Final Report
Wilmer Arellano FIU
Overview
 Sections that need to be changed
 General Recommendations
 Section Headings
 References
 Title Page
To Do List
 Have all the Team Members Read The Final
Report Document
 Sections to change are indicated in this document
 Other Sections not indicated could change according to
individual needs
Sections that need to be
changed
In my opinion the sections indicated in table 1 are the ones that need to be revised or
changed:
ABSTRACT
I.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
XVI. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
A. Different Solutions
1) Advantages
2) Disadvantages
XVII. END PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND OTHER DELIVERABLES
A.
End Product Description
B.
Functions
C.
Specifications
D.
Other Deliverables
XVIII. PLAN OF ACTION
A.
Statement of Work (SOW)
B.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
C.
Project Milestones
D.
Gantt Charts
E.
Results Evaluation
XXI. BUDGET
XXII. RESULTS EVALUATION
XXIII. LIFE-LONG LEARNING
XXIV. CONCLUSION
XXV. REFERENCES
XXVI.
APPENDICES
Table 1
Acknowledgement
 If a client, organization, or individual has
contributed or will contribute significantly in a form
of technical advice, equipment, financial aid, etc,
an acknowledgement of that contribution should be
included in the corresponding section.
ABSTRACT
 An ABSTRACT can be the most difficult part of the research
report to write because in it you must:
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introduce your subject matter,
tell what was done,
and present selected results,
all in one short (about 150 words) paragraph.
 The most common type of ABSTRACT is the informative
abstract. A good way to develop an informative abstract is
to devote a sentence or two to each of the major parts of
the report.
 Enhance the abstract to make it persuasive
 ¾ Page
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 An Executive Summary is an accurate representation of the
contents of a document in an abbreviated form.
 Executive Summaries are summaries provided for readers
who do not have time to read the entire document.
 The Executive Summary must be a self standing document,
sufficient in content to ensure that the reader can
completely understand the contents of the Project.
 2 to 4 pages long
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
XV.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
A. Different Solutions
1) Advantages
2) Disadvantages
 If there were any changes in the Concept
Development they need to be added here
without removing the original analysis
END PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
XVI.
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END PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND OTHER DELIVERABLES
A.
End Product Description
B.
Functions
C.
Specifications
D.
Other Deliverables
End product Description: You need to explain your product here.
 First
• Use Block Diagrams and explain the Signal Flow in Detail
• Present pictures
• Show and explain software Flow Charts
 Then
• Show the detailed circuitry
• Show the formulas and calculations involved
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Explain the functions and particularly if there were changes in them
List your Specifications and compare to the initial Target Specifications
STRATEGY
XVII. PLAN OF ACTION
A.
Statement of Work (SOW)
B.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
C.
Project Milestones
D.
Gantt Charts
 Indicate Changes in the Plan of Action and explain why
 Compare the Proposal WBS with the Completed Project WBS and
explain the team members responsibilities
 Did you meet the milestones? If not explain
 Compare Original Gantt Chart With The Completed Project Gantt
Chart.
Results Evaluation
F. Results Evaluation
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For each of the items listed bellow you will need to
mention:
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What was stated in the proposal
What was accomplished,
What was not and why
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Project objectives and Constraints
Standards
Concepts
Specifications
Deliverables
Budget
 Explain any changes in the Budget
LIFE-LONG LEARNING
 How the project has motivated you to engage in life-long
learning?
 Lifelong learning is the "ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated”
pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons.
 Therefore, it not only enhances social inclusion, active citizenship and
personal development, but also competitiveness and employability.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifelong_learning
 Indicate what Technical Societies, magazines or activities of
lifelong learning you are engaged
 If you are not members of IEEE it would be a great moment as you are still
students and it would be very inexpensive
 Being an IEEE member is something good to show in your Resume as well
 Another way to show your engagement in this topic is to show
your intentions (if true) in getting your Professional Engineer
License.
Conclusions
 In this very important ¾ page section you will mention:
 How the whole idea started
 What the main objectives were and how they evolved (interview,
Survey, Brainstorming)
 What were the activities involved in completing this project
 Summarize your Results Evaluation
 Why, even in the event that you had a lot of difficulties, you can
consider success as an outcome
 How the project is a contribution to society
 How the project has contributed to your formation and your lifelong
learning
Signing Page
 In the final Report you don’t need the full Summary Form as you did on the
proposal
 Double click the signing section bellow (This will open word) and copy the form
and paste it at the end of your report
Name
PID
PRINT
Group Leader
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Mentor
E-mail Address
Phone Number
SIGNATURE
DATE
Final Version
 Prepare two copies of you final report, one for Dr.
Watson and one for your mentor
 Final Report must include all sections
 All signatures must be present (Team Members
and Mentor)
 Permanent Binding (No Three Ring Binders)
 Spiral binding recommended
CDs
 Create 2 CDs with:
 Identifying labels: Year, semester, proposal, project title, team
members, mentor, etc
 An electronic version of your report
 The PowerPoints that you used in your presentations
 Any electronic documents ,such as programs, related to your project,
unless otherwise instructed by your mentor due to copyright reasons
 Permanently attach the CDs envelopes to the inner side of
the back cover
 Place each CD in the envelope of the corresponding report
General Recommendations
 Start all your sections with an opening paragraph.
 Do not start with a Figure, a Table or a Result
Section Headings
 Primary section headings within papers are enumerated by Roman
numerals and are centered above the text. For the purpose of typing the
manuscript only, primary headings should be capital letters. Sample:
I. PRIMARY HEADING
(TEXT)
 Secondary section headings are enumerated by capital letters followed
by periods (“A.”, “B.”, etc.) and are flush left above their sections. The
first letter of each word is capitalized. In print the headings will be in
italics. Sample:
A. Secondary Heading
(TEXT)
Section Headings
 Tertiary section headings are enumerated by Arabic numerals followed
by a parenthesis. They are indented, run into the text in their sections,
and are followed by a colon. The first letter of each important word is
capitalized. Sample:
1 Tertiary Heading: (TEXT)
 Quaternary section headings are rarely necessary but are perfectly
acceptable if required. They are identical to tertiary headings except
that lowercase letters are used as labels and only the first letter of the
heading is capitalized. Sample:
a) Quaternary heading: (TEXT)
References
 It is important to include a References section at
the end of a report in which you list your other
sources.
 Informal or short reports may not have a
references section or only a short one
 while more formal reports will likely have reference
sections, sometimes very lengthy ones.
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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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SENIOR DESIGN II FINAL REPORT
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