In this module you will work in close collaboration with your academic and professional supervisors who will guide you through the process of applying your skills and knowledge to researching real world problems.

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The students will outline their research questions, problem, or aim, their secondary data collection plan, their primary data collection and analysis plan, as well as a draft timeline for completion of necessary task, in agreement with their supervisor.

During 1:1 sessions with the students, the project plan will be worked out. This will include milestones and the low level actions.

During these four weeks, as per the project plan, one to one weekly reviews will be done with the students to help them in gathering the necessary primary data. Specially important will also be to identify all possible risks, and perform a risk assessment for the project.

These two weeks, the individual review meetings will continue and focus in the preparation of the preliminary report (Assignment 1).

This week, the students will present their preliminary report. They will get feedback from the tutor and also for their peers.

Along these three weeks, the student will review and complete the preliminary report (assessment 1), as per the feedback given in their presentations. Weekly individual reviews will continue.

During these two weeks, the students will continue to look for relevant data and perform supplementary analysis for their business plan.

During these weeks, the students will have to develop their business plan, as per the project defined in the previous weeks.

During this three weeks, the students will gather all the inputs and analysis from their business plan into a presentation.

This week, the students will present their work in public session with all capstone peers (summative assessment 2)

In these last two weeks, the students will have to prepare the final version of their business plan. For that there will be individual reviews with the tutor, but also the feedback from the presentation session shall be used.

During these weeks, a poster event will be organize for the MIUC students to discover the work done by the capstone student through the year.