Guidelines for preparing your final report Specially written for M.C.A. VI sem. IDOL students By Dr.

. Vinod Moreshwar Vaze

Here I have tried to concise some important notes while preparing the Documentation for the project. Many of you have submitted your 80% of the report. Now is the exact time to re-format the material already prepared by you in a systematic way. Something obvious and trivial: The following suggested guidelines might be followed in preparing the Final project Report: Good quality white executive bond paper A4 size should be used for printing and duplication. Care should be taken to avoid smudging while duplicating the copies.

PAGE SPECIFICATION:
(Written paper and source code) Left margin 1.5 1 1 Right margin 1 Top margin Bottom margin 1 Line spacing

Page numbers - All text pages as well as Program source code listing should be numbered at the bottom center of the pages. (In the footer) Fonts: Times New Roman Font Size: For running matter Font size = 12 alignment = justified

For sub titles: Font size = 14 Bold (Remove space after the paragraph) UPPERCASE For First titles: Font size = 16 Bold UPPERCASE For Main Title: Font size = 18, Bold, UPPERCASE; alignment = centre Binding Cover page : o Colour: Black o Embossing colour : Golden o Matter same as annexure A; but Font Arial ( Recommended by embossing wala use of san serif) o The vertical edge / side should have the words IDOL Name of the title and year - 2012-13

Submission of Project Report:

The student will submit his/her project report in the prescribed format. The Project Report should include: 1. 2. 3. 4. Original copy of the approved Synopsis. Two hard Copies of the Project Report Black bound Soft copy of project on Floppy/CD The Project Report may be about 125 pages (excluding coding).

Points by Mahendra Naik a. You can do your project on different platforms (Android, Linux etc) but should be able to show a demo during your presentation. b. During final presentation the Examiner would ask question based on your work and ask for the logic you have used. c. Those doing Live project need to just 'show' their code during presentation to Examiner (to answer their question) and need not 'submit' their code to University (except adding imp code snippets to Black book). d. The project presentation will be for 20 min and in case of 2 member group both of them will present simultaneously. e. For final presentation you could load your project to a University computer on a day prior (all software would be provided) or you can get you own laptop. Regards, Mahendra Naik

FORMAT OF THE STUDENT PROJECT REPORT THE FIRST SIX PAGES AND THE FORMAT FOR INDEX

S. No. Description 1 Cover page as per annexure i 2 Project certificate as per annexure ii 3 Certificate of the guide as per annexure iii 4 Company certificate (Can be pasted, if not received in time) 5 Acknowledgement as per annexure v 6 Declaration of the candidate as per annexure vi 7 Index as per annexure vii

Page No i ii iii iv v vi vii

Annexure i

TITLE OF THE PROJECT HERE TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT SIZE 18 BOLD UPPER CASE SUBMITTED BY SURNAME NAME MIDDLE
Seat No. Put your roll number here

Under the guidance of M.C.A. coordinator Dr. Vinod Moreshwar Vaze Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for qualifying M.C.A Semester VI Examination

INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE AND OPEN LEARNING UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

Dr. Shankar Dayal Shrama Bhavan, Vidyanagari, Santacruz(E), Mumbai-98 Year 2012-13

Annexure ii

INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE AND OPEN LEARNING UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

Dr. Shankar Dayal Shrama Bhavan, Vidyanagari, Santacruz(E), Mumbai-98 YEAR 2012-13

PROJECT CERTIFICATE
This is certify that the Project titled WRITE YOUR PROJECT TITLE HERE IN TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT SIZE 14, BOLD UPPERCASE By WRITE YOUR SURNAME, NAME, MIDDLENAME HERE Seat Number Write your seat Number here

in partial fulfillment of M.C.A. Degree Examination in Semester VI, for the academic year 2012-13 has been found satisfactory. This report had not been submitted for any other examination and does not form a part of any other course undergone by the candidate.

