<CAPSTONE PROJECT TITLE>

A Capstone Project Proposal

Presented to the Faculty of the
Information and Communications Technology Program
STI College <School Name>

In Partial Fulfilment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Bachelor of Science in <Program>

<Researcher's Given Name MI. Family Name>

<Researcher's Given Name MI. Family Name>
<Researcher's Given Name MI. Family Name>
<Researcher's Given Name MI. Family Name>

<Date of Proposal Defense>

STI College <School Name>

 APPROVAL SHEET

This capstone project proposal titled: <Research Title> prepared and submitted by
<Researcher's Given Name MI. Family Name>, <Researcher's Given Name MI.
Family Name>, <Researcher's Given Name MI. Family Name>, and <Researcher's
Given Name MI. Family Name>, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Bachelor of Science in <Program>, has been examined and is recommended for
acceptance and approval.

<Capstone Project Adviser's Given Name MI. Family Name>

Capstone Project Adviser

Accepted and approved by the Capstone Project Review Panel

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Bachelor of Science in <Program>

<Panelists' Given Name MI. Family Name> <Panelists' Given Name MI. Family Name>
Panel Member Panel Member

<Panelists' Given Name MI. Family Name>

Lead Panelist

Noted:

<Capstone Project Coordinator's Given <Program Head's Given Name MI. Family
Name MI. Family Name> Name>
Capstone Project Coordinator Program Head

<Date of Proposal Defense>

STI College <School Name>

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
Title Page i
Executive Summary ii
Approval Sheet iii
Acknowledgment iv
Table of Contents v
List of Figures vi
List of Tables vii
List of Notations viii
Introduction 1
Project Context
Purpose and Description of the Project
Objectives of the Study
Scope and Limitations of the Study
Review of Related Literature/Systems
Review of Related Literature
Related Studies and/or Systems
Synthesis
Technical Background
Overview of Current Technologies to be Used in the System
Calendar of Activities
Resources
Appendix
References
Resource Persons
Personal Technical Vitae (one page per member)

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 INTRODUCTION

Project Context

This part should be at least two pages of presentation and discussions. This should
introduce the presentation of the problem, that is, what the problem is all about.
The proponent should describe the existing and prevailing problem situation
based on his/her experience. This scope may be global, national, or regional. The
project context gives a strong justification for choosing such a research problem
based on his/her capacity. Finally, in the project context, provide a statement that
shows the relationship between the rationale of the study and the proposed
research problem.

In the succeeding paragraphs, there should be no indentations, paragraphs are

justified with left alignment. Delete this highlighted section and replace it with
your project context.

Purpose and Description of the Project

This part should describe the function of the project. It should also describe what
is good in the project and what makes it unique, innovative, and relevant. This
should be written using general language and non-technical terms.

In writing purpose and description, the proponent must state the function of his
capstone project. It should not attempt to claim that the project will add to the
body of knowledge.

In the succeeding paragraphs, there should be no indentations, paragraphs are

justified with left alignment. Delete this highlighted section and replace it with
your purpose and description of the project.

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Objectives of the Study

The objectives of the study guide the researcher and the reader to know what the
proponent needs to do. These usually follow the chronological sequence of the
statement of the problem and its specific questions.

Objectives are written by either beginning with a verb or an infinitive.

The importance of the capstone project must contain explanations or discussions

of any or all of the following:

 The rationale, timeliness, and relevance of the study;

 Possible solutions to existing problems or improvements to unsatisfactory

conditions;

 The beneficiaries and how they are going to be benefited;

 Possible contribution to the fund of knowledge (if any); and

 Possible implications

Delete this highlighted section and replace it with your objectives.

Scope and Limitations of the Study

This part should include a brief statement of the general purpose of the study, the
target users/beneficiaries of the study, the period of the study, and the features of
the proposed software.

The limitation of the study includes the weaknesses of the study beyond the
control of the researcher.

Delete this highlighted section and replace it with the scope and limitations of
your study.

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 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE/SYSTEMS

Review of Related Literature

A literature review aims to show the reader what the researchers have read and
had a good grasp of the main published work concerning a particular topic or
question in the particular field. This work may be in any format, including online
sources.

