Graphics and Multimedia Software Project I(Development Stream)

Jumail Bin Taliba

Faculty of Computing, UTMMarch 2014

Thesis Report

Chapter 1 (Introduction)

Adapted from Dr. Siti Hajar’s slide

Report Contents (Project 1)

Chapter 1 Introduction 8

pages

Chapter 2 Literature Review 25 pages

Chapter 3 Methodology 10 pages

Chapter 4 Preliminary Design 5 pages

Chapter 5 Conclusion 2 pages

Total: 50 pages

Chapter 1: Contents

1.1 Overview of the project1.2 Problem background1.3 Objective of the project1.4 Scope of the project1.5 Importance of the project 1.6 Summary

1.1 Overview of the project

• This chapter outlines an overview about the project that you want to develop

• It includes what are the problems in general

• Some idea to the readers about existing techniques (if available) to overcome/minimise the problems

• And what is your suggestion to solve the problems (in brief)

1.2 Problem Background

• In this section, you will elaborate more on the problems that currently faced in the project/research domain.

• Usually the problems relate to a particular organization, but it could also be a general problem faced by public.

• You need to explain current situation that needs for an improvement/new solution.

1.3 Objective

• This section presents the goal or aim of the project, and the objective.

• The Goal:– Should be in one sentence– What you want to achieve/improve in

general– e.g.: The goal of this project is to develop a

nurse rotation system that could help in information exchange between nurses when they change shift.

1.3 Objective (con’t)

• This section presents the goal / aim of the project, and the objective.

• Steps taken to achieve the aim of the project.• It must be measurable. Meaning, anyone can

see the results/outputs of each objective in the report/in the system.

• Use point form to differentiate between one objective and another.

• Objective cannot be just one (as it might be seen as the aim of the project).

1.3 Objective (con’t)

• Generally (good practice) between 3 and 5.• If more than 5, the objectives would be to

specific and could be a duplicate of another objective.

• However, it is up to you and your supervisor to identify the objectives of your project.

1.3 Objective (con’t)

Examples:Objectives should start with “To” – To conduct a survey …• The outputs – survey form and results

from the survey

– To develop a system …• The output – the system itself

– To evaluate the performance …• The output – a comparison chart/graph of

previous and proposed system performances.

1.4 Scope

• What is the limitation of your project?• What is not covered in your system

development?• It would be a reason for you to show to

the examiners why you did not implement/have particular features in your system.

• Usually, it involves the limitation in data collection strategy, the domain of investigation, assumptions that need to be made, etc.

• Please do not mention, the software that you would like to use in the scope.

• Examples:– The analysis in this project is limited to wireless

LAN users of Faculty of Computing (FC) network. It will not cover the usage of wired LAN users.

– The term staff used in this study will refer to academic staff of FC only, not including the technical and support staff.

– This study assumes that there is sufficient authentication mechanism deployed. As such, issues related to authentication mechanisms will not be discussed.

– The system will only deal with cash transaction. No credit card transaction module will be developed.

– The scope of this project is limited to a group of students that stay in hostel x only.

1.4 Scope (con’t)

1.5 The importance of the project

• Explain why you would like to develop the system.

• What motivate you to work on the project.

• Outline the benefits of the system.• What are the parties that could

get the benefits (to organization? to Public?).

1.6 Summary

• Summarize what have been discussed from 1.1 to 1.6

• Also give an idea to the readers about what to expect in the following chapters.

• e.g. In the next chapter…. Chapter 3 outlines

methodology… It then followed by … in chapter 4. Chapter 5 concludes this report …