Samstag, 13. November 2010

How to write a better project report

The project report is the permanent hardcopy record that summarizes project accomplishments. It describes the general project goals and the equipment and procedures employed to meet specific conditions and requirements. The report provides information useful for verification and adjustment, including detailed explanation of unusual or special features of the project. [1]


This blog post discusses some instructions given by various professors, research assistants [2] from Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences [3] and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology [4] in preparing project reports. Some of the instructions are my own and some are collected from various websites. Some of these instructions can also be helpful in writing final thesis reports or scientific research papers and so on.

• Mention name of the university and name of study program with semester in the first page of report.

• Mention appropriate title of the project and title of the supervisors and professors.

• Numbering of the references should be sequential e.g. [1], [2]. But not [5], [3], [1]...

• Each and every information and diagram should be marked with valid reference.

• Pronouns should be omitted when writing a report.

• State the purpose of project/abstract/motivation, which should discuss the project’s overview, what has already done and what is going to achieve with this project and what are the expectations of the project and theoretical estimations and so on.

• Describe the equipments, a list of instruments, including calibration information, describe any deviations from the specifications used and the reason for such deviations and describe all problems encountered during project run.

• Measurement principles or statistical data should be discussed with large amounts of data by comparing with the existing results or previous projects.

• In References block, Author date system is suggestible, if possible with page numbers. e.g.: Writing Guidelines for Engineering Students, 1997-2004 M. Kostic, page 15-26.

• Submit the report prior to the dead line so that your instructor or supervisor will have some time to read and correct your report in time. This will help you in finding your faults and updating missed information within the dead line before going for the final presentation.


*1: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/FGCS/BlueBook/pdf/Annex_K.20020730.pdf

*2: Prof. Dr. Jan Hoinkis, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schönauer and Dr. –Ing. Rajinikumar Ramalingam

*3: www.hs-karlsruhe.de

*4: www.kit.edu

This is not an ideal instruction set. This will help you in reducing some errors and making better versions while writing reports. This is intended for the students from Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. This can also be useful for other university students.

Please update with your valuable suggestions and some more instructions which will be useful in making a better project report. Thank you for your time in reading and attention.

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