It is very important to note that the review should not be simply a description of
what others have published in the form of a set of summaries but should take the
form of a critical discussion, showing insight and an awareness of differing
arguments, theories, and approaches. It should be a synthesis Project and analysis
of the relevant published work, linked at all times to your own purpose and
rationale.

Literature reviews should comprise the following elements:

 An overview of the subject, issue, or theory under consideration, along with the
objectives of the literature review;

 Division of works under review into categories (e.g., those in support of a

particular position, those against, and those offering alternative theses entirely);

 Explanation of how each work is similar to and how it varies from the others; and

 Conclusions as to which pieces are best considered in their argument are most
convincing of their opinions and make the greatest contribution to the
understanding and development of their area of research.

In the succeeding paragraphs, there should be no indentations, paragraphs are

justified with left alignment. Delete this highlighted section and replace it with
your own review of related literature.
Related Studies and/or Systems

Published as well as unpublished research studies are sources of materials that may be
included in this section. The research studies may also be identified as foreign or local.

Existing systems that are closely related to the research/design are considered in this
section and may be identified as foreign or local.

Common Guidelines in Citing Related Literature and Studies:

 The materials must be as recent as possible.

 The materials must be as objective and unbiased as possible.

 The materials must be relevant to the study.

 The materials must not be too few or too many.

 After reading, the readers should gain an adequate understanding of the technical
topic(s) involved in the capstone project.

Delete this highlighted section and replace it with your own review of related
literature.

Synthesis

This contains the conclusive summary of the Review of related literature/studies.

In case that the proposed project is a continuation of a previous work, this section
should give emphasis or justification why the proposed project is needed.

In the succeeding paragraphs, there should be no indentations, paragraphs are

justified with left alignment. Delete this highlighted section and replace it with
your own synthesis.
 TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

Overview of Current Technologies to be Used in the System

This contains the discussions on the current trends and technologies to be used in
developing and implementing the proposed system.

In the succeeding paragraphs, there should be no indentations, paragraphs are

justified with left alignment. Delete this highlighted section and replace it with
your own methodology.

Calendar of Activities

This should contain the detailed sequence of activities that the proponents will
undergo in completing the project. This should discuss the activities, purpose, or
objectives of each activity, persons involved and the resources needed in
chronological order of execution. In the succeeding paragraphs, there should be
no indentations, paragraphs are justified with left alignment. Delete this
highlighted section and replace it with your activities.

Have a Gantt chart of activities to summarize your activities. Use the chart
provided. This should contain a chart that specifies when each of the activities
listed is expected to start and end. The time unit should be in terms of weeks and
not actual dates. Fill in the provided Gantt chart by encoding the activities that
your group will do. Use blue and yellow alternately in highlighting the duration or
period of the activity. Use this introductory paragraph:

The Gantt chart presents the summary of activities. Listed are the activities and
opposite them are their duration or periods of execution.
 Gantt Chart of Activities

MONTH
FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER
ACTIVITY

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Resources

 Hardware

This should list the specific hardware resources that the proponents expect to need
in completing the project.

 Software

This should list the specific software resources that the proponents expect to need
in completing the project.

Methodology, Results, and Discussion

The Methodology is the general research strategy that outlines the way in which a
research project is to be undertaken and among other things, identifies the
methods to be used in it.

A. Requirements Analysis

On this part, the proposed system or software must provide computing solutions
to address the

needs of an organization in terms of the following:

• Who – the people involved

• What – business activity

• Where – the environment in which the work takes

• When – the timing

• How – how the current procedures are performed

B. Requirements Documentation

This part establishes the basis for the agreement between customer/client and the

developers/programmers on what the software product is to do. Under this, all

software features

are enumerated in detail by providing a storyboard showing how the software

would look like if

the same was already designed and coded.

C. Design of Software, System, Product, and/or Processes

The proponents shall describe in detail how they will design the proposed system
in accordance with standards.

D. Development and Testing (where applicable)

The proponents shall discuss and test the software development standards.

E. Description of Prototype (where applicable)

This part includes the system requirements; the preliminary design; and how the
system is being evaluated and tested.

