Proposal presentation submitted by Nengolong Samuel FUT Minna for Design and Implementation of an Undergraduate Project Repository for the Univerisity

1. PROJECT AND THESIS REPOSITORY FOR
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
(SICT),
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
MINNA
by
Nengolong G. Samuel

2. Background to the Study
- late 15c., Late Latin repositorium "store," in
classical Latin, "a stand on which food is placed”.
-Repository; a place or container in which things
can be stored for safety .
-An online application that will allow easy access
to all the SICT undergraduate projects and
thesis.
-Browse projects catalog and sort through by
the student name, project topic or year of
project submission.

3. Statement of the Problem
-Projects cannot be accessed anywhere at
anytime.
-Fire incidence or water, could result in damage
or total loss of projects.
-Searching and sorting of projects is very hectic
and slow due to the quantity of projects.
-Access to projects can be delayed due to
procedures and protocols.

4. Aim and Objectives of the Study
1. Provide easy access to all SICT undergraduate
projects and thesis.
2. Search for a project by project topic, student
name, keyword or year of submission.
3. Sort projects catalog by project name or year
of submission.

5. Significance of the Study
-More support in terms of storage and easy
retrieval on request.
-The search module will enable efficient
searching and quick discover of items.
-The repository would also serve as an
educational environment for many internet
users and researchers.

6. Scope and Limitation of Study
-Projects and thesis repository for SICT, Federal
University of Technology Minna
-Project details shows only the project topic,
student name, abstract and the year of project
submission
-only accessible online
-Filter search only by project topic, student
name, keyword or year of submission
Definition of Terms
-All definitions are based on this research (how
they apply).

7. Methodology
-Simple web application with easy to understand and use links.
-Bottom-up approach.
-Agile development process.
-Relational database – few tables holding data and meta-data.
-Depending on cloud space, quantity of projects can be in
millions.
-Plain text display; increase in page response to request’s.
-No authentication is required before site usage.
-Search module logic; search using topic, name, keyword or
year.
-Sort items in ascending or descending order (using only topic
and year).
-Project management interface (create, read, update and
delete).
-Only registered and activated users can access dashboard.

8. Current System
-Complete; achieves all that is needed concerning projects
and project archiving.
-Original and complete research material in hard copy.
-Regulates user access to archived projects.
Limitations
-Manual record keeping of previous project research topics.
-Projects are in hard copies only.
-Can get lost or damaged.
-Not easily accessible due to protocol(s).
-Procedure(s) in obtaining project can be relatively slow.
-Can be costly since printing materials and physical storage
space (a store/office with cabinets or shelves) are needed
to archive projects.

9. The New System
-Automated; online project archiving.
-Can be accessed from any location with internet
access.
-Can contain a large number of items with less space.
-No fear of physical content damage or loss.
-Cost efficient; doesn’t require much to setup.
-Improved efficiency in storage and searching of
archived contents (since human effort is not required).

10. Requirement Analysis - Software
-Operating system – Microsoft Windows XP (and later
versions), MAC OS Leopard (and later versions), Linux –
Ubuntu 10 (and later versions).
- Browser – Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari or
Opera web browser’s (all versions from 2009 and above).
Requirement Analysis – Hardware
A computer with:
- minimum of 30GB hard disk drive.
- At least a Pentium III @800 GHz, Intel Processor.
-Minimum of 256MB Random Access Memory.

11. Expected Results
1. Easy access to all SICT undergraduate projects
and thesis on the repository.
2. Complete and efficient search for a project by
project topic, student name, keyword or year of
submission.
3. Sorting of projects by project name or year of
submission.