6000 Words - Capstone Project Report on Data Warehousing role on Information Systems
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FinalReportTemplete.docxDO NOT DELETE THE HEADINGS – YOUR JOB IS TO WRITE IN THE SECTIONS ACCORDINGLY. WORD LIMIT IS 6,000 WORDS.
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Abstract:
The abstract must accurately and concisely capture the project motivation or Problem statement, objective of the project, methodology/approach, results/findings, implications and limitation.
• Summary: Write a summary of the report. (250 words)
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• Purpose/Motivation or Problem Statement: research questions, relevance & context of the project (one or two sentences).
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• Objective of the project:
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• Design/Methodology/Approach: Explain the methods used for the data collection in your project (this includes literature; and other analyses your project requires)
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• Results/Findings: Briefly outline the results of your systematic search; the consistent themes, any gaps if appropriate (one or two sentences).
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• Implications and limitation.
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• Conclusion of abstract: final assessment of the overall evidence and how it helped you to finish this project (one or two sentences).
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Project Topic outline:
Include the original project topic outline that you chose for your project. This is helpful for the second marking understanding what your project is about. Prepare a final report that concisely details the work completed during your project. (Use your project plan)
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Lists of Symbols:
Your final report mush includes - Tables; Figures; Abbreviations; Charts; Graphs, Pie Charts.
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Body:
The actual report consists of sections arranged to suit the individual needs of each project, and should include the following:
1. Introduction including any relevant background information.
Write an exceptional introduction that grabs interest of reader and states topic clearly. Write an excellent description of research question, problem (including statement of purpose and relevance). The scope should include context, boundaries and assumptions.
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2. A description of the aim of the project.
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3. Background research/literature review/requirements analysis. This should be based on the work you completed in the interim report and the heading used needs to reflect the project type undertaken.
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4. Literature Review. Choose a variety of information sources appropriate to the scope and discipline of the research question. Select sources after considering the importance (to the researched topic) of all criteria used (such as relevance to the research question, currency, authority, audience, and bias or point of view). Synthesize in-depth information from relevant sources representing various points of view/approaches.
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5. A description of the methods/approach used to implement your project (including justification of the choices made where appropriate). All elements of the methodology or theoretical framework should be skilfully developed. Appropriate methodology or theoretical frameworks may be synthesised from across disciplines or from relevant sub disciplines.
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6. Results /Implementation, discuss the outcomes of the method used. For this project report, it is expected that some tabular data that shows the results of your project activities/methodological approach will be included.
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7. Analysis and discussion of the project outcomes. From the work you have completed, extract the important issues from the information you have accumulated and choose suitable information (must use diagrams, images, graphs etc.), to aid the comprehension of the text. Explain the significance of the project outcomes in relation to other relevant published work.
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8. Conclusions: A critical statement of what has been achieved or demonstrated with this project, based on the analysis and discussion of the results. The conclusion should sum up the main points of the report and should clearly relate to the objectives of your report.
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9. Recommendations: A statement of further work or action you consider to be necessary, e.g. during the investigation/project it may have become apparent that it would be desirable to carry the study beyond the planned objective or that some problems encountered should be explored in greater depth than was possible or necessary in the current project.
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Execution & Results or Analysis & Discussion:
Organize and synthesize evidence excellently to reveal insightful patterns, differences, or similarities related to focus.
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Propose one or more solutions/ hypotheses that indicate a deep comprehension of the problem. Solution/ hypotheses should be sensitive to contextual factors as well as all of the following: ethical, logical, and cultural dimensions of the problem.
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Evaluation of solutions should be deep and elegant (for example, should contain thorough and insightful explanation) and includes, deeply and thoroughly, all of the following: considers history of problem, reviews logic/ reasoning, examines feasibility of solution, and weighs impacts of solution.
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Implement the solution in a manner that addresses thoroughly and deeply multiple contextual factors of the problem.
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Review results relative to the problem defined with thorough, specific considerations of need for further work.
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Implications & Limitations:
Insightfully discuss in detail relevant and supported limitations and implications.
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Lessons Learned:
This section enables students to step back from the project and more objectively analyse what they have learned from the project.
o Meaningfully synthesize connections among experiences from the project (including life experiences and academic experiences) to deepen understanding of fields of study and to broaden own points of view. Make explicit references to previous learning and applies in an innovative (new and creative) way that knowledge and those skills to demonstrate comprehension and performance in novel situations. Envision a future self (and possibly makes plans that build on past experiences) that have occurred across multiple and diverse contexts.
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This section should also address the following issues:
o Did the project meet scope, time, and cost goals?
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o Were the IT practices used in your project conducted ethically (use the ACS Code of Ethics to respond)
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o Regarding managing the project, what were the main lessons you learned?
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o Describe one example of what went right on this project.
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o Describe one example of what went wrong on this project.
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o Outline what will you do differently on the next project based on your experience working on this project?
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References:
Must Include minimum 40 Peer Reviewed Sources. Please note that incorrect referencing may constitute plagiarism. Students should use Harvard Style.
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Appendices:
Appendices should contain material which is too detailed, technical, or complex to include in the body of the report. All appendices must be referenced in the main text.
Appendices include: (NOT PART OF THE WORD LIMIT)
1. Detailed theoretical analyses.
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2. Tabulated records of results, with reference to instruments or sources as appropriate.
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3. Graphs, drawings, diagrams etc., not included in the main sections.
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