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CC2039Professional Development for Communication Technology
Developing a Project Proposal
Developing a Project Proposal Identifying and selecting a
project The role of the project
supervisor The project proposal Literature search and review
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Sources of Project Ideas Brainstorming Workplace Personal contacts The Internet Background reading Lecturers Clients or local businesses Past projects
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How to find an area?You could Follow up a previous project Follow up a topic from your current year
e.g. system development methodologies for mobile devices Specialise in a year 3 topic
e.g. Formal Methods; Network security management Exploit your other strengths
e.g. Mobile devices and community gardening Improve your CV
e.g. Mobile devices and Financial Services
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What Types of Projects? You could Replace or extend an existing system Move a system to a new platform or
operating system Make an old system more efficient Create a new system to provide a better
service
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How to Select a Potential Project? Brainstorm an initial list of potential
topics Research into the topics and narrow
down your list to what is feasible Spot a gap in the research
This can be indicated by your lecturers or your own reading
Test your ideas
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Test Your Potential Projects/Ideas (1)
Does the topic really interest you? Do you have the necessary skills,
facilities and tools readily to hand? Do you have the finance available to
purchase materials or tools, if needed? Do you have the time and the facilities
to acquire missing skills? Are all team members committed to this
topic? (if a group project)
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Test Your Potential Projects/Ideas (2)
Is your idea original and not just a near duplicate of a past project?
Is your project to a level that exceeds previous coursework?
Does the project enable you to explore, develop and demonstrate skills and knowledge relevant to your course?
Is your project consistent with your career goals?
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The role of the supervisor (1) The role of your supervisor is to guide you He/she agrees your project proposal You meet him/her regularly to discuss the
progress of your work He/she signs your logbook (meeting log) He/she is your first marker He/she arranges your Interim presentation
and the final Viva
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The role of the supervisor (2)
Your supervisor Does NOT provide additional
teaching Can only advise you on your work
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The Project proposal The project proposal is a document agreed
and signed by the supervisor and the student
It includes information about the project Background Problem and scope Objectives Approach Resources Plan Initial literature review
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The Proposal: General Details Student’s personal details
(name, ID, email, degree programme)
Project duration (dates from… to) Project title Supervisor
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The Proposal: Background Description of the
scope the problem its relevance the context
Includes a top-level functional requirement what is the project to achieve? why is it worthwhile?
For Networking students, it is important to produce a system/prototype or framework as one of the main project deliverables
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The Proposal: Objectives State and explain what kind of computer system is
to be designed and implemented Other objectives could relate to the research,
analysis, design, implementation and testing Each objective should be given a deliverable, e.g.
bibliography, design documents, target code, packaged demonstration system
In your final report a critical appraisal of the project is needed, and you should refer back to the objectives
Objectives should be SMART
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The Proposal: The approachFor example: System Development Life Cycle
(SDLC) Structured methods Object-oriented methods Rapid Application Development (RAD)
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The Proposal: Skills Projects must build on a reasonable
range of skills and knowledge acquired from Computing modules
In this section you list The design and technical skills you currently
have which are relevant to your project The skills you need to acquire for your
project, e.g. VB, XML, Java RMI, SSADM etc Refer to relevant 3rd year modules you are
planning to take in order to gain these skills
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The Proposal: Special Requirements Students are responsible for ensuring that
the necessary resources needed for projects are available or requested
State your need of: data sources letter of agreement regarding obligations of
employers or clients access to domain specialists installing special software on your machine
Please note: the University cannot normally provide or pay for special facilities
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The Proposal: Project Plan Plan for the main tasks of your project
Indicate 3 – 4 substantial tasks that you will undertake in the first semester of your project:
in-depth literature review feasibility study analysis design prototype
These tasks will be evaluated at the Interim assessment
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Literature Review: Purpose To assist in the development and the justification of
your project Report on
What was found What are the gaps in existing knowledge
To increase and demonstrate your understanding of current thinking and theories
To provide the reader with an introduction to your area of work
To establish the academic context of the project To provide an academic underpinning for your
conclusion
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Literature Review: Sources Primary Sources:
Conference papers Research reports Company reports
Secondary sources: Books Journals Newspapers
Media: Papers Video and radio broadcasts The Internet
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Literature Search Allocate time to browse titles in the library
catalogues Read abstracts of a range of journal articles
identify and keep notes – read in full later Identify and keep notes on relevant web
pages, book chapters and conference papers
When reading, look for ideas on methods that could be adapted to your project
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Referencing Avoid plagiarism: it is important to show where
you have used someone else’s words or ideas Referencing is required when you
Quote another person words Summarise or paraphrase ideas, opinions or
information of another writer Use diagrams, tables, figures and statistics from
another source Using references shows your awareness of the
subject area and the key concepts
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