Data Warehousing Capstone Project Plan

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Format

All assessment tasks (except the journal) should be submitted as a Word document

All documentation should be a single word-processed document unless special circumstances are required.

Project Title

A title of not more than 16 words should be provided.

Title Page

A Title Page should be submitted with each individual project submission.

Title page should have the following information:

· Assignment Title

· Author Details

· Abstract (Lit Review and the final Report)

· Keywords (Lit Review and the final Report)

Author Details

Details should be supplied on the Title Page including:

· Full name of the author

· E-mail address of the author

Abstract

· A structured abstract should be included on the Title Page,

Abstract should address the following:

· Motivation or Problem Statement

· Objective of the project

· Methodology/Approach

· Results/Findings

· Implications

· Limitation

Please note -the list is suggestive and not mandatory

· Maximum 250 words in total (including keywords).

Keywords

· Provide no more than 5 keywords on the Title Page,

· Keywords should encapsulate the principal topics of your project

Project Topic

· Include the original project topic outline that you chose for your project

· This should be the second page of your document.

Headings

· Headings must be 7 words or less

· There should be a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchies of headings.

· Headings should have a numbering system that matches the heading levels.

· First level headings to be presented in bold format 18 pt

· Subsequent sub-headings to be presented in medium italics 14 pt.

· Further headings (level 3) should be bold 12pt

Presentation

· Writing should be presented in clear, concise English.

· Fonts should be Calibri or Helvetica, 11 point font

· Spacing should be double or 1.5-line spacing throughout

· Margins: use standard margins

· Page numbers: All pages of your documents must be numbered consecutively, including appendices and references

· Page numbers should appear in a footer on the right of each page.

Notes/Endnotes

· No notes or endnotes

Table of Contents

· Table of Contents should be automatically generated based on your Word headings.

Figures

· All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be included in the body of your documents.

· Ensure that all images are of reasonable quality and easily understood

· All figures should be labelled appropriately and referred to in the body of the document.

Tables

· Tables should be included in the main body of the article.

· All Tables should be labelled appropriately and referred to in the body of the document.

· Ensure that any superscripts or asterisks are shown next to the relevant items

References

· References to all publications must be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency.

· In-text citations : Cite publications in the text:

· Citing one author- use the first named author's name and date (Adams, 2006) Make sure you use the family name

· Citing two authors, (Adams and Brown, 2006)

· Citing three or more authors (Adams et al., 2006).

· Reference list should be at the end of each project document before any appendices

· Reference list should be in alphabetical order