MN691: Project Requirements Analysis - Plan - Final Report - Group Presentation | Research Methods and Project Design Assessment Answers

Task: Research Methods and Project Design Assignment

Assignment-1: Project Requirements Analysis and Specification:

• Is the topic introduced appropriately, and is there an overview of the report given in this section?

• Is there a specific research problem identified? Are the research questions relevant?

• Clear aim and objectives of the project. Has literature review been conducted well on the chosen topic (such as quality of the papers, variety of publications, including journals and conferences)? Is the summary of the literature review clear, specific and does it capture the essence of the literature review conducted? Is the summary of all papers reviewed included in Appendix II: Literature Review Summary? [Each student should refer minimum of 6 (three journals, three conferences) peer-reviewed papers] Does this section specify objectives of the project in a clear and concise manner?

• Does this section include details requirements specifications?
• Does it include a list of project requirements: Are there clear project requirements such as hardware, software, etc?

Assignment-2: Project plan and preliminary design.

• Summary of the updates according to the assignment 1 feedback/comments that are provided by supervisors/unit lecturer in Appendix III.

• Table of weekly activities
• Roles & responsibilities of each team member (in detail)
• Gantt chart appropriate to the project
• High level Project Design with diagram
• Project Individual Design Approaches: Project with block diagrams step by step (you can use UML/Use cases/flow charts). Negative marks will be given for inclusion of any software engineering or project management methodologies such as waterfall, agile, scrum, SDLC etc. Design approaches should be technical specific including techniques/technology/algorithms etc.
• Budget with references (detailed budget with specifications) – include hardware, software, human resources, etc.

Assignment 3: Final report

• Appendix IV: Summary of the updates to the Assignment-2 based on the feedback and comments provided by the supervisors and the unit lecturer.

• Roles & responsibilities of each team member in next part of the capstone project.
• Research methods to be used for MN692 (include detailed plan for implementation with specific technique, technology, software, applications, hardware and other resources.

• Conclusion
• Clear and concise limitations to implementation plan for MN692
• Future work

Assignment 4: Group presentation.