COMSATS University Islamabad,

Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Project Proposal
(SCOPE DOCUMENT)

for

<PROJECT NAME>
Version 1.0

By
Student Name 1 CIIT/SP09-BCS-xxx/ISB
Student Name 2 CIIT/SP09-BCS-xxx/ISB

Supervisor
Supervisor Name

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (20xx-20xx)

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SCOPE DOCUMENT REVSION HISTORY

No. Comment Action

Supervisor Signature
Date:

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 Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................18
2. Problem Statement.................................................................................................................19
3. Problem Solution for Proposed System................................................................................19
4. Related System Analysis/Literature Review........................................................................19
5. Advantages/Benefits of Proposed System............................................................................19
6. Scope........................................................................................................................................20
7. Modules...................................................................................................................................20
7.1 Module 1: Module Name...........................................................................................................20
7.2 Module 2: Module Name...........................................................................................................20
8. System Limitations/Constraints............................................................................................20
9. Software Process Methodology.............................................................................................20
10. Tools and Technologies..........................................................................................................21
11. Project Stakeholders and Roles............................................................................................21
12. Team Members Individual Tasks/Work Division...............................................................22
13. Data Gathering Approach.....................................................................................................22
14. Concepts..................................................................................................................................22
15. Gantt chart..............................................................................................................................23
16. Mockups..................................................................................................................................24
17. Conclusion...............................................................................................................................25
18. References...............................................................................................................................25
19. Plaragism Report...................................................................................................................25

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Project Category: (Select all the major domains of proposed project)
A-Desktop Application/Information System B-Web Application/Web Application based Information System
C- Problem Solving and Artificial Intelligence D-Simulation and Modeling E- Smartphone Application F-
Smartphone Game G- Networks H- Image Processing Other (specify category)

Abstract

Provide a one to two paragraph summary of your project. The abstract should give an idea of what
your project is trying to achieve. Think of your abstract as a condensed version of your whole
project. By reading it, the reader should understand the nature of your project. It should be
comprehensive, and concise.

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Introduction
Specify the purpose of this project proposal document along with description detailed
background of the system. (Usually in 10-12 sentences).

Problem Statement
What problem does your software solve? Why you are developing this system? Does the same
system already exists? If yes, how will a re-implementation aid your learning? What skills do
you expect to learn from this project? (Usually in 14-16 sentences)

Problem Solution for Proposed System

Briefly explain how your system solves the problems mentioned in the problem statement.
(Usually in 14-16 sentences)

Related System Analysis/Literature Review

Write about the existing/similar systems related to your proposed project. At least three existing
systems should be discussed.
Don’t use more than 4 sentences for explaining a single system/application.
Briefly explain the related system analysis which help to specify the contribution of the proposed
project.
(Note: Research based projects may provide literature review instead of related system analysis.)
Table 1 Related System Analysis with proposed project solution
Application Name Weakness Proposed Project Solution
The name of related Weaknesses may include The way the proposed project
application(s). limited features, low quality mitigates the weaknesses.
functionality and processes.

Advantages/Benefits of Proposed System

Write down the advantages and benefits of the system you are developing. In other words, you
have to mention here advantage of your proposed solution to the existing problem.
(Usually in 5-7 advantages)

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Scope
Write down the scope of your project in a paragraph. Briefly define the main functionalities of
the proposed project. Scope defines the boundaries and range of the proposed solution, that what
would be the part of your project and what will be not. Write down in logical flow with
consistency. (Usually in 14-18sentences)

Modules
Write down the modules of the proposed project. Don’t forget to mention special/new features.
Briefly explain your one module in 6 to 8 sentences.
(Note: Usually 5-6 Modules for 2 student’s projects and 8-9 modules for 3 student’s project)

Explanation of a Module: Module is a section of a program that performs a task. Programs

consist of modules, each of which contains one or more routines. The term routine is
synonymous with procedure, function, and subroutine.

Example:
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software - is comprised of several large modules (for
example, finance, supply chain and payroll, etc.), which may be implemented with little or no
customization.

(Briefly explain each module with respect to major functionality in user context)

Module 1: Module Name

Module 2: Module Name

System Limitations/Constraints
Write down the limitations and constraints of the proposed project.
(Usually 2-4 constraints)

Software Process Methodology

Write down your software methodology/ software process that will be used for project
development. .Also mention why you have chosen this methodology. (Usually 3-5 sentences)
1. You can use Object Oriented Methodology, or Procedural methodology.
2. Choice of methodology will affect choice of tools and technologies
3. Choice of methodology will affect nature of design (SDS)
4. Choice should be made depending on your expertise and your needs e.g. most simulation
and device level software can only be programmed in procedural languages.

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 Tools and Technologies
Mention all the hardware/software tools and technologies with version number which will be used in
implementation of the project. Write about the APIs, language(s), SDK(s) etc. which you will
use for implementation.

Example:

Table 2Tools and Technologies for Proposed Project

Tools Version Rationale
MS Visual Studio 2015 IDE
MS SQL Server 2015 DBMS
Tools And Adobe Photoshop CSC 6 Design Work
Technologies MS Word 2015 Documentation
MS Power Point 2015 Presentation
Pencil 2.0.5 Mockups Creation
Technology Version Rationale
C# 6.0 Programming language
SQL 2013 Query Language
Html 5 Web Development

Project Stakeholders and Roles

Write down the project stakeholders and their roles.

Table 3Project Stakeholders for Proposed Project

Project All web applications and desktop applications should have real client.
Sponsor Mention your project sponsor.
Default option will be: COMSATS University, Islamabad
Stakeholder Mention your stake holders with their roles and responsibilities. Default
option will be:
 Students names
 Project Supervisor Name: Mr./Miss …
 Final Year Project Committee: Evaluation of project

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Team Members Individual Tasks/Work Division
Table 4Team Member Work Division for Proposed Project
Student Name Student Registration Number Responsibility/ Modules
Student 1 Name Student 1 Registration Number Describe the work division of each
student along with modules
E.g.
Mr. Ali (Module1-Module3)
Augmented reality and Databases tasks.

Data Gathering Approach

Write down information and requirement gathering approaches for proposed project e.g.
Interview, Questionnaire etc. (Usually 3-5 sentences)

Concepts
Mention the concepts that you will learn while doing the proposed project.
For example: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Algorithms, API’’s Code injection, Closures,
VI technique etc.
Not more than 4 sentences for one concept. (Usually 3-5 concepts are briefly mentioned)
Example:

Concept-1: Concept Name E.g. Augmented Reality (Briefly give the overview of concept with
respect to your project)

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Gantt chart
Create the Grant Chart and provide estimated start and end dates of all proposed modules/tasks
for each team member. Also identify the dependencies (which tasks cannot be started/completed,
until the dependent task is completed). Gantt chart can be created using MS Project.

Figure 1Sample Gantt chart

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Mockups
Insert minimum mockups (Usually 4-6 mockups) which show the major modules mentioned in
the scope section of the document. Do not include mockups for Login, Signup, Forgot Password,
Contact Us, About Us etc. If the project is a Web or a Smartphone Application, then include at-
least three mockups from each part of the project. You can design mockup in any design tool for
example pencil tool (https://pencil.evolus.vn/) or Balsamiq (https://balsamiq.com/)

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Conclusion
Conclude this document. (Usually 4-5 sentences)

References
Mention the books, research papers, web links etc.

Plagiarism Report
Attach the Plagiarism report of your project scope document from library staff of turnitin tool
(http://turnitin.com)

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