The literature review steps specific to academic-oriented dissertation project: a note

The literature review steps specific to academic-oriented dissertation project type: a note

Steps in literature review for academic-oriented dissertation project type	Related ALRA deliverables for academic-oriented dissertation project type
Step 1: Identification of research theme and the underlying research interest triggering factor	A research-gap translation diagram with the triggering point of intellectual curiosity
Step 2: Literature synthesis	Theoretical framework-A
Step 3: Research gap analysis	A research-gap translation diagram with the triggering point of intellectual curiosity A research gap-objective table Theoretical framework-A
Step 4: Research gap derived research objectives	Theoretical framework-A A research gap-objective table
Step 5: A synthesized research objective framework	Theoretical framework-A and the research gap-objective table used together
Step 6: A research objective framework with associated academic ideas for analysis employment	The academic literature review tree
Step 7: A research objective framework with academic ideas and research methods to use	Theoretical framework-B and the research gap-objective table used together

 

From the agile literature review approach (ALRA) perspective, the 7-steps literature review should be considered as a reference framework, because the actual literature review process is performed in the agile spirit; that is, the 7-steps literature review is not a water-fall model. The ALRA deliverables are also not to be constructed sequentially. Nevertheless, the ALRA deliverables are to be inserted into the dissertation report in specific chapters, thus possibly giving a superficial impression that they are produced with a linear fashion.

Step 7 (literature review) is a liminal activity dealing with both the literature review domain and the research methodology domain of a dissertation project. For dissertation report writing purpose, the account of step 7 should be presented in the chapter of Research Methodology.