F. Implementation Plan (where needed)

The Implementation Plan describes how the information system will be deployed,
installed, and transitioned into an operational system. The plan contains an
overview of the system, a brief description of the major tasks involved in the
implementation, the overall resources needed to support the implementation effort
(such as hardware, software, facilities, materials, and personnel), and any site-
specific implementation requirements.
 G. Implementation Results (where applicable)

These are the outputs during the implementation phase. These may include the
generated outcomes as the ground for improving the project/system.

Conclusions and Recommendations

This section summarizes the results based on the results and discussion chapter.
Conclusions should unite with the findings and accomplishments of the study.
Recommendations may include further research of the study and/or enhancement
of the developed system.

Appendix

The following pages contain the references, resource person(s), and curriculum
vitae of the researchers. Resource persons are those who contributed to the
development of your research.

A. References

B. Resource Person/s

C. Relevant Source Code

D. Evaluation Tool or Test Documents

E. Sample Input/Output/Reports

F. User’s Guide

G. Personal Technical Vitae (one page per member)

 REFERENCES

The reference list provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve
any sources cited in the body of the paper. Each source you cite in the paper must appear
in your reference list; likewise, each entry in the reference list must be cited in your text.
Your references should begin on a new page separate from the text of the manuscript;
label this page REFERENCES centered at the top of the page (bold, but do not underline
or use quotation marks). All text should be double-spaced just like the rest of the text.

Basic Rules

•All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-
half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation.

•Authors' names are inverted (last name first); give the last name and initials for all
authors of a particular work unless the work has more than six authors. If the work has
more than six authors, list the first six authors and then use et al. after the sixth author's
name to indicate the rest of the authors.

•Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each
work.

•If you have more than one article by the same author, single-author references or
multiple-author references with the exact same authors in the exact same order are listed
in order by the year of publication, starting with the earliest.

•When referring to any work that is NOT a journal, such as a book, article, or Web page,
capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first word after a
colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns. Do not capitalize the first letter of the
second word in a hyphenated compound word.

•Capitalize all major words in journal titles.

•Italicize titles of longer works such as books and journals.

•Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works such as
journal articles or essays in edited collections.

The following rules for handling works by a single author or multiple authors apply to all
references in your reference list, regardless of the type of work (book, article, electronic
resource, etc.)
Single Author: Last name first, followed by author initials.

Example:

Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in

Psychological Science, 11, 7-10

Two Authors: List by their last names and initials. Use the ampersand (&) instead of
"and."

Example:
Wegener, D. T., & Petty, R. E. (1994). Mood management across affective states: The
hedonic contingency hypothesis. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 66, 1034-
1048.

Three to Six Authors: List by last names and initials; commas separate author names,
while the last author name is preceded again by ampersand.

Example:

Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., & Harlow, T. (1993). There's more to
self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The importance of stability of self-esteem.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1190-1204.

More Than Six Authors: If there are more than six authors, list the first six as above and
then "et al.," which stands for "and others." Remember not to place a period after "et" in
"et al."

Example:

Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P., et al. (2001).
Writing labs and the Hollywood connection. Journal of Film and Writing, 44(3), 213-245.
Organization as Author: Name of Organization. (year)

Example:

American Psychological Association. (2003).

Unknown Author:

Example:
Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th ed.).(1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-
Webster.

NOTE: When your essay includes parenthetical citations of sources with no author
named, use a shortened version of the source's title instead of an author's name. Use
quotation marks and italics as appropriate. For example, parenthetical citations of the two
sources above would appear as follows: (Merriam-Webster's, 1993) and ("New Drug,"
1993).

Two or More Works by the Same Author: Use the author's name for all entries and list the
entries by the year (earliest comes first).

Example:

Berndt, T.J. (1981).; Berndt, T.J. (1999).

When an author appears both as a sole author and, in another citation, as the first author
of a group, list the one-author entries first.

Example:

Berndt, T. J. (1999). Friends' influence on students' adjustment to school. Educational

Psychologist, 34, 15-28. Berndt, T. J., & Keefe, K. (1995). Friends' influence on
adolescents' adjustment to school. Child Development, 66, 1312-1329.

References that have the same first author and different second and/or third authors are
arranged alphabetically by the last name of the second author, or the last name of the
third if the first and second authors are the same.

Example:

Wegener, D. T., Kerr, N. L., Fleming, M. A., & Petty, R. E. (2000). Flexible corrections
of juror judgments: Implications for jury instructions. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law,
6, 629-654.

