Weekly progress report - Coursework Example

Weekly Progress Report By [Presented to] of Summary of the Activities for the Week This section s the tasks being undertaken by me in this week that will help me with my research topic. I spent 2 days on reading the research paper titled, Mobile Government: 2010 and beyond, published by the European Union Regional Development Fund from page 2-10. The research paper introduces the recent trends in m-government worldwide along with offering good amount of insight over the recent trends in m-government and its potential in the public sector.

This reading will help me to form an idea over the research topic, “Towards Delivery of Effective Mobile Government” along with forming the base for the introduction chapter especially for the context of the research topicI also spent another 2 days in reading the research paper written by Ibrahim Kushchu, International University of Japan (p. 2- 12). The research paper offers a brief insight over the e-government and m-government along with stating the overall significance and applications of m-government in different countries.

This reading will help me in the literature review especially in stating the shift from e-government to m-government and highlighting the importance and relevance of m-government in the social environment. I have not read the entire paper as I just wanted to have an overview of m-government that will be further strengthened as I proceed further with the literature review partI spent 2 more days in searching more articles over the internet on m-government and went through the article published on the website of Mobile Government Consortium International offering an understanding over the m-governmentPlan of the Activities for the Week to FollowThis part will explain what I am going to do in the coming week to strengthen my research.

Planned activities are as follow:In the coming week, I will write the research aim and objectives along with stating the research questions. This will take 2-3 hours of time based on the understanding of the research topic. At the same time, I will go through the research paper based on the adoption of m-government services in developing countries published by International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research. This will take 2 days of time and will help me in strengthening my knowledge over the importance and relevance of m-government.

This will also help me in the literature review chapter I will also search few articles on importance and introduction of m-government in Oman. This will take maximum 2 days of time including searching and a bit of reading. This will help me in forming a perspective over the pros and cons and acceptance and resistance for m-government in the context of Oman. If time permits, I will also form an understanding over the actual applications and advantages of m-government over the e-government in the context of Oman.

I also plan to visit the nearest library and reading some important and useful information over m-government. Overall, I will formulate the research aims, objectives and questions along with gaining a narrow perspective (that will be broaden in few weeks) over the importance, effective delivery and applications of m-government in the case of Oman and other developing countries in a critical mannerIf time allows, I also wish to:Go through IEEE Explorer database in order to get more information over the research topicInteract with professors over the research topicBrainstorm with my friends on the research topic.