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FYPWriting the Dissertation

Venue : OpenArc CampusDate : 2014 Oct 19

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Project Guideline Book

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Key Points

▪ Each Chapter at each Stage

▪ Tables and Figures– No hand drawings– Captioned and Numbered below– Referenced in the text

▪ Page Limit

▪ Typesetting

▪ Page Numbering

▪ Avoid ‘I’, use ‘We’

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Key Points (cont…)

▪ Sections and Sub‐sections– Short– Numbering– If No 1.2, then No 1.1

▪ Language and Grammar– Capitalization– No Shortened Words– If <10, then wording numbers

▪ Plagiarism

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Sample Schedule

Ref : http://bit.cmb.ac.lk/sites/default/files/bit_docs/IT6104%20Project%20Guidelines%202014_0.pdf

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Contents ‐ Preface

▪ Title Page

▪ Declaration

▪ Abstract ***– 1 Page, 4 Paras

▪ The problem▪ Scope▪ Design, Tools & Technologies▪ Achieved?

▪ Acknowledgements– 1 Page

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Contents – Preface (cont…)

▪ TOC

▪ List of Figures

▪ List of Tables

▪ List of Acronyms

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Contents – Main Chapters

▪ Chapter 1 – Introduction– Motivation– Objectives– Scope– Outline Remaining Chapters

▪ Chapter 2 –Analysis– Domain/ Current system– Requirements

▪ Func and non‐func

– Users– Diagrams– Similar Softwares

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Contents – Main Chapters (cont…)

▪ Chapter 3 – Design– Alternative Strategies

▪ Justify Yours

– Diagrams– UI Design

▪ Chapter 4 – Implementation– Major Codes

▪ Comments Usage▪ Avoid spanning the code

– Module Structures▪ Folder Structure

– Code Reuse– Implementation Environment (HW/SW)

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Contents – Main Chapters (cont…)

▪ Chapter 5 – Evaluation – Test Strategy– Test plan– Test Cases– User Feedback– Feedback Evaluation

▪ Chapter 6 –Conclusion– Assessment of results of project– Client Satisfied? You Achieved ?– Lessons learnt– Future Work

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Contents – Main Chapters (cont…)

▪ References– IEEE citation style guide

[6] J.L. Whitten and L.D. Bentley, Systems Analysis and Design Methods, 7th ed. Tata 

McGraw‐Hill, 2007.

[7] UCSC, The Virtual Learning Environment for the BIT Students, 2006. [Online]

Available: http://vle.bit.lk , [Accessed: 30 Oct, 2013] 

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Contents – Appendices

▪ Appendix A ‐ System Documentation– Program Installation

▪ Appendix B ‐Design Documentation

▪ Appendix C ‐User Documentation

▪ Appendix D ‐Management Reports

▪ Appendix E ‐Test Results– Tabulated form

▪ Appendix F ‐Code Listing

▪ Appendix G ‐Client Certificate– Official letterhead signed by at least a sectional head

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Contents – Glossary and Index

▪ Glossary– an alphabetical list of difficult key terms with definitions related to the subject area

▪ Index– list of all key terms in alphabetical order with page numbers

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