July. The deadline is on the 7th of March), which is still OK.

5. Another paper for a local conference back home. Has no academic weight but still a good event for networking with local fellows. This conference is going to be held in early July. Hmmmmm... If I have to attend these 2 conferences, I could spent all my allocated research fund a lot sooner... (Prioritizing... maybe I need to submit the GTM paper to a different conference. The QualIT 2011 conference would be one good conference - I presented my first paper there last year :) Very encouraging society there.

Looks like I have a lot of work to do in the next few months.... Still procrastinating though.. arrrgghhh.. Not to mention that since this week I will be taking a new role as a Senior Residence (SR)... Cool one but that means I have to manage my time very carefully.

At the same time as always: I miss my baby girl! Promise you that there will be NO MORE studies after this one!