03/01/2014 - 09/10/2014 AIMs (REVISED)
- Research and gain an insight into qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Learn Proper interview etiquette and plan interviews
- To gather at a minimum 20 pieces of literature for the lit review
- To analyse and gather all resources and make plans for any resources that aren't yet available
- Plan for worst case scenario
- Narrow down my initial ideas from 5 to 2
AIMS for 05/02/2014 & 06/02/2014
- Explore OWASP tools to learn more about mobile security - postponed
- Plan out interviews for various job roles - postponed
- Research Qualitative research methods and analyse which one(s) to choose
- Complete various forms on MYBU
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On Thursday 6th February i had my first official kick off meeting with my project tutor, we discussed the general layout of the project and how the project would use the V model as a basis for the main body.
The meeting discussed the next steps to be taken, which were for me to investigate and research qualitative and quantitative research methods that could use for the data analysis/collection section of my project. The meeting also discussed the 3 pathways that the company had proposed my project could take, these were:
- A mobile development security standard/strategy
- A report into whether their apps should work on jailbroken devices
- A strategy for risk assessment/analysis of their current mobile applications
Of the 3 pathways my tutor and i decided the risk assessment would be the most practical as this is an area i've got experience in and it will be a rich and challenging task but also one that fits in with the time restraint. But this topic is still up for discussion and i will be in a call with the company on tuesday 11th for a meeting to discuss which pathway is the most appropriate.
Until then i'll be researching deeper into mobile security and research methods to be use for data analysis.
Qualitative Research Methods
The main research method i will be using is qualitative research, this will involve using case studies/interviews to gather my data and then using various qualitative techniques to analyse the data.
My Main research today has revolved around Grounded theory.
Grounded theory is the most common approach to qualitative research and is an analytic approach that prompts theory discovery and development rather than starting with a pre-proved theory.
I feel that this approach fits my three pathways well due to the fact that i'll be going into the project with a clean slate regarding the pathways and no theories, so by via conducting interviews and analysing the data i'll be able to discovery the theories which in terms of the pathways will be based around what the companies feels are the most important aspects of mobile security.
Grounded theory also has a key element of data collection and analysis proceeding simultaneously. This means that i'll conduct 2 or 3 interviews and then analyse the data from them, then from there i'll have to then conduct more interviews from areas I hadn't considered during sampling for various reasons. This element will allow me to easily and effectively show my thought process and evolution of my understanding of the situation.
Grounded theory uses coding as an analysis method, i haven't yet researched this method but I will be exploring this over the next few days and looking at other research methods and combining qualitative and quantitative methods.
AIMS for 07/02/2014
- Explore OWASP tools to learn more about mobile security
- Research Qualitative research methods and analyse which one(s) to choose
- Complete various forms on MYBU
Thank you very much for reading!! Stayed tune for more. You Stay Classy Bournemouth.
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