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FINAL YEAR PROJECT

PROPOSAL WRITING
Instructor
Prof. Sajjad Ahmad Bhatti
PROJECT PROPOSAL
• Proposals are informative and persuasive (influential) writing
because they attempt to educate the reader and to convince the
reader the importance of the project to be conducted.

• The goal of the writer is to make the reader believe that the
provided solution is practical and appropriate.

• The effectiveness of your proposal will depend on your ability


to explain the nature, context and scope of your project.
WHEN WRITING YOUR PROPOSAL, TAKE CARE TO
EXPLAIN YOUR RATIONALE AND JUSTIFY YOUR CHOICE
BY APPLYING IN TEXT CITATION AND ANY MAJOR
ALTERNATIVES YOU ARE DISCARDING.
PROPOSAL WRITING STEPS
• Your proposal should consist of the following:
• Abstract
• Background and introduction of sponsor/client and problem statement(s)
• Literature review
• Project rationale
• Aims and objectives
• Scope of the project
• Proposed methodology
• Proposed solution and anticipated results
• Schedule of activities and Gantt chart
• References
ABSTRACT

It provides a brief summary of the project and the main points.


BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION OF
SPONSOR/CLIENT AND PROBLEM STATEMENT(S)
• Introduce the project and explain the context. What is background to
the project?

• What are the problems experienced by the client, what does the client
want to achieve?

• You need to demonstrate your understanding of the practical problem


of the sponsor/client on your hand and your ability to select a topic that
matches with the sponsor/client and the problem they are facing and
for which it is possible to do a meaningful project that has the potential
to yield results.

• It should state the key decisions that you will have to make and/or the
main technical or other problems that you expect to have to solve.
LITERATURE REVIEW
• It provides literature survey of the related topic in research.

• Latest research papers / projects must be studied relevant to the


selected topic and their short overview must be provided in this
section.
PROJECT RATIONALE
• Describe the purpose motivation or relevance of the project.

• Describes why the problem is important.

• You must convey why you want to take this project and what
you hoped to learn from your research.
OBJECTIVES
• The goal of the project and main focused objectives of the
project.
• They should be numerically listed.
• Wording should clearly, completely and specifically communicate to your
readers your intention.
• Each objective should contain only one aspect of the Study.
• Use action oriented words or verbs when writing objectives.
• The objectives should start with words such as:
• ‘to determine’,
• ‘to find out’,
• ‘to ascertain’,
• ‘to measure’,
• ‘to explore’ etc.
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
• Project scope is a way to set boundaries on your project and
define exactly what goals, deadlines, and project deliverables
you’ll be working towards.

• By clarifying your project scope, you can ensure you hit your
project goals and objectives without delay or overwork.

• Defining your project scope isn’t a one-person job. Rather, you


should align with any important project stakeholders and ensure
that you’re all on the same page
Contd….
• A project scope document typically includes the following:

• Project Goals: a high-level overview of your project objectives

• Project Stakeholders: the people involved in the project.

• Resources allocated: such as team members, budgets, and tech


• Constraints: limitations of time, people, and costs that you must operate
within.

• Timeline: timeframes within which you must complete each part of the project.

• Deliverables: the tangible results of your completed project

• Exclusions: What your project won’t include, aka out-of-scope work.


SIGNIFICANCE OF YOUR PROJECT
Contribution of your work
• Contributions made to the field is identified
– Gap filled
– Inadequacies addressed
– Extending the boundary of knowledge
• Results of research could be applied for practice/ in the wider
field
• Implications for future research indicated
– New territory
– Unfinished business
– Extension of Work
PROPOSED METHODOLOGY
• This section would address the ‘How’ part. Briefly write down
your intended approach towards tackling above problems.
Name any algorithm or third party library you would use, any
particular technique you are going to follow etc.

• It is the systematic, theoretical analysis of the methods applied


to your of study.
PROPOSED SOLUTION AND ANTICIPATED RESULTS

• This section describes what your envisioned system is supposed


to achieve.

• You can give your system’s functional requirements in this


section
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES AND GANTT CHART

• Provide schedule as per following format

Activity Tentative Date

<Activity 01>

<Activity 02>

<Activity 03>

<Activity 04>

<Activity n>

• Also provide Gantt chart to clearly illustrate the project


schedule
REFERENCES
• You must use references (APA style) when appropriate to justify
your study

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