Project Proposal guidelines
Projects
Quantitative
Qualitative
BASIS FOR
COMPARISON
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Nature
Holistic
Particularistic
Approach
Subjective
Objective
Research type
Exploratory
Conclusive
Data
Verbal
Measurable
Inquiry
Process-oriented
Result-oriented
Hypothesis
Generated
Tested
Elements of analysis
Words, pictures and objects
Numerical data
Objective
To explore and discover ideas
used in the ongoing processes.
To examine cause and effect
relationship between variables.
Result
Develops in depth initial
understanding
Recommends final course of
action
Important Elements of your project
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
LOGBOOK
TOPIC
OBJECTIVES
RELEVANCE
METHOD OF STUDY
PROPOSAL
REVIEW
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION/CASE STUDY
ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATIONS/IMPROVEMENTS
Important Submissions
•
•
•
•
•
•
PROTOTYPE
PROPOSAL
INTERIM REPORT
LOGBOOK/JOURNAL
PRESENTATION
PROJECT THESIS & REPORT WRITING
PROTOTYPE
1.
Design/Study Case
2.
Control & Systems/review
3.
Materials and Hardware/complexity of the case
4.
Construction/ Overall finishing/improvement
5.
Operation/analysis & evaluation
Important Submissions
• Proposal submission
• Interim Report
• Submission of the report
• Presentation starts from
PROJECT PROPOSAL
1. Project Title
• Use ordinary English grammar
• Ensure the title is self-explanatory
• Avoid making it ambiguous;
for example, a good title might be “An analysis of
wishbone performance using CATIA FEA”. A poor
example of the same project would be “CATIA analysis
of Wishbone.
• Ensure the title is self-explanatory
2. Abstract/ Summary
• Background about the project
• Relevance of current study
• Overall summary
• Nature of problem
• Method of Study
• Requirements
3. Objectives and Activities
➢ Measurable and realistic
Objectives: describe the report’s purpose
• What you are trying to achieve from the project
• What are your approaches towards achieving it
• There should be approximately five.
• The objectives should be specific so that on completion they can be
considered in the conclusion and ticked off.
Activities: describe the report’s purpose
• Refer to your objectives.
• Activities to achieve your objectives
• Studies, report, recommendations, CAD, testing and
troubleshooting, etc
4. Section 3 Questions
1. Why are you interested in the project?
•
Your interest, general interest, target audience
2. What are the key questions the project attempts to answer?
•
Testable (Refer to your objectives.)
3. What Research Methods do you intend to use?
•
design/solution, propose and build or develop better design/solution, measure,
analyse, evaluate and repeat
4. What primary and/or secondary data sources do you intend to use?
•
original and relevant to the topic of the research
•
collected by another party not related to the research
Please provide draft chapter heading for your report
5. Gantt Chart:
Please attach or outline a project schedule (Gantt
chart) which incorporates the various phases of
your project and activities to undertake, duration,
start and end dates, any milestones/ deliverables
and major dependencies.