Templates

This page provides a collection of templates for final project reports to help students to structure and present their work effectively.

Report Structure: Predefined sections such as title page, abstract, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion

Declaration

The report should include a signed ‘declaration’ of authorship and originality which states how far the work contained in the report is your own work

Table of Contents

The table of contents must provide a title and page number for each chapter/section and subsection of the report. Page numbers should be entered against every item in the table of contents and headings should be differentiated using a numbering
system.

List of Figures

This should list, with page numbers, all the schematics, photographs, photocopies, diagrams,
and the like that are in the report, in the order in which they appear in the text.

Are all abbreviations in report in alphabetical order with page numbers ?

Are all Figures, diagrams… in report in appearance order with page numbers ?

Are all Tables in report in appearance order with page numbers ?

List of Tables

This should list, with page numbers, all the tables in the report, in the order in which they appear in the text.

Abstract

The report should have a concise but comprehensive abstract, of about a page, summarizing the objectives of the work, the contents of the report and indicating the most relevant aspects of the work done and achievements:

Checklist:

Is it concise, succinct of about one page max?

Are objectives of work available, succinctly review the problem?

Is a brief statement of the research method used available?.

Are most relevant aspects of work done and achievement (key findings) available?

Is the main conclusion of the research given in a final sentence ?

Table of Contents section

Is a title and page number for each chapter/section and sub

section of the report available?

Are Appendices and Bibliography listed?

Section Introduction

It sets the context of the work, indicates what is being addressed in the report, provides the motivation for the study and can usefully provide a ‘road map’ indicating how the report is structured.

Is the problem statement clearly enough ?

Are the main and specific objectives clear and concise?

Are all related work or literature available?

Literature Review

This includes a review of related work or literature.

Section Methodology

It is the recipe for conducting the project. It talks about the approach you took to solve your problem and thus achieve your objectives.

SubSection Methodology /Testing

Checklist:

Are all used testing methods clearly described (like Unit tests, Integration Tests, User acceptance Tests, Performance Tests)?
For each testing method is the purpose described?
Is there a clear evidence of the tests executed (like test code fragments for unit test)?
Are Example Szenarios for each testing method available?

Section Objectives (Main objectives and specific objectives)

Checklist

Are all used testing methods clearly described (like Unit tests, Integration Tests, User acceptance Tests, Performance Tests)?
For each testing method is the purpose described?
Is there a clear evidence of the tests executed (like test code fragments for unit test)?
Are Example Szenarios for each testing method available?

Section Conclusion and Outlook

Checklist:

Is there a summary of aims and objectives? (Aim Summary)
Is there a description on how well the initial objectives have been met?(result summary)
Is there a clear description of what is important in the work done, personal contribution clearly mention?
Are future implications & applications mention?
Based on the limitations are concrete recommendations for further studies, practical new research areas or analysis available?

Section References

Checklist:

Are all the works used fully referenced? Is a complete bibliographical information for each entry available ? (author(s), title, conference/journal, dates of publication, pages)
Is the format of the references like in the report templates ?

Section Appendices

It includes details who are relevant to the project but that would detract from the ‘flow’ if included in the main body of the report.

Checklist:

Are the details added here relevant to the project?
Are the details supporting some argument in the main body?
Does the reader not have to read it to understand the main text?

Section Results and Discussions

Checklist:

Did i recall the main questions/objectives and general used methodology at the beginning?
Are each result consisely and objectively reported?
Are all relevant results to the problem statement included?
Have i used tables or figures to illustrate my results where appropriate?
Are all tables and figures correctly labelled and referred to in the text?