Research Methodology: (How will you conduct the Research Project? What data collection methods will you use?

  • Topic / Subject Matter: (IoT, Business Continuity, SOC, OSINT, CTI, etc.) 
  • Working Title: (e.g., Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience Through Blockchain Integration) 
  • Problem Statement: (What specific problem or challenge will you focus on?) 
  • Evidence to Support Problem Statement (You must provide clear citations and reference sources that confirm the Problem Statement)
  • Existing work undertaken by others (citations/references of related research, approaches, or methods already developed, in use, etc. A minimum of 5 - 10 reference sources are required, but the more, the better!)
  • • Research Gap identified (e.g., existing approaches that might not cater to specific industries, may not solve the problem completely, etc.) 
  • Proposed artefact (what will you produce because of your Research Project? You MUST state what you will have developed because of your Research Project.)
  • Research Methodology: (How will you conduct the Research Project? What data collection methods will you use? What Data Analysis will you undertake? etc.)

To be clear, you cannot do an MSc Research Project without finding a specific problem or a hypothesis to solve or prove, with a solution to present as your Artefact.

For example, a valid topic, describing a specific problem would be as follows:

Title: Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience Through Blockchain Integration.

From the above example, Supply Chain Resilience is the Topic, the challenge of maintaining transparency and integrity in the supply chain is the problem affecting operational efficiency. The research project will explore the implementation of blockchain technology to enhance data security and traceability. The Artefact will include the development and validation of a blockchain-based supply chain management system.