DESIGN AND TESTING OF A METHODOLOGY FOR THESIS ADVISORY AS AN APPROACH FROM PROJECT MANAGEMENT

After applying several projects management and quality methodologies to industry, consulting and academic projects of different complexity levels for several years, a methodology for thesis advisory was designed and implemented using an approach from projects management, in order to increase the quantity and quality of terminal efficiency when facing the fact of having many students requesting thesis advisors and few professors as advisors at superior education institutions.

This methodology also looks reduction of risk of academic abortion pushing a cultural change directed by the advisor using social media and digital resources. Methodology, maturity stages and test results applied to bachelor students when developing thesis advisory based on learning based projects is discussed.

This methodology was applied to a three under graduated students group for a two-years project, those students got their grades successfully after the project. Now this methodology is being applied to groups of under graduated and graduated students. Methodology looks for a win to win for students, advisors, but also research groups increasing productivity and quality reducing invested time.