BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATION

PROJECT GUIDELINES
BCA-603

INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES –NOIDA

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
A-8B, Sec-62, Institutional Area, Noida, UP-201303
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sr. No. Particulars Page No.

1. Calendar For Project 3

2. BCA Project Performa 4-7

2.1 Model Project Cover Page

2.2 Acknowledgement

2.3 Certificate

2.4 Project Approval Performa

3. Guidelines For Project Formulation 8-9

4. Project Proposal (Synopsis) Formulation 10

5. Project Report Structure 11

6. List of Broad Areas of Applications and Related Tools 12

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 1 . C A LEN D A R F O R TH E PR O J EC T

Sr.
DATE TIME Faculty ACTIVITY
N.

2/02/2011 to 5/02/2011 As per Class Project In-Charge Project Discussion in

1.
Schedule & Mentors Class Room

As per Class Respective Synopsis Doubt

2. 8/02/2011 to 12/02/2011
Schedule Mentors Clearing

2. 21/02/2011 to 26/02/2011 10 am to 4 pm Mr. Anil Gupta Synopsis Submission

15/03/2011 to 18/03/2011 As per Class Mid Sem. Project

3. Panel
Schedule Presentation

As per Class Final Project

4. 20/04/2011 to 23/04/2011 Panel
Schedule Presentation

Final Project Report

5. 05/05/2011 to 10/05/2011 10 am to 4 pm Project I/C & AG
Submission

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 2. BCA Project Performa
2.1 Model Cover Page of Project Report

<Project Title>

Submitted to Department of Information Technology

Institute of Management Studies - Noida

For the partial fulfillment for the award of Degree of

Bachelor of Computer Application

(Session: 2008 to 2011)

Submitted To: Submitted By:

<Guide Name> <Student Name>

<Designation> <Roll No.>

<Dept.> <Enroll. No.>

<Session>
 2.2 Acknowledgement

I am very grateful to my project guide Dr./Mr./Ms.________________________for giving his

valuable time and constructive guidance in preparing the Synopsis/Project. It would not have
been possible to complete this project in short period of time without his kind encouragement
and valuable guidance.

Date:

Signature
Name of the Student
 2.3 Certificate

I___________do_hereby declare that the Project entitled__________________ submitted to the

Department of Information Technology, INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES -

NOIDA, U.P. in partial fulfillment for the award of the Degree of BACHELOR OF

COMPUTER APPLICATION in session___________.

Place:

Date: Signature of the candidate.

 2.4 Project Approval Performa

Project Proposal No________________________

(for office use only)

1. Name of the student ---------------------------------------------------------

2. Enrolment of the student ---------------------------------------------------------
3. E-mail: ---------------------------------------------------------
4. Mob. No. ---------------------------------------------------------
5. Title of the Project ---------------------------------------------------------
6. Name of the Guide ---------------------------------------------------------

For Office Use Only:

Signature of the Guide

Approved Not Approved Date: -------------------------

Suggestions for reforming the Project:

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Department of Information Technology
7 IMS-Noida-201303

Guidelines & General Instruction:

 3. GUIDELINE FOR PROJECT FORMULATION

The project work constitutes a major component in most of the professional programs. It is to
be carried out with due care and should be executed with seriousness by the student.

TYPE OF PROJECT

Majority of the students are expected to work out a real life project in some development
laboratories, educational institutions / software companies. It is suggested that the project is to
be chosen which should have some direct relevance in day-to-day activities of the students.
Students are encouraged to work in the areas listed at the end of the project guidelines.

The Project Report should have 100 - 150, typed pages in A-4 sheet.

1- Page Size: Good quality, white A4 size paper should be used for typing the project report.

2- Margin Specification:
(i) Left Margin : 1.25 inch
(ii) Right Margin : 1.00 inch
(iii) Top Margin : 1.00 inch
(iv) Bottom Margin : 1.00 inch

3- Page Number: All text pages excluding the cover page of the project report should be
numbered at the bottom center of the page.

4- Font Size:
Running Matter: - 12, Times New Roman, Double Spacing, both side typing.
Paragraph Heading: - 16, Times New Roman, Bold.
Sub Heading: - 14, Times New Roman, Bold.
Binding Type: - Black color, Hard Bound with gold embossing.

Only one Copy of the project report in bound form is to be submitted to the Project In-Charge,
Department of IT, IMS-Noida. Another copy of the Project Report must be retained by the
student which should be produced before the examiner at the time of the Viva-voice.

PROJECT EVALUATION

As per the C.C.S. University norms the Project Report shall be evaluated for 200 marks and
marking scheme for project evaluation will be as follows
 Presentation Sem. End Exam

Mid Presentation End Viva-Voce Project report

Presentation

50 50 20 80

Viva-voce and class presentation is compulsory and forms part of evaluation. A student in order
to be declared successful in the project must secure 50% marks in each component (i) Sessional
and (ii) Semester End Exam. Pass in both the components is compulsory. If a student submits
project report as per the activity schedule and fails to attend the viva, at end of the semester,
her/his Project will remains incomplete and should contact Project In-Charge, Department of IT,
IMS-Noida.

Unfair cases of copied versions of the project synopsis and project reports will be sent to
Unfair Means Committee headed by Executed Director, IMS-Noida for action
 4. SYNOPSIS STRUCTURE

The project proposal should be prepared in consultation with the guide. The project
proposal should clearly state the objectives and environment in which it will be prepared by
the student. It should strictly follow the points given below:
1) Cover and Title page
2) Synopsis Approval Performa duly filled and signed by the student
3) Index
4) Acknowledgement
5) Introduction and objective of the project
6) Analysis (Feasibility Study, DFD 0 Level, 1- Level and 2 Level/ER Diagram etc)
7) H/W and S/W Requirement
8) Table and Structure, Number of Modules, Detail of Modules, Data Structure
9) Types of Reports
10) Scope of future application
 5. PROJECT REPORT STRUCTURE

1) Cover and Title page

2) Synopsis Approval Certificate/Company Certificate
3) Index
4) Acknowledgement
5) Certificate of Originality
6) Introduction/Aims and Objective
7) System Analysis
8) Feasibility Study
8.1 Technical Feasibility
8.2 Economic Feasibility
8.3 Operational Feasibility
9) Analysis (Feasibility Study, DFD 0 Level, 1- Level and 2 Level/ER Diagram, and Data structure,
Table structure etc)
10) S/W & H/W Requirement Specification
11) Screen Shots
12) Coding
13) Validation Checks
14) Testing (Testing techniques and Testing strategies)
15) Various types of Reports/Modules
16) Future scope of the project
17) Bibliography/References/Glossary
 6. LIST OF AREAS OF APPLICATION AND RELATED TOOLS

Students are suggested to use languages and database environment for front end and back end
like V.B., C, C++, SQL, Oracle etc., for making their project.

Projects should not be developed using the packages like Dbase III, Foxpro, and Visua Foxpro.
Projects can be developed by using the combination of VB as the front end and MS Access as
Back end. Students can also develop applications using tools/languages/Software / not listed
above if they are part of latest technologies.