Presentation Outlines The Writing Process Pitfalls in the Process Project Thesis outlines What should the abstract include? What Should the Conclusion include?

1. Brief Guidelines for Writing
Graduation Project Thesis
DR. TAREK GABER
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPT.
FACULTY OF COMPUTERS AND INFORMATICS,
SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY, EGYPT

2. Presentation Outlines
 The Writing Process
 Pitfalls in the Process
 Project Thesis outlines
 What should the abstract include?
 What Should the Conclusion include?

3. The Writing Process
 Think = Idea generation, literature review
 Organize = Outline and group ideas
 Draft = put something on paper
 Re-Think = evaluate what you write
 Re-Organize = does flow exist, eliminate repetition
 Edit = fix grammar and sentence structure
 Re-Write
 Repeat

4. Pitfalls in the Process
 No defined research plan
 Waiting to the end to write

5. Project Thesis outlines
 1. Abstract: A summary of the objectives and accomplishments. Typically 1
page long.
 2. Objectives: Describe the problem that you set out to solve and the
solutions you have
 achieved.
 3. Introduction: Describe the background of the project work. Establish the
context. Discuss why this problem is important. Briefly describe the
development process you will follow.
 4. Literature Review: Provide a survey and a critical review of related prior
work.

6.  5. Analysis and Requirements: Describe the problem analysis, enhanced with an
analysis model in UML.
 6. Design: Describe the architectural design and the detailed design enhanced
with UML model diagrams. Describe your rationale for the design decisions with
supporting data collected from trade‐off studies. Describe the specific tools and
techniques used in subchapters.
Project Thesis outlines (Cont.)

7.  7. Implementation:
 Describe the implementation approach. Describe software tools, design patterns,
special coding techniques, etc. Describe special tools used, if any.
 8. Testing: Describe the testing approach. Describe sample test plans and test
results.
 9. Conclusions:
 10. Appendices:
Project Thesis outlines (Cont.)

8. What should the abstract include?
 The purpose of the project identifying the area of study to which it
belongs.
 The research problem that motivates the project.
 The methods used to address this research problem, documents or
evidence analyzed.
 The conclusions reached or, if the research is in progress, what the
preliminary results of the investigation suggest, or what the research
methods demonstrate.
 The significance of the research project. Why are the results useful?
What is new to our understanding as the result of your inquiry?

9.  Whatever kind of research you are doing, your abstract should
provide the reader with answers to the following questions:
 What are you asking?
 What problem your project try to solve?
 Why is it important?
 How will you study it?
 How will you solve this problem? what techniques to be used
 What will you use to demonstrate your conclusions?
 What are those conclusions?
 What do they mean?
What should the abstract include? Cont.

10. What Should be in the Conclusion?
In the conclusion chapter summarize the problem you set out to solve,
describe what you have achieved, and prospect for future work.
 1. Refer back to the problems you encountered and how you
overcame those. Always refer back to the main body of the thesis for
the detailed descriptions; the conclusion section should not contain
detailed descriptions of the problems or the solutions.
 2. Address how you have met the original objectives of the project.
 3. Discuss potential future work.