When Deciding on your Research/project/dissertation topic there are a number of criteria that Need to be considered. This criteria are explained below.
1: A dissertation topic should be realistic:
You need to identify a problem (supported by published materials), Investigate the causes and possible solution. You Might wish to investigate a problem on site, for example the causes of variation orders and its effect on the project outcome or the problem of material management on site. Alternatively the research subject might cover an office procedure on the appraisal of a particular system. Here you will be investigating what should be done and what is actually done.
2: Your topic should be specific and narrow:
For example if you are conducting a detailed case study, do not investigate all the factors that mat influence site productivity as a topic, but rather
the influence of financial incentives on productivity. You Might be tempted to study job satisfaction in the building industry, but this is too broad, A better way is to narrow it down and investigate job satisfaction of operatives who are working for small-size firms, So generally a project topic should be narrowed down so that it wont be too hard to write about.
3: Your topic should Show individuality:
What is new about your investigation? This can take the form of case studies, a series of interviews, postal questionnaires or analyzing archival data.
4: Accessibility of information:
Your topic should be in area that you can have access to the necessary data for the successful completion of the dissertation.
5: Personal ability:
The subject and extent of the research should be within your intellectual and physical resource ability.
6: Personal interest:
Last but not least, you should be interested in the subject of research. It is of no use if you do not like or enjoy the research subject.
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