Guidelines for Submission of MCA Project Work

All the candidates of MCA nal project are required to submit a project report based on the work done by
him/her during the project period.
THE GUIDE

The Guide for MCA would be a person who has MCA with 3 years’ experience in IT.

PROJECT TIME / MAN-HOURS

The MCA Major Projects would be approximately 120 days and carries a total of 450 marks. The Project
topics should be based on syllabus or as per the requirement of speci c industry in sync with the course.
Every student has to prepare and submit the project work separately. Plagiarism would not be accepted
under any circumstances.
Project Report should compulsorily include so ware development, so copy should be submi ed in the
LMS (Learning Management System).
Project Evalua on Guidelines.

The project is evaluated on the basis of following aspects:

• Project Report – 14 Credits.
• Viva voce – 4 Credits

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT

All students must submit a summary/abstract separately with the project report. Summary, preferably,
should be of about 3-4 pages. The content should be as brief as is su cient to explain the objec ve and
implementa on of the project that the candidate is going to take up. The write up must adhere to the
guidelines and should include the following

▪ Name / Title of the Project q Statement about the Problem

▪ Why is the par cular topic chosen?
▪ Objec ve and scope of the Project
▪ Methodology (including a summary of the project)
▪ Hardware & So ware to be used
▪ Tes ng Technologies used
▪ What contribu on would the project make?

Note - University reserves the right to adapt to new evalua on pattern

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 TOPIC OF THE PROJECT- This should be explicitly men oned at the beginning of the Synopsis. This being
the overall impression on the future work, the topic should be able to corroborate the work.
OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE: This should give a clear picture of the project. Objec ve should be clearly
speci ed. What the project ends up to and in what way this is going to help the end user has to be
mentioned.
PROCESS DISCRIPTION: The process of the whole so ware system proposed, to be developed, should be
men oned in brief. This may be supported by DFDs / Flowcharts to explain the ow of the informa on.
RESOURCES AND LIMITATIONS: The requirement of resources for designing and developing the
proposed system must be given. The resources might be in form of the hardware/so ware or the data
from the industry. The limita on of the proposed system in respect of a larger and comprehensive system
must be given.
CONCLUSION: The write-up must end with the concluding remarks-brie y describing innova on in the
approach for implemen ng the Project, main achievements and also any other important feature that
makes the system stand out from the rest.
The following suggested guidelines must be followed in preparing the Final Project Report:

Good quality white execu ve bond paper A4 size should be used for typing. Care should be taken to avoid
smudging while crea ng the copies.
Page Speci ca on :(Wri en paper and source code) Le margin - 3.0 cms 3 Right margin- 2.0 cms Top
margin 2.54 cms Bo om margin 2.54 cms Page numbers - All text pages as well as Program source code
lis ng should be numbered at the bo om center of the pages.
Normal Body Text: Font Size: 12, Times New Roman, Double Spacing, Jus ed. 6 point above and below
para spacing
Paragraph Heading Font Size: 14, Times New Roman, Underlined, Le Aligned. 12 point above & below
spacing.
Chapter Heading Font Size: 20, Times New Roman, Centre Aligned, 30 point above and below spacing.
Coding Font size : 10, Courier New, Normal

Submission of Project Report to the University:

The student will submit his/her project report in the prescribed format. The Project Report should include:
▪ So copy of project should be uploaded on the LMS.

Note - University reserves the right to adapt to new evalua on pattern

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 FORMAT OF THE STUDENT PROJECT REPORT ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT
1. Cover Page as per format
2. Acknowledgement
3. Cer cate of the project guide as per Annexure A
4. Synopsis of the Project
5. Main Report
Objec ve & Scope of the Project
Theore cal Background
De ni on of Problem
System Analysis & Design vis-a-vis User Requirements
System Planning (PERT Chart)
Process Logic of each Module
Methodology adopted, System Implementa on & Details of Hardware & So ware used
System Maintenance & Evalua on
Cost and bene t Analysis
Detailed Life Cycle of the Project
o ERD, DFD o Input and Output Screen Design
o Process involved
o Methodology used for testing:
o Test Report, Printout of the Reports, Printout of the Code Sheet

User/Opera onal Manual - including security aspects, access rights, back up, controls, etc.
So copy of the project on to be submi ed on LMS

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 Annexure to the Project Report:
1. Brief background of the organiza on where the student has developed the project, if
applicable.

2. Data Dic onary - This should give a catalogue of the data elements used in the system / sub
system developed. The following are the details required. Write NA if NOT applicable:
Data Name,
Aliases, if any
Length (Size) Type,
Numeric, Alpha, Binary etc.

3. List of abbrevia ons, Figures, Tables

4. References Bibliography Website

5. So copy of the project on CD/Floppy

6. Guide Details:
• Guide Name
• Full Address
• Qualification
• Mobile
• Email

7. Cer cate from Guide

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In the “Acknowledgement” page, the student recognizes his indebtedness for guidance and
assistance of the thesis provided by the guide, adviser and other members of the faculty.
Acknowledgements should be expressed to all concerned members of the company /
organiza on who has helped during the project work.

BIBLIOGRAPHY : (EXAMPLE)
1. D.L. Carney, J.I. Cochrane, “The 5ESS Switching System: Architectural Overview,” AT&T
Technical Journal, vol. 64 , no. 6 , July-August 1985, pp. 1339- 1356.
2. J. Mar n, Computer Data-base Organiza on, Pren ce-Hall, Englewood Cli s, NJ,1977, p. 53.

Binding & Color code of the report/Thesis

For MCA – VI Semester (Disserta on/Major Project work)

Hard Bound Report
Background of the Cover Page of Book – Black
Le ers in Black

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 Annexure A

CERTIFICATE FROM GUIDE (Format)

This is to cer fy that this project en tled “ ” submi ed in par al

ful llment of the degree of MASTER IN COMPUTER APPLICATION (MCA) to the KIIT University,
done by Mr./Ms. , Roll No. is
authen c work carried out by him/her under my guidance. The ma er embodied in this project
work has not been submi ed earlier for award of any degree or diploma to the best of my
knowledge and belief.

Signature of the student Signature of the Guide

Date-

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