DAV UNIVERSITY JALANDHAR

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Project Report Guidelines

for

Bachelor of Computer Applications

Information Related to Project Report

The objective of the B.C.A. project work is to develop quality software solution. The primary
emphasis of the project work is to understand and gain the knowledge of the principles of
software engineering practices.

Students should take this project work seriously, as these efforts will be considered as six
months software development experience.

The project should be genuine and original in nature and should not be copied from
anywhere else. If found copied, then it will not considered for partial fulfilment for award
of degree.

Note: Every student has to submit Synopsis-I and final Project Report as per schedule
by the department.

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 Format of Synopsis-I

1. Introduction to Project
2. System Analysis
 Identification and Formulation of a Problem
 Need and Significance of Proposed Work
 Objectives
 Scheduling and Methodology of Proposed Work
3. Hardware and Software Requirements
4. Zero Level DFD / System Flowchart
5. System Design with respect to assigned Project
 Modules Detail
 Normalized Database Schema
 Constraints Specification
 Detailed ER Diagram

Note:

 The above is meant to serve as a guideline for preparation of the project proposal
(Synopsis). The students may add or modify some of the above-mentioned points
depending upon their relevance to the project and with the consultation of the project
guide for the same.
 The report should be typed in A-4 size paper with following formatting pattern:
a) Font: Times New Roman
b) Main Heading Font Size: 16
c) Sub Heading Font Size: 14
d) Text Font Size: 12
e) The line spacing should be 1.5
 The synopsis shall be typed on one side only with a following margin:
a) Left: 1.5 cm
b) Right: 1.25 cm
c) Top and Bottom: 1.25 cm
 The header should contain the project name and footer should have page number and
registration ID of student.

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 Format of Final Project Report

1. Title Cover Page (Format given in Annexure I) and Colour of Hard binding: Black
2. Certificate from your guide about the submission of work done under his/her guidance,
Internal Supervisor.
3. Table of Contents
4. List of Figures and Tables
5. List of Abbreviations
6. Abstract of Project
7. Study of existing system, if any.

8. Problem Statement

9. System Requirements

 Functional Requirement
 Working Environment: Hardware and Software Requirements.

10. Feasibility Analysis

11. Project Plan

 Development Schedule

12. System Design

 Detailed DFD’s and Structure diagrams

 Normalized database design
 User interface design

13. Test Planning with different test cases and techniques

14. Results (Outputs) and Analysis

15. Conclusion

16. Future Scope

17. References

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Note:

The above is meant to serve as a guideline for preparation of the project report. The students
may add or modify some of the above-mentioned points depending upon their relevance to
the project and with the consultation of the project guide for the same.

 The report should be typed in A-4 size paper with following formatting pattern
a) Font: Times New Roman
b) Main Heading Font Size: 16
c) Sub Heading Font Size: 14
d) Text Font Size: 12
e) The line spacing should be 1.5
 The synopsis shall be typed on one side only with a following margin:
a) Left: 1.5 cm
b) Right: 1.25 cm
c) Top and Bottom: 1.25 cm
 The header should contain the project name and footer should have page number and
registration ID of student.

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 Annexure I

PROJECT TITLE
(Title Case: Uppercase, Font: Arial, Font Size: 14, Alignment: Centre)

A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted to the
FACULTY OF SCIENCE

DAV UNIVERSITY, JALANDHAR

for the partial fulfilment of the requirement

for the award of degree of

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

2015-2018

STUDENT NAME SUPERVISOR NAME

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS,

DAV UNIVERSITY JALANDHAR, PUNJAB – INDIA

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