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CS491B Software Design Lab Writing Project Report

CS491B Software Design Lab Writing Project Report. Chengyu Sun California State University, Los Angeles. Outline of a Project Report. Title. Technological background. System/Application Projects. Author. System overview. Abstract. Design and implementation of each component.

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CS491B Software Design Lab Writing Project Report

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  1. CS491B Software Design LabWriting Project Report Chengyu Sun California State University, Los Angeles

  2. Outline of a Project Report Title Technological background System/Application Projects Author System overview Abstract Design and implementation of each component Introduction System evaluation Content Theoretical background Theory/Algorithm Projects Theorem / algorithm descriptions Conclusion References Proofs / Implementation Appendices Performance evaluation

  3. What is a Project Report? • Project report != documentation • A project report should tell • What is your project? • Why did you choose the project? • How did you conduct the project? • What are the results/products/lessons of the project? • A way to evaluate your technical writing skills

  4. Title • Don’t be too generic

  5. Abstract • Tell the whole story in 100 to 200 words • A good abstract • Let people know you’ve done good work • Make people want to read more

  6. Introduction Section • A more elaborated version of the abstract • Focuses on • Motivation • Project highlights

  7. Technological Background • Introduce the technologies/tools/platforms you used to build you project • Be clear about the connections between the pieces • Assume your readers are students who just took CS202 • E.g. how do you describe a J2EE project??

  8. System Overview • The Big Picture of your project • Descriptions of the interaction between different components, overall work flow etc.

  9. Design and Implementation … • Design (or feature design), is how things should be • E.g. The system support several types of users … • Implementation is how things are done • E.g. Each user type is implemented as a subclass of a User class ..

  10. … Design and Implementation • Writing about design and implementation is not easy • Choose the right level of details • Topics that are usually interesting and/or important • Performance • Security • Improvement of user experience • Insights, insights, insights

  11. System Evaluation • Results produced • Comparison with other systems • Load testing

  12. Conclusion Section • Reiterate your achievements • Emphasize lessons learned and insights gained

  13. Appendices • API documentation • Database schema • User manual • Source code • …

  14. Some Technical Writing Do’s and Don’ts • Use formal language • Use diagrams and figures • Use tables • Don’t overuse pictures and screenshots • Don’t overuse bullets • Don’t overuse passive voice • Use “We” instead of “I”

  15. Past CS491 Reports • All CS491 project reports are available at http://sun.calstatela.edu/~abet/cs491/index.html • Some good reports • Matthew’s ProgFest 2005 Platform • Chris’s Deep Space 2 • Andrew's CodeSimian • Cheralyn's Cupboard 2.0 • Christopher's LemGen • Kelly's Content-based Image Organization

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