IT 352: Project
Project Guidelines
Project Proposal & Report Writing Orientation
Course Description
•The project course provides students the opportunity to apply both theoretical and practical aspects
learned to develop a real-world software application.
•The focus will be given in enabling students with the skills pertaining to the planning, analysis, design,
and implementation of a real-world application.
•The project can be done in groups with at most TWO members in each group.
•Students have freedom to choose any organization for their project development and develop a project
based on real-world requirements.
•Alternatively, they can develop and implement their own idea and create a project based on their own
innovation and interests.
Phases:
•The overall project work is divided into three phases, proposal defense, pre-
defense, and final defense.
•Proposal Defence
•Each student/group must prepare a document in the prescribed proposal format(will be
discussed in later) proposing a specific plan for her or his project work.
•Students must present their project proposal in the college.
•Once accepted, students can start their project work under the supervision of a supervisor
assigned from the college.
Phases:
• Project Pre Defence
• Each student/group must prepare draft of the project report and present this
report in the college before final defence.
• Once approved, students will be allowed to participate in the final defence
• Project Final Defence
• During final defense, each student must prepare a final report in the
prescribed format and present this final report.
• Students are expected to explain the project work justifying the methods
employed and the conclusions reached.
• External examiner (s) will be appointed from the Dean Office for the final
defense.
Proposal Contents:
• Title Page
• Introduction
• Introduction :A brief overview of the project idea and its relevance.
• Problem Statement: What problem you are solving and why it matters
• Objective: List clear objectives (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound).
Always start with To ……………
• Development Methodology: overall approach, process, or strategy you follow to plan,
design, build, test, and deliver your project.
• Common Types of Development Methodologies
• Waterfall Model
• Agile Methodology
• Prototyping
(don’t write about the definition of model, why you are using this model, justify it)
Proposal Contents:
• Methodology
o Requirement Identification and Feasibility Study: What resources you need, feasibility in
terms of cost, technology, and time.
o Related Work / Literature Review
o Analysis and Design Tools : Mention tools/methodologies for system analysis (e.g., UML,
ER diagrams).
o Implementation tools (Front End, Back End): Specify front-end, back-end, and database
technologies.
• Expected Outcome : Describe the final product, its functionalities, and potential
benefits
• Project Schedule : A table or Gantt chart showing planned tasks with timelines.
• References: Follow APA 7th Edition citation style.
Report Contents:
• Title Page
• Student’s Declaration
• Supervisor’s Recommendation
• Approval Sheet
• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Abbreviations
Report Contents:
• Introduction (Chapter I)
• Background of the Project
• Problem Statement
• Objectives
• Review of Related Work and Literature
• Development Methodology
• Scope and Limitations
• Report Organization
Report Contents:
• System Development Process (Chapter II)
• Analysis (Requirement Analysis, Feasibility Study, Structured / Object
Oriented Modelling)
• Design (User Interface Design, Database Design / Object-oriented Design
Models)
• Implementation (Tools and Technologies Used, Module Description, Testing)
Report Contents:
• Conclusion and Recommendation (Chapter III)
• Summary
• Conclusion
• Recommendation
• References
• Appendices
Report Format:
• Page Numbers:
• The pages from student’s declaration to the page before Chapter 1 should be
numbered in roman starting from ii.
• The pages starting from Chapter 1 onwards should be numbered in numeric
starting from 1.
• These page numbers should be inserted at the bottom of the page and
aligned center.
• Each chapter should begin on a new page.
Report Format:
• Paper Size and Margin:
• The paper size should be A4 and the margins must be set as 1 inch for top,
bottom, and right and 1.5 inch for left.
• Paragraph:
• All paragraphs must be justified (both left-justified and right-justified).
• All the paragraphs must be written using Times New Roman font with font
size 12 and 1.5 line spacing.
Report Format:
• Headings
• No more than 3 levels of headings should be used.
• Font size for the heading should be 16 for chapter heading
• 14 for section headings and 12 for subsection headings.
• All the headings should be written using Times New Roman font with bold
faced.
• Chapter headings should be centre aligned and section and sub-section
heading should be left aligned
Report Format:
• Figures and Tables
• Figure captions should be centred below the figures
• table captions should be centred above the tables.
• All captions should be written using Times New Roman with font size 12, bold
faced and centre alignment.
• Tables and figures should be numbered using chapter-wise numbering
system.
• For example, first figure of Chapter 1 should be numbered Figure 1.1, second
figure should be numbered Figure 1.2 and so on.
Report Format:
• References
• References provide a list of papers, books and other publications that are
explicitly referred to in the text.
• The report should follow APA 7th style of citations and references.
Evaluation:
• The supervisor will be allocated 50% of the total marks.
• The supervisor will evaluate 20% marks during pre-defense and remaining 30% marks
during final defense.
• The internal examiner will be assigned 10% of the total marks.
• The internal examiner will evaluate 5% marks during pre-defense and remaining 5%
marks during final defense.
• The head / program coordinator will be allocated 10% of the total marks.
• The head / program coordinator will evaluate 5% marks during pre-defense and
remaining 5% marks during final defense.
• The external examiner (s) will be assigned 30% of the total marks.
• External examiner (s) will evaluate this 30% of the total marks during final defence
based on presentation skill, demo of the project, Q/A, report etc.
