Weekly summary

 

 

​4 - 8 March

 

• Definition of the study question​​

• Review of the literature on business processes of collaborative networks

• Elaboration of the work plan

 

​11 -15 March

 

• Review of the literature on business processes of collaborative networks (Continuation)

• Development of provisional index

• Selection of case studies



​18 - 22 March

 

• Revision of the literature on literature review

• Development of website for monitoring the dissertation

• Contact companies to conduct case studies

 

25 - 29 March

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• Rewrite review of the literature according to further corrections

• Revision of the literature on protocol interviews

• Develop Interview Protocol

 

1 - 5 April

• Update provisional index

• Elaborate presentation about Interview Protocol

• Prepare Research Group Meeting

• Finalize literature review

 

8 - 12 April

 

• Research gap re-definition

• Correction of the interview protocol

• Search new case studies

15 - 19 April

 

• Thesis focus change

• Processes table review

• ​Write provisional process datasheet ​​

 

22 - 26 April

 

• Write provisional process datasheet (continuation)

• Study SCOR and CPFR methodology

• Finalize processes table

 

​29 April - 3 May

• Validate processes table (Project meeting)

• Reordering process table as defined in meeting

• Write provisional process datasheet (continuation)

 

6 - 10 May

• Conclusion of processes table

• Develop new interview protocol

• Write literature review according to the new thesis focus 

 

13 - 17 May

 

• ​Write thesis chapter - Business Process Management ​

 

​15 - 19 May

• Study Input-transformation-Output Method

• ​Write thesis chapter - Business Processes Frameworks

 

21 - 25 May

• ​Characterize a business process as an example to validate, according to the diagram input-transformation-output

• Contact companies to validate new characterization of business processes

 

27 - 31 May

• Characterize each business process according to the diagram input-transformation-output

 

3 - 7 June

• Characterize each business process according to the diagram input-transformation-output (Continuation)

 

10 - 14 June

• Develop a BPM for each business process

• Validate

 

17 - 21 June

• Develop ADVENTURE Macro Processes Feedback Form

• Contact ADVENTURE Stakeholders to answer form

 

24 - 28 June

• Prepare presentation for ADVENTURE meeting

• Prepare workshop with ADVENTURE Advisory Board

 

1 - 5 July

• Collect and analyze feedback from stakeholders

• Write Workshop's report

 

8 - 12 July

• Prepare Nanium and Azevedos Workshop

• Write Thesis

 

15 - 19 July

• Write Nanium workshop report

• Write Thesis

 

22 - 26 July

• Write Azevedos workshop report

• Write Thesis

 

29 July - 2 August

• Changes to the processes and practices according to the suggestions considered relevant

• Write Thesis

• Write Conference Paper