FYP Plan

Please upload your FYP strategy & Plan to the SVN repository by the deadline under:

https://svn.mosuma.com/r4000/doc/reports/bs/{yourloginname}/

see svn FAQ for uploading instructions.

Format of FYP plan: you must use the provided FYP Final Report template

Your content can be very simple, comprising just the following items neatly arranged in the first chapter of your FYP report. The first chapter need not be complete (1 page, 2 pages, any length is ok) but should contain the following sections (or any other sections you deem appropriate):

Chapter 1: Introduction

1. Motivation
   • Tell a story. Put on your salesman hat as if you are sell ing snake oil. If you cannot convince yourself this is great, modify the scope.
   • Why are you doing this? Other than "I have no choice but to select this project". Keep in mind that I would allow you to pursue and define an alternative project scope if you are not interested in the assigned project.
   • Who would use this? Would you? If the answer is no, you need to seriously rethink your project scope.
   • What are existing solutions on the net. Do a brief survey
2. Objectives
   • What are you trying to accomplish?
   • Define your goals clearly. E.g. create a program that can download 75,000 pictures in a day and classify them into pretty, ugly within 100 years.
3. Plan
   • Deliverables
   • Technologies to use/learn
   • Software modules to create : rough sketch is fine
   • Data to collect : e.g. pages to download
   • Experimental evaluations, e.g. are you going to test it on guinea pigs. How many? Where?
4. Project Timeline
   • Milestones (define major milestones, not 100 small ones)
   • Gantt chart (at the week resolution), you should use the online project manager tool provided, which allows me to check and update your plan anytime. You can use a screen capture utility to dump this online plan to the report, don't waste time using Microsoft Project to create a beautiful plan.

You must upload your fyp plan in the prescribed format to the SVN repository by the deadline.

• No email/physical submissions accepted.
• No excuses for encountering problems with the uploading at the last minute. You are supposed to figure it out long before the deadline.

Lastly, since this is just a plan, things can change. Don't worry about change. Change is good. The only constant in life is change.