Tips for Plan of Investigation

Here's what the IB said about last year's POIs:

Criterion A Plan of the Investigation
Many students scored well in this section. However, although the majority of candidates had given some indication of method, there were many who did not set down the scope of their investigation. In a few cases there was no plan at all. Candidates should be guided to consider the methods they will use to investigate their research question, and to avoid writing over long narrative accounts of the background to their topic.