{"id":29,"date":"2020-08-08T15:05:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T15:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt660\/chapter\/chapter-4-finalizing-your-project-analysis\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:11:01","slug":"chapter-4-finalizing-your-project-analysis","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/chapter\/chapter-4-finalizing-your-project-analysis\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 4.
Finalizing Your Project Analysis","rendered":"Chapter 4.
Finalizing Your Project Analysis"},"content":{"raw":"

Ch. 4 \u201cThe ultimate authority must always rest with the individual\u2019s own reason and critical analysis\u201d -Dalai Lama, Spiritual Leader\r\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nWhen finalizing your analysis, you\u2019ll be refining your project description and objectives, and identifying and using current research and resources in management to support the design and development of your course project. At this point in your work, you\u2019ll want to be sure you\u2019ve included all of the following:\r\n
    \r\n \t
  1. An introduction\/overview containing a clear articulation of your project focus. Identify the relevance that this work has to your academic and professional development, as well as the intended audience for this project work.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Your project objectives\/outcomes. Now that you have refined the focus of your project work and conducted your research, what are your goals\/objectives\/expected outcomes for this project work?<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. A thorough literature review and analysis of findings to illustrate background, managerial theory, and best practices as they related to your topic.<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Identification of any learner skills required to complete the project. Will you need to develop any new skills in order to complete this project? For example, if your project focuses on creating a database to increase the efficient storage and search functionality of client contact information for your organization, would you need to learn how to use the proposed database software?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nAgain, this is a good time to refer forward to the sections of your completed project in its entirety. As you can see, the various sections of your finalized project analysis will be part of your completed project (see sections I, II and III).\r\n\r\nCapstone Project Format<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSection I\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe introduction should identify the focus of your project and explain the relevance to your major and connections with your applied field of studies that you have built upon in your degree.\u00a0 Are you submitting to a supervisor, a board?\u00a0 Be sure to identify your intended audience.\r\n\r\nSection II \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Project Outcomes<\/strong>\r\n\r\nList your project outcomes that you developed in the Project Analysis phase of your work.\r\n\r\nSection III\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Literature Review\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\nPresent your literature review noting best practices in the field as they relate to your project as well as the conclusions you\u2019ve drawn from the literature review.\r\n\r\n\u00a0Section IV\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Project Content<\/strong>\r\n\r\nDescribe your project and include all materials associated with it so that the reader develops a good sense of what the project entails.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Show your implementation and evaluation plans.\r\n\r\n\u00a0Section V\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conclusions and Reflection<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAppendix\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>This section will contain any supplementary information.","rendered":"

    Ch. 4 \u201cThe ultimate authority must always rest with the individual\u2019s own reason and critical analysis\u201d -Dalai Lama, Spiritual Leader
    \n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
    \n

    When finalizing your analysis, you\u2019ll be refining your project description and objectives, and identifying and using current research and resources in management to support the design and development of your course project. At this point in your work, you\u2019ll want to be sure you\u2019ve included all of the following:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. An introduction\/overview containing a clear articulation of your project focus. Identify the relevance that this work has to your academic and professional development, as well as the intended audience for this project work.<\/li>\n
    2. Your project objectives\/outcomes. Now that you have refined the focus of your project work and conducted your research, what are your goals\/objectives\/expected outcomes for this project work?<\/li>\n
    3. A thorough literature review and analysis of findings to illustrate background, managerial theory, and best practices as they related to your topic.<\/li>\n
    4. Identification of any learner skills required to complete the project. Will you need to develop any new skills in order to complete this project? For example, if your project focuses on creating a database to increase the efficient storage and search functionality of client contact information for your organization, would you need to learn how to use the proposed database software?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Again, this is a good time to refer forward to the sections of your completed project in its entirety. As you can see, the various sections of your finalized project analysis will be part of your completed project (see sections I, II and III).<\/p>\n

      Capstone Project Format<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Section I\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The introduction should identify the focus of your project and explain the relevance to your major and connections with your applied field of studies that you have built upon in your degree.\u00a0 Are you submitting to a supervisor, a board?\u00a0 Be sure to identify your intended audience.<\/p>\n

      Section II \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Project Outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n

      List your project outcomes that you developed in the Project Analysis phase of your work.<\/p>\n

      Section III\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Literature Review\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Present your literature review noting best practices in the field as they relate to your project as well as the conclusions you\u2019ve drawn from the literature review.<\/p>\n

      \u00a0Section IV\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Project Content<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Describe your project and include all materials associated with it so that the reader develops a good sense of what the project entails.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Show your implementation and evaluation plans.<\/p>\n

      \u00a0Section V\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conclusions and Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Appendix\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>This section will contain any supplementary information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-29","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":22,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/29\/revisions\/66"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/22"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/29\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mgmt797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}