2.

Review of Related Literature

A brief introduction in your literature review will enable readers know what the chapter
is all about. Not just that, it will also earn you good points. The introduction in the
literature review section should be concise and it should spell out or highlight items to
be discussed. Ideally, it should not exceed a standard page.
2.1. Conceptual framework
2.1.1. What is Conceptual framework? (sample of heading 3 and content 3)
A written or visual presentation that:
-explains either graphically, or in narrative form, the main things to be
studied the key factors, concepts or variables, and the presumed
relationship among them.
2.1.2. How might a conceptual framework be developed?
The pieces of the conceptual framework are borrowed but the researcher
provides the structure. To develop the structure you could:
- Identify the key words used in the subject area of your study.
- Draw out the key things within something you have already
written about the subject area literature review.
- Take one key concept, idea or term at a time and brainstorm
all the other things that might be related and then go back and
select those that seem most relevant.
Whichever is used it will take time and a number of iterations and the focus
is both on the content and the inter-relationships.

2.1.3. What general forms might a conceptual framework take?

Process frameworks
- Set out the stages through which an action moves from
initiation to conclusion. These relate to the how? question.
Content frameworks
- Set out the variables, and possibly the relationship (with
relative strengths) between them, that together answer the
why? question.
2.1.4. What specific forms might a conceptual framework take?
The possibilities include:
- Flow charts.
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- Tree diagrams.
- Shape based diagrams triangles, concentric circles,
overlapping circles.
- Mind maps.
- Soft systems.
The Overall Contribution of the conceptual framework
The conceptual framework encapsulates the research as it:
Sets out the focus and content.
Acts as the link between the literature, the methodology and the
results (regardless of when in the PhD process it is produced).
Thus it can be/will be the focus/starting point of the evaluation of
originality in terms of the criteria outlined by Hart (1998). For example:
Is what has been focussed on entirely new?
Is the way the subject been investigated different to the normal
approaches?
Has new light been shed on previously explored issues?
3. Technical Background
3.1. Guidelines in Writing the Technical Background
A. overview of the current technologies (hardware/software/network) used
in the current system
B. discussions on the current trends and technologies to be used in
developing and implementing the proposed system
B.1. HARDWARE
B.2. SOFTWARE
B.3. PEOPLEWARE
B.4. NETWORK
3.2. Fluidity and continuity should be observed.
4. Methodology
4.1. Environment (Locale, Population of the Study, and Organizational
Chart/Profile)
*Software Development Methodology
*Network Development/Design Methodology/Method (Specifically: Top-Down
Approach)
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