Final Report Wilmer Arellano FIU

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To Do List Have all the Team Members Read The Final Report Document Sections to change are indicated in this document Other Sections not indicated could change according to individual needs

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Acknowledgement If a client, organization, or individual has contributed or will contribute significantly in a form of technical advice, equipment, financial aid, etc, an acknowledgement of that contribution should be included in the corresponding section.

ABSTRACT An ABSTRACT can be the most difficult part of the research report to write because in it you must: introduce your subject matter, tell what was done, and present selected results, all in one short (about 150 words) paragraph. The most common type of ABSTRACT is the informative abstract. A good way to develop an informative abstract is to devote a sentence or two to each of the major parts of the report. Enhance the abstract to make it persuasive ¾ Page

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY An Executive Summary is an accurate representation of the contents of a document in an abbreviated form. Executive Summaries are summaries provided for readers who do not have time to read the entire document. The Executive Summary must be a self standing document, sufficient in content to ensure that the reader can completely understand the contents of the Project. 2 to 4 pages long

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT If there were any changes in the Concept Development they need to be added here without removing the original analysis

END PRODUCT DESCRIPTION End product Description: You need to explain your product here. First Use Block Diagrams and explain the Signal Flow in Detail Present pictures Show and explain software Flow Charts Then Show the detailed circuitry Show the formulas and calculations involved Explain the functions and particularly if there were changes in them List your Specifications and compare to the initial Target Specifications

STRATEGY Indicate Changes in the Plan of Action and explain why Compare the Proposal WBS with the Completed Project WBS and explain the team members responsibilities Did you meet the milestones? If not explain Compare Original Gantt Chart With The Completed Project Gantt Chart.

Results Evaluation For each of the items listed bellow you will need to mention: What was stated in the proposal What was accomplished, What was not and why Project objectives and Constraints Standards Concepts Specifications Deliverables

Results Evaluation Write a 1 to 2 page subsection on Globalization Retrospective After completing the project, has your vision of it as a global success changed? Have any changes in the project affected your capability to minimize the barriers to trade. Have an additional communication with your international contacts and show their opinion, at the end of the project, about your global success, specifically in relation to any changes made to the original idea.

Budget Explain any changes in the Budget

LIFE-LONG LEARNING How the project has motivated you to engage in life-long learning? Lifelong learning is the "ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated” pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. Therefore, it not only enhances social inclusion, active citizenship and personal development, but also competitiveness and employability. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifelong_learning Indicate what Technical Societies, magazines or activities of lifelong learning you are engaged If you are not members of IEEE it would be a great moment as you are still students and it would be very inexpensive Being an IEEE member is something good to show in your Resume as well Another way to show your engagement in this topic is to show your intentions (if true) in getting your Professional Engineer License.

Conclusions In this very important ¾ page section you will mention: How the whole idea started What the main objectives were and how they evolved (interview, Survey, Brainstorming) What were the activities involved in completing this project Summarize your Results Evaluation Why, even in the event that you had a lot of difficulties, you can consider success as an outcome How the project is a contribution to society How the project has contributed to your formation and your lifelong learning

Signing Page In the final Report you don’t need the full Summary Form as you did on the proposal Double click the signing section bellow (This will open word) and copy the form and paste it at the end of your report

Final Version Prepare two copies of you final report, one for Dr. Watson and one for your mentor Final Report must include all sections All signatures must be present (Team Members and Mentor) Permanent Binding (No Three Ring Binders) Spiral binding recommended

DigitalMedia Create 2 CDs with: Identifying labels: Year, semester, proposal, project title, team members, mentor, etc An electronic version of your report The PowerPoints that you used in your presentations Any electronic documents ,such as programs, related to your project, unless otherwise instructed by your mentor due to copyright reasons Permanently attach the CDs envelopes to the inner side of the back cover Place each CD in the envelope of the corresponding report

General Recommendations Start all your sections with an opening paragraph. Do not start with a Figure, a Table or a Result

Section Headings (TEXT) A. Secondary Heading Primary section headings within papers are enumerated by Roman numerals and are centered above the text. For the purpose of typing the manuscript only, primary headings should be capital letters. Sample: I. PRIMARY HEADING (TEXT) Secondary section headings are enumerated by capital letters followed by periods (“A.”, “B.”, etc.) and are flush left above their sections. The first letter of each word is capitalized. In print the headings will be in italics. Sample: A. Secondary Heading

Section Headings Tertiary section headings are enumerated by Arabic numerals followed by a parenthesis. They are indented, run into the text in their sections, and are followed by a colon. The first letter of each important word is capitalized. Sample: 1 Tertiary Heading: (TEXT) Quaternary section headings are rarely necessary but are perfectly acceptable if required. They are identical to tertiary headings except that lowercase letters are used as labels and only the first letter of the heading is capitalized. Sample: a) Quaternary heading: (TEXT)

References It is important to include a References section at the end of a report in which you list your other sources. Informal or short reports may not have a references section or only a short one while more formal reports will likely have reference sections, sometimes very lengthy ones.

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