Guide to CS500

Senior Project Proposal

Structure, Content, &
More
 Form groups of four
students and submit
project title within three
days, before Wednesday
01 March 2023.

Submit project proposal

in a week before or on 06
March 2023.
Documentation guideline
for all deliverables is
uploaded on your telegram
group.
WIN2023_CS500
All communications shall be
on this group
You shall sign project
commitment.
Project Title (Example):

An Enterprise Information System for retail

companies’ internal inventory management

It should be accurate and informative, and free of

abbreviations or jargons. Should be aligned with the
project objectives (specific enough to tell the reader
what exactly the project is about).
Introduction/Background (Overview/Executive Summary)
• While this section is the first presented, it is better to
write it after completing the rest of the proposal since
the most of the text emanates from the rest of the
section.

Statement of the Problem

• Customer & User level : Negative Statements
• While Objectives are Positive Statements which improve
the problem situation
Aims (goals) and Objectives: [Example]
The primary goal of this project is to build an EIS as a central
data processing unit which can be utilized in various retail
companies for their daily activities coordination including:

 Daily Inventory Management: Sharing inventory levels of all

branches with employees to respond to customer orders
more efficiently.
 Product Transfers: Providing a platform for staff from
different branches to request products online.
 Sales Analysis: Performing inventory and sales data analysis
to understand the customer preferences in different
regions, and informing managers’ decision-making.
Scope of the Project & Limitations
• Setting the Boundary : What should and should not
be included
• Functionalities expected from the solution (system)
• Possible problems that may hinder the project from
achieving its objectives fully
Methodology (Approaches)
• The What, When, and How of the Project
• Process model to be used
• Methods, Tools, Techniques used in each of the
process phases
• Technologies
• ===========================================
• Documentation tools, Programming languages and
tools, CASE tools,
• Frameworks, Hardware & Software Platforms
Significance & Audience (Utility & Beneficiaries)
• What is the value of the system and to whom
• What are the benefits of the developed system and
who are the target groups
• Functional rather than attractive behaviors of the
system
Task Breakdown & Feasibility Analysis
• Who does what? What products (deliverables) are
produced after completion of each task?
• Achievability given the resources available

• And Finally project timeline / schedule

Project Schedule / Timeline
 Use Gantt or PERT charts