This final year project is a practical course where students are expected to implement the concepts learnt during four years of their study so as to build a system. The course includes realization of project management, software development, and programming skills.
Objectives
The objective of this course is to make students able to design and develop software applications by following appropriate development methodology.
Teaching Methods
The major teaching methods that can be followed for this course include class lectures, laboratory activity, group discussions, presentations, and demonstrations.
Nature of Project
Students should develop a complete functioning system. The system should not be limited to basic CRUD operations only. Being a final year project, students are highly recommended to implement appropriate algorithms relevant to the project. The project should include precise system analysis, design, implementation, and result analysis. Students can work in groups of at most two members. Students can choose appropriate language technologies learnt till eighth semester, but are not limited to them. While implementing the project, students should be able to write their own program modules rather than relying on predefined APIs or plugins except in unavoidable circumstances.
Phases of Project
Proposal Submission: Students must submit and present project proposal after 3rd week of start of the eighth semester.
Mid-Term: Students must submit progress report and defend midterm progress of their project work in the 12th week of the eighth semester.
Final Submission: Students must submit and orally defend the project work during the last week of the eighth semester but before final board examination. Students must submit the final report to their department at least ten days before final defense. The hard/soft copy should be made available to the external expert before a week of presentation date. The final presentation should be followed by demonstration and viva voce.
Provision of Supervision
There should be a regular faculty of the campus/college assigned as supervisor. The supervisor guides students throughout the project and provides constructive suggestions. A supervisor can supervise at most four project groups in a class and should rigorously supervise, monitor, and provide feedback to the project groups under supervision.
Evaluation Scheme
Proposal Defense: 10% of total marks based on project proposal and presentation.
Midterm: 70% of total marks based on work done and documentation. Work done carries 60 marks and includes system analysis/design, implementation, understanding of methods, teamwork, problem identification, and amount of work performed. Documentation carries 10 marks and includes report organization, writing style, completeness, readability, and organization/analysis of data and results.
Final Defense: 20% of total marks based on presentation, project demonstration, and viva voce. Each group member should present the project followed by demonstration. The project should be ready to run for demo.
Focus: Presentation skills, project demonstration, project report, viva/question answer, level of work and understanding, teamwork and contribution.
Internal/External: Proposal plus midterm evaluation carries 80 marks as internal assessment. Final defense carries 20 marks as external assessment. Each student must pass internal and external assessments individually.
Report Contents
Project proposal: Introduction; Problem Statement; Objectives; Methodology including requirement identification, feasibility study, and high-level design; Gantt Chart; Expected Outcome; References.
Project report: Cover and Title Page; Certificate Page; Acknowledgement; Abstract Page; Table of Contents; Lists of Abbreviations, Figures, and Tables; Main Report; References; Bibliography if any; Appendices.
Main report chapters: Introduction; Background Study and Literature Review; System Analysis and Design; Implementation and Testing; Conclusion and Future Recommendations.
Citation and Referencing
References should list articles, books, URLs, and other sources cited in the document. Books, articles, and other sources studied but not cited can be listed in the bibliography section. Citation and referencing should follow IEEE referencing standard.
Report Format Standards
Page Number: Certificate page through lists should use roman numbering from i. Chapter 1 onward should use numeric numbering from 1. Page number should be inserted at bottom center.
Page Size and Margin: A4 paper; Top 1, Bottom 1, Right 1, Left 1.25.
Paragraph Style: All paragraphs justified with 1.5 spacing.
Figures and Tables: Figures and tables centered; figure captions centered below; table captions centered above; captions bold with 12 pt size.
Final Report Binding and Submission
Number of copies: 3 (College Library + Self + Dean Office). Look and feel: golden embracing with black binding. A final approved signed copy of the report should be submitted to the Dean Office, Exam Section, FOHSS.