FYP Writing the Dissertation Venue : OpenArc Campus Date : 2014 Oct 19
Jun 23, 2015
FYPWriting the Dissertation
Venue : OpenArc CampusDate : 2014 Oct 19
Project Guideline Book
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’
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
Sample Schedule
Ref : http://bit.cmb.ac.lk/sites/default/files/bit_docs/IT6104%20Project%20Guidelines%202014_0.pdf
Contents ‐ Preface
▪ Title Page
▪ Declaration
▪ Abstract ***– 1 Page, 4 Paras
▪ The problem▪ Scope▪ Design, Tools & Technologies▪ Achieved?
▪ Acknowledgements– 1 Page
Contents – Preface (cont…)
▪ TOC
▪ List of Figures
▪ List of Tables
▪ List of Acronyms
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
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)
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
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]
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
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