Faculty in charge Guided by

External Examiner Examined by

Coordinator M.C.A. (IDOL) certified by

Annexure iii

INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE AND OPEN LEARNING UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

Dr. Shankar Dayal Shrama Bhavan, Vidyanagari, Santacruz(E), Mumbai-98 YEAR 2012-13

PROJECT GUIDE CERTIFICATE

I, Dr. SURNAME NAME MIDDLE NAME hereby certify that the Project titled WRITE YOUR PROJECT TITLE HERE IN TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT SIZE 14, BOLD UPPERCASE By WRITE YOUR SURNAME, NAME, MIDDLENAME HERE Seat Number Write your seat Number here

is a piece of original work, carried out under my supervision and guidance. I am satisfied with the amount of research work carried out by him/her?
Place Date Signature and seal of the guide

Annexure iv

Company Certificate On company letterhead

The company can decide on their own format: This is just a indicative. However, the certificate should categorically say that it is your project and it designed, coded, executed, tested and implemented by you.

This is to certify that

WRITE SURNAME NAME MIDDLE NAME Put your roll number here Has carried out the project WRITE YOUR PROJECT TITLE HERE IN TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT SIZE 14, BOLD UPPERCASE HERE By herself / himself The details of the concerned superior officer are Name: ______________________________

Designation: ___________________________ Department: ___________________________ Name of the company: ___________________ Address of the company ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

Under the sign and Seal of the company.

Signature of the authorized person

Annexure v

AFFIDAVIT
I Roll No Project Title under the supervision of WRITE SURNAME NAME MIDDLE NAME Put your roll number here WRITE YOUR PROJECT TITLE HERE IN TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT SIZE 14, BOLD UPPERCASE HERE Put your guides name here

Solemnly affirms as under

that the thesis submitted is exclusively my own work carried out at INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE AND OPEN LEARNING, UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, under the supervision of the guide approved by the university. I have not copied my work from any source. I further say that if any copy paste is found anywhere in the thesis at a later stage, the thesis can be cancelled and degree withdrawn.

(Signature of Candidate) Place: ___________________ Date: ____________________

Annexure vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank ______________

I am also thankful to ________________

Last but not the least __________________

Your signature

Yours surname, Name, Middle Name

Place ______________ Date _______________

Annexure vii

INDEX

Chapter Section 1.0

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10

Topic Synopsis of the project

Name / Title of the Project. Statement about the Problem. Why is the particular topic chosen? Objective and scope of the Project. Methodology (including a summary of the project). Hardware & Software to be used Testing Technologies used. What contribution would the project make? Conclusion Limitations if any

Page No.

2.0 2
2.1 2.2

The Theoretical background

Overview of front end Overview of back end

3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.0

System Analysis
Problem Definition Legacy system in use Proposed System Feasibility study Software development model Gantts Charts

System Design
Study of the system Hardware & Software specification Input and output Access Control

4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4

5.0
5.1 5.2 5.3

Detailed Life Cycle of the Project

Project Modules Architecture design System diagrams E- R Diagram Dataflow Diagram Context Diagram Class diagram Use case diagram Sequence Diagram Database Design Data directory

5.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5 5.3.6 5.4 5.4.1

6.0 6
6.1 6.2

Input output screen Design

Input / Output admin screen Reports

7.0 7
7.1 7.2 7.3

Methodology for System Testing

Test case design Testing strategies System Security

8.0 8
8.1 8.2 8.3

System Implementation
Hardware requirements Software requirement Difficulties faced in implementation

9.0 9 10
9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4

The Source code

Test Report, Printout of the Reports, Printout of the Code Sheet Other Screen Print shots

10.0 11.00
11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6

Limitations and future enhancements Conclusion and discussion

Project Cost / Expenses Project Benefits Self-analysis of Project Viabilities Problems encountered and possible solutions Summary of project work SWOT Analysis of the project

11

12.0 12
12.1 12.2

Reference:
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