Research methods mapping in the Agile Literature Review Approach: a note

This note is on research methods mapping in the Agile Literature Review Approach  (ALRA). To do research methods mapping, you need a level 1 theoretical framework. Here I distinguish 2 types of level-1 theoretical framework, see Diagram 1:

Type 1 [level 1a]: Each theoretical framework component is populated with academic ideas (whose referencing can be traced in the study notes)
Type 2 [level 1b]: Each theoretical framework component is populated with research tasks (e.g., an evaluation task, a research question or a hypothesis to be tested) that incorporate the academic ideas from type 1 theoretical framework [level-1a]


Diagram 1

The construction of a level-1b theoretical framework involves making the academic ideas directly relevant to conduct queries, resulting in generating findings valuable to the theoretical framework components [which are essentially theory-driven evaluation endeavors to address a set of related management-concerns]. 

Once the level 1b theoretical framework is done, you can now map your research methods onto the theoretical framework. This task is called research methods mapping in the Agile Literature Review Approach, see Diagram 2


Diagram 2

Diagram 2 should be included in the dissertation report chapter on Research Methods.