PROJECT DOCUMENTATION - CONTENT OF THE REPORT

ABSTRACT (1 or 2 pages)

 An abstract is an outline/brief summary of your whole project.

 It highlights major points of the content and answers why this work is important, what
was your purpose, how you went about your project, what you learned, and what you
concluded.
 It is a well-developed paragraph and should be exact in wording.
 It must be understandable to a wide audience.
 Do not include any charts, tables, figures, or spreadsheets in the abstract.

INTRODUCTION (Min. 3 pages, 1 para for each point – totally 6 paragraphs, 2 paras/page)

 State the general topic and give its background

 Define the scope of the project
 Outline the existing system and its disadvantages
 Importance of proposed system and its advantages
 Specify the problem statement
 Outline the order of chapters in the project

FEASIBILITY STUDY (Min. 3 pages)

 Economic Feasibility - The purpose of the economic feasibility assessment is to

determine the positive economic benefits to the organization that the proposed system
will provide. This assessment typically involves a cost/ benefits analysis.

 Operational feasibility - Should analyze how the project plan satisfies the requirements
identified in the requirements analysis phase of system development.

 Technical Feasibility – To assess if the technical resources meet capacity and whether the
technical team is capable of converting the ideas into working systems. Technical
feasibility also involves evaluation of the hardware and the software requirements of the
proposed system.

HARDWARE SPECIFICATION
 Should specify only the minimum hardware requirements needed for your project (Not
your laptop specification)
REFERENCES
Steps to be followed:
 Use italics for titles of books, periodicals, journals etc.
 Use alphabetical order.
 If the author of a document is not given, begin the reference with the title of the document.
 Use references in the order of
o Books
o Journals
o Conference Proceedings
o Websites

Books with authors

Smith, F. (1978). Reading. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Fromkin, V. & Rodman, R. (1983). An introduction to language. London: Holt-Saunders.

Barr, P., Clegg, J. & Wallace, C. (1981). Advanced reading skills. London: Longman.

Book, with edition

Fromkin, V. & Rodman, R. (1983). An introduction to language (3rd ed.). London: Holt-Saunders.

Book, revised edition

Cohen, J. (1977). Statistical power analysis for the behavioural sciences (rev. ed.). New York: Plenum
Press.

Journal Article
Chhibber PK, Majumdar SK. Foreign ownership and profitability: Property rights, control, and the
performance of firms in Indian industry. Journal of Law & Economics 1999;42(1): 209-238.

Conference Proceedings

Wittke M. Design, construction, supervision and long-term behaviour of tunnels in swelling

rock. Eurock 2006: Multiphysics coupling and long term behaviour in rock mechanics:
Proceedings of the International Symposium of the International Society for Rock Mechanics,
EUROCK 2006, 9-12 May 2006, Liège, Belgium. London: Taylor & Francis; 2006.p. 211-216.

WWW Document - no author, no date:

WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.wast.ac.uk/usersurveys/survey2000-10/

Wikipedia Document - no author, no date, source material may change over time:
Psychology. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved October 14, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology