The purposes of the ALRA report structure checklists

Two agile literature review approach (ALRA) report structure checklists have recently been produced for students doing dissertation projects, one for the part-time MBA students and one for the part-time Housing Studies students. An ALRA report structure checklist serves the following purposes:

Purpose 1:  As a reference table of content template, to be adapted by students to come up with their specific dissertation report table of content.
Purpose 2: As a generic product breakdown structure of a dissertation project.

By having better understanding of what are expected to be produced (purpose 1) and how the produced dissertation deliverables (purpose 2) fit together in the form of a reference template (purpose 1), students are more able to conduct research learning (e.g., literature review and research methods learning) and research investigation (e.g., data gathering and analysis). 

The ALRA report structure checklists are primarily for students using the agile literature review approach to conduct the dissertation projects. Other than the report structure checklists, most students are also interested in seeing some dissertation report samples, Due to the newness of the ALRA and, very often, the confidentiality of dissertation reports, only a few sample reports based on the ALRA are available. Nevertheless, there are quite some piecemeal diagrams and documentations on the ALRA for illustration to students, e.g., on management-concerns diagrams and theoretical frameworks.