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System Integration |
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Dedicated to the dissemination of System Integration information |
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What’s New |
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4.6.07 |
A description of my Q-Methodology survey—the reasons, objectives etc. |
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3.6.07 |
A page that explains the Q-Methodology and its relevance to my dissertation |
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1.6.07 |
The ‘Home Page’ for the Q-Methodology survey that I am carrying out as part of my dissertation. |
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19.3.07 |
The dissertation diary for the sixth week of study. |
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11.3.07 |
The dissertation diary for the fifth week of study. |
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2.3.07 |
The dissertation diary for the fourth week of study. |
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25.2.07 |
The dissertation diary for the third week of study. |
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25.2.07 |
The mind map that covers what evidence I need for the dissertation and why I need it. |
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19.2.07 |
Why am I doing the dissertation? Who are the audience? Why is it important? Who will benefit? |
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19.2.07 |
The ‘scope’ of my dissertation. A first attempt at defining the boundaries, what I will look into and what I won’t, what is to be studied and what isn’t. |
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19.2.07 |
A description of the ‘problem domain’, similar to the context mind map but it asks more questions and states some of the, by me, perceived problems. |
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19.2.07 |
Mind map covering the research methods I will use in my dissertation. How I will collect and analyze the data, what I intend to do. |
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19.2.07 |
A mind map of the resources I will need for my dissertation. The skills, data requirements, hardware etc. |
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18.2.07 |
Mind map covering the subject of ‘evidence’. What I will need, the types, how I will get it etc. |
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18.2.07 |
The mind map of the process I will need to follow to describe the ‘current situation’ of the context, or environment, where my dissertation resides. |
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18.2.07 |
The mind map that defines the context of my dissertation; the situation, or environment, within which it is set. |
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18.2.07 |
A mind map that covers the complete dissertation, what I need to do in the broadest sense. |
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18.2.07 |
A set of mind maps that are all to do with my dissertation. They are a refinement, or second iteration, of the cause\effect diagrams I completed some time ago. |
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18.2.07 |
The dissertation diary for the second week of my studying |
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My Dissertation - Why? What is the Scope of the Dissertation? |
12.2.07 |
An answer to what is the purpose of my dissertation and a ‘first pass’ at attempting to define the scope of the dissertation. |
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Problem Domain and Problem Overview - A Cause\Effect Diagram |
11.2.07 |
A cause\effect diagram of the problem domain for my dissertation. Also an overview of the problem as I see it. |
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11.2.07 |
A Cause\Effect diagram that contains everything that I could think of to do with the evidence I need for my dissertation; sources, type, integrity etc. |
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11.2.07 |
A cause\effect diagram of the general skills needed to complete a dissertation. |
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11.2.07 |
My dissertation diary for the first official week of studying. |
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Defining the Link Between S.I. and Major System Partitioning |
9.2.07 |
A cause\effect diagram of how the link between S.I. and major system partitioning can be defined. |
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7.2.07 |
A cause\effect diagram that sets out my opinion on what affects System Integration; money, politics etc. |
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7.2.07 |
A cause\effect diagram that sets out my opinion on major system partitioning; what affects it, methodologies etc. |
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5.2.07 |
A cause\effect diagram of the S.I. environment. What is needed, in my opinion, for S.I. to succeed. |
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5.2.07 |
An index page for a set of cause\effect diagrams that relate to System Integration. |
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4.2.07 |
My definition of what a ‘refereed’ paper is in the context of the research world. |
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4.2.07 |
What I have been doing with my dissertation in the week before it starts. |
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2.2.07 |
What a ‘System Integrator’, or ‘System Integration Engineer’, is and what they do at work. |
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29.1.07 |
A ‘fishbone cause and effect’ diagram of what affects system performance. If it affects system performance it should be tested. |
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28.1.07 |
My dissertation diary - what I have been doing with my dissertation with two weeks to go before it officially starts. |
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26.1.07 |
A description of vertical partitioning at design time. |
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22.1.07 |
A description of horizontal partitioning at design time - software layers. |
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22.1.07 |
My explanation of what a requirement specification is. |
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21.1.07 |
My explanation of ‘environmental testing’ |
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21.1.07 |
My definition of S.I.T. and what it involves. |
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20.1.07 |
The Open Universities definition of what a literature search is within the context of a dissertation. |
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20.1.07 |
A definition of the problem domain for my dissertation, the context within which my problem resides. |
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16.1.07 |
My definition of what a ‘Reflective Practitioner’ is. |
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15.1.07 |
An explanation of what a TMA is. Part of the studying I am doing for my dissertation. |
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15.1.07 |
Details of one of the set books for my MSc, part of my dissertation diary. |
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15.1.07 |
My interpretation of the Open Universities definition of a dissertation. Part of my ‘Dissertation Diary’. |
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15.1.07 |
The first page of the list of what’s new, the oldest ‘what’s new’ page. Covers 11.12.06 to 14.1.07 |