Thesis Timeline for Mark Armstrong, MSPWTC

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    Start Counting College Courses in Single Sourcing

    Referring to the colleges identified by the STC, start counting college courses in their online catalogs where the course descriptions include mention of DITA, content management, or single-sourcing methods

  • Submit this Thesis Proposal to 1st Review

    4th Monday: Submit proposal and completed forms
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    Make the Survey Questions

    Formulate the Likert-scale questions, textual-response questions, and the multiple-choice questions for the two surveys associated with this study. Wait for GAC approval of concepts presented in 1st thesis proposal before finalizing.
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    Start Literature Review of Identified Journals

    Start reviewing the journals identified in the 1st Thesis Proposal. Wait for approval from GAC before drafting text for this part of the thesis.
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    Expect Reply from GAC on 1st Thesis Proposal

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    Apply Redlines to Thesis Proposal

    Correct thesis as directed.

  • Send Complete Thesis Proposal to GAC

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    Expect Official Response of GAC

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    Update 1st and 2nd Survey Questions

    Update the survey questions to reflect changes mandated by the GAC.
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    Post 1st Survey

    Post the first survey and announce the survey on the professional networking group sites and professional society websites (as listed in the first thesis proposal).
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    Post 2nd survey

    Both post and announce survey as described in the thesis proposal.
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    Write, write, write

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    Edit and Re-Write

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    Submit to Review

    Help another grad student by reviewing eachothers' theses
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    Finalize Thesis

  • Submit Thesis to UHD

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    Expect Response from UHD

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    Apply Redlines

    Make the corrections identified by UHD

  • Submit the 2nd Draft of the Thesis

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    Expect a Response from UHD

  • Submit a Defendable Thesis

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    Prepare for Defence of Thesis

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    On One of the Days in this Span, Defend Thesis in a Meeting