Course workplan to date:

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Course workplan to date
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What goes into the Final Report?
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Final Report

• Due Mar 15th at 10AM in CIV 300 Box
• Grade 40 (report alone)
• Full technical report about 15-20 pages plus
  Appendix

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Summary

• Rationale Used by busy clients with little time
  to review details in Final Report
• Insert at the front before Table of contents
• Self-contained
• Problem, Objectives, Major Results and Major
  Conclusions
• 1 or 2 pages in length

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Introduction

• May differ depending on topic
• What is problem? Why is this relevant?
• What has been done to try and resolve (Lit.
  review)? Why not resolved?
• Objective and scope of your study
• Organization of report

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Approach adopted

• How problem is resolved? Include outline of work
  plan
• Flow Chart
• Model used? Theory if needed
• Resources used data, existing software,
  experts, experimental

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Discussion of results

• Depends on topic
• Major Tables and Figures (referenced in text)
• Analysis results (calculations, costs,
  relationships, findings, etc.)

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Conclusions and recommendations

• Use bullet form (clear and concise)
• Conclusions
• Summary of major results
• Recommendations
• What should be done by client with these
  results?
• Appendix Details and secondary information.
  Organized
• Documented in text

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What is an Admin Report?
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Administration report

• Separate report. Marked as distinct from Final
  Report
• Appended to Final Report
• Due Mar 15th at 10AM in Box
• Grade 15

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Admin. report

• About 8 pages. Depends on work plan and proposal
• Variation between project as in Proposal and
  Final Report.
• Include revisions in modified Ghant chart
  (planned vs actual by task)
• Brief discussion of time and cost issues, team
  dynamics.

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Oral presentation of project results
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Oral presentation

• Week of March 11th (Mon and Tues)
• Grade 15
• All members must contribute
• All students must be present for each day (self
  grading as per Forms)

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Oral presentation

• Time 15 mins per team
• (10 2 QA) 3 Setup
• Overview of project
• Background (Problem, Objectives and Scope)
• Approach
• Summary of major results, conclusions and
  recommendations