I’ve just come across an interesting posting on [1] Liz Hartnett’s blog. She identifies - and answers - a number of questions relating to her PhD research with the OU Business School:

• Who are the intended readers?
• What did you do?
• Why did you do it?
• What happened?
• What do the results mean in theory?
• What do the results mean in practice?
• What’s the key benefit for readers?
• What’s unresolved?

They look to me like the kind of questions that could help me in focusing on what I am doing …