Wegener, D. T., Petty, R. E., & Klein, D. J. (1994). Effects of mood on high elaboration
attitude change: The mediating role of likelihood judgments. European Journal of Social
Psychology, 24, 25-43.

Two or More Works by the Same Author in the Same Year: If you are using more than
one reference by the same author (or the same group of authors listed in the same order)
published in the same year, organize them in the reference list alphabetically by the title
of the article or chapter. Then assign letter suffixes to the year. Refer to these sources in
your essay as they appear in your reference list, e.g.: "Berdnt (1981a) makes similar
claims..."

Example:

Berndt, T. J. (1981a). Age changes and changes over time in prosocial intentions and
behavior between friends. Developmental Psychology, 17, 408-416.

Berndt, T. J. (1981b). Effects of friendship on prosocial intentions and behavior. Child

Development, 52, 636-643.

Article in Journal Paginated by Volume: Journals that are paginated by volume begin with
page one in issue one, and continue numbering issue two where issue one ended, etc.

Example:

Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of

Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.

Article in Journal Paginated by Issue: Journals paginated by issue begin with page one
every issue; therefore, the issue number gets indicated in parentheses after the volume.
The parentheses and issue number are not italicized or underlined.

Example:

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(30), 5-13.

Article in a Magazine

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Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time, 135, 28-31.

Article in a Newspaper: Unlike other periodicals, p. or pp. precedes page numbers for a
newspaper reference in APA style. Single pages take p., e.g., p. B2; multiple pages take
pp., e.g., pp. B2, B4 or pp. C1, C3-C4.

Example:

Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The
Country Today, pp. 1A, 2A.
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spaces that are not to be used with your listings. Use a space as normal before the
brackets, but do not include a space following the bracket.

A Translation

Example:

Laplace, P. S. (1951). A philosophical essay on probabilities. (F. W. Truscott & F. L.

Emory, Trans.). New York: Dover. (Original work published 1814).

Note: When you cite a republished work, like the one above, work in your text, it should
appear with both dates: Laplace (1814/1951).

Edition Other Than the First

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Helfer, M. E., Keme, R. S., & Drugman, R. D. (1997). The battered child (5th ed.).
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book: When you list the pages of the chapter or essay in
parentheses after the book title, use "pp." before the numbers: (pp. 1-21). This
abbreviation, however, does not appear before the page numbers in periodical references,
except for newspapers.

Example:

O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: Metaphor for
healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the
life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York: Springer.

Government Document

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National Institute of Mental Health. (1990). Clinical training in serious mental illness
(DHHS Publication No. ADM 90-1679). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing
Office.

Report From a Private Organization

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American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Practice guidelines for the treatment of

patients with eating disorders (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Author.

Conference Proceedings

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Schnase, J.L., & Cunnius, E.L. (Eds.). (1995). Proceedings from CSCL '95: The First
International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning. Mahwah,
NJ: Erlbaum.

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guidelines for printed articles. Include all information the online host makes available,
including an issue number in parentheses.

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Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People Who
Make Websites, 149. Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving

Newspaper Article

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Parker-Pope, T. (2008, May 6). Psychiatry handbook linked to drug industry. The New
York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com

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to provide the file format in brackets after the lecture title (e.g. PowerPoint slides, Word
document).

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Roberts, K. F. (1998). Federal regulations of chemicals in the environment

[PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://siri.uvm.edu/ppt/40hrenv/index.html
 Curriculum Vitae of
<GIVEN NAME MI. FAMILY NAME>
<complete address>
<email address>
contact number either cellular phone or landline or both

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Level Inclusive Dates Name of school/ Institution
Tertiary month year
Vocational/Technical month year
High School month year
Elementary month year

PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Nature of Experience/ Name and Address of Company or
Inclusive Dates
Job Title Organization
month year
month year
month year
month year
Listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

AFFILIATIONS
Inclusive Dates Name of Organization Position
month year
month year
month year
month year
Listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

SKILLS
SKILLS Level of Date Acquired
Competency
month year
month year
month year

TRAININGS, SEMINARS, OR WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Inclusiv Title of Training, Seminar, or Workshop
e Dates
 month
year
month
year
month
year
month
year
Listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).