Outline

Nine chapters. The target lengths are planning figures, not limits, and exist so that a chapter running to three times its plan is noticed early.

Ch	Title	Purpose	Target	Depends on
01	Introduction	Problem, gap, claim, contributions, roadmap	8 pp	02, 09
02	Literature review	What is known, and what is not	25 pp	Literature
03	Theoretical framework	The model the work reasons within	18 pp	02
04	Methodology	Design, instruments, validity	15 pp	03
05	Study one	First empirical study	25 pp	04, PRJ-001
06	Study two	Second empirical study	25 pp	04, PRJ-002
07	Results	Consolidated findings across studies	20 pp	05, 06
08	Discussion	Interpretation, limitations, implications	18 pp	07
09	Conclusion	Answer, contributions, future work	8 pp	08

Writing order

The order of writing is not the order of reading. Chapters 05 and 06 are written as the studies complete; 01 and 09 are written last, because both depend on knowing what the thesis actually found.

Chapter pages

Each chapter has its own page with an outline, working notes, its referenced figures and tables, and its reference list.

01Introduction 02Literature review 03Theoretical framework 04Methodology 05Study one 06Study two 07Results 08Discussion 09Conclusion