Selecting topic 4 FYP v3

Selecting topic for Final Year Project

Department of Computing, HIET, FEST

Hamdard University

Asad Ur [email protected]

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Guidance and support

This session is for right beginning of your FYP.

Next we will have sessions for improving your skills for FYP planning and execution of FYP.

Your input on such events and your queries will help making such session meaningful.

Faculty and students have to work as team for better outcome.

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Selecting topic for FYP

I am Confused

I have not done that before. I am doing FYP first time.

I do not know; what should I do

I have no idea how to take first step and move forward for my FYP.

No clue which type of project should I choose.

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I am Confused

I am facing difficulty in selecting my FYP.

It is normal to be un-decided (not sure) when you are doing something first time ?

What are possible steps or actions that will take me out of this difficulty ?

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What is Confusion ?

Confusion is a symptom that makes you feel that you cannot think clearly.

You might feel disoriented and having a hard time making a decision. Undecided (not sure) Lacking direction

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Get rid of Confusion

How do we take important decisions of our life ?

1) I should have some options for a possible decision.

2) Knowledge about those options.

3) Compare/evaluate those options and with calculated risk move forward (take decision).

Such as after my BS; should do MS or MBA ?

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1- Should have some options

I go to a teacher and ask him/her about FYP topics. No efforts are required. No learning of process is required. After BS, I will have same skills and confidence

I am doing FYP to complete formality to get bachelors degree.

I do not want to increase my knowledge I want BS degree only (required for a job)

How can I start gathering info about my options ?

8 Explore other options

These options are based on different objectives

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Should have some options

Other option I come out from my comfort zone. I make serious efforts to have, a few FYP options. I take only suggestion from supervisor and select one on my

own. (I take my own decisions) Lots of efforts are required Now I can become more knowledgeable Can have confidence on my skills and capabilities No dependency on anybody

I am doing FYP to improve my skills and knowledge, so that IT industry accept me as good resource.

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Should have some options

What serious efforts mean ? Have to give reasonable time to FYP. Search FYP topics through internet. You know yourself. Ask question to yourself.

Can I do that? Pay visits to IT professionals (hot summer,

travel by bus). Invest time to clarify your assumptions.

Dreaming a successful career without serious effort, is wishful thinking

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Should have some options - but how ?

Should know few things about yourself first.

Your strengths (interest) Tools (Java, dot.net, SQL, Wordpress etc.) Skills (coder, documentation, testing)

Your time commitment Mid-term and final exam will come Commit two hours daily (less or more) 2hrs x 22 days x 8 months = Max 352 hours project /person

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Should have some options - but how?

Select a category of Project

Module of an large ERP Business Application (small project, based on my capacity) E-commerce / Web-portal (using Content Management) Content Security (cryptography) Combination of HW and SW Mobile Application Development

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Should have some options - but how ?

Management System

Campus

Supply Chain

Material Human Resource

Library

Inventory

Database

Development tool

Tools Possible activitiesProject Type

Business Knowledge

Module of an ERP

Supply Chain Management System

Study module of large ERPs - SAP, Open-ERP etc

Document business process and visit local industry to

verify process

MySQLDot.net

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Web-portal usingContent Mgm’t systemDAWN.com

rozee.pk

meezanbank.com

Tools Possible activitiesProject Type

E-Commerce / web-portal

Rozee.pk Web-portal Using Joomla

Have few themes for web-portal

How many pages /categories /services

TradeKey.com

Alibaba.com

Graphic Design (theme)

Learn any CMSSuch as Drupal, Joomla

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Encryption / Decryption

Encryption / Decryption of confidential text files

Emails filtrationsExchange Server

Authentication method of legal

sender

Tools Project Type

Protection against spamming on email accounts

Possible activities

Study cryptography

and network security

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SW + HW Project

Tools Project Type Possible activities

Hand controlled Spy Robot

microC Pro for PIC controller (SW)

Gyro-meter (HW)

Accelerometer (HW)

Wifi Camera interfacing (HW)

Study Wifi Standards

PIC controller programming in C

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Mobile Application Project

Tools Project Type Possible activities

iPhone / iPad

Android

Windows Pone 7

Hybrid App (Cross platform)

X-code, ObjectiveC,OSX (Mac)

Eclipse, ADT, Java, (Windows/Linux/Mac)

MS Silverlite, Expression Blends

(Windows)

Phone GAP, Titanium Studio

(Windows/Linux/Mac)

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2- Knowledge about those a few options

After selecting a project category

Start focusing on some ideas in project category Gather information about your ideas Prerequisite of selected project (tools or H/W) Split the problem statement into smaller

components if possible. Collect details of smaller components to understand

the project

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Get answers of all possible questions

Do I know those required tools? Do I know this domain (business)? Can we do this as group? Acceptable size of project How good is this FYP for job prospect ?

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Now, you know your interest & skills. Possibly you visited some local organizations. You have reasonable knowledge of project. You know your team capabilities. You have an objective to improve your skills

through FYP.

21 Evaluate your options

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3- Evaluate your options – take decision

Evaluate those short listed projects

Take advice from IT professionals in industry

Discuss possible options with your supervisor

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3- Evaluate your options – take decision

Have internal discussion among team members

Now take an informed decision

Do your homework and start your FYP

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Outcome of this exercise

1) You should have the Problem Statement for the project.

2) You should have the defined scope for the project. What is included and what is excluded in this project.

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Outcome of this exercise

Problem Statement:We continuously face stock issues which hinder our production and causes losses as we miss our deadlines and face penalties from customers.

Example

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Solution Scope

(Current Stock Position) Actually we don’t have actual picture of our stock and so we are unable to order our stock at the right time.

(Vendor List) The system should allow us to maintain the list and details of vendors with whom we have done business.

(Low-level stock-alert) When the stock is below a certain threshold, the application should raise an alarm so that we can purchase items

(Reports) We need multiple kinds of reports so that we can make decisions on time.

Exclusion Purchase system in not part of this initiative (Project). Placing order

to vendor and payment is not included in current project scope.

Example

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Solution Scope Example

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Any question . . ?

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Selecting topic 4 FYP v3