PMO 303

Week 2:Planning your documentation

Project update• Outline the project activities

you did this week

• 1 minute update each

Today…• Project Documentation

• Draft & Final Reports – expectations

• Structure

• Getting started

• Meet with supervisors

PROJECT REPORTING

Assessment

Item Value Deliverables Due Date

Project Journals 10% Use template in

LL

Weekly Wednesday COB

Draft Project Report 25% 10 pages approx Friday Week 7

ProjectPresentation 25%

1 min oral1 slide1 poster

Week 12

Final report [+ solution where appropriate]

40% No more than 30 pages.

Week 13

Draft Project Report

• title page (project title; your name; client name)

• an abstract,• table of contents• introduction, • project aims, • background research/lit review• an overview of the project

approach/methodology • progress so far• conclusion• references

Final Report(a) Title Page

(b) Abstract Page (max 350 words.)

(c) Acknowledgments

(d) Table of contents (page no’s )

(e) Lists of Symbols; Tables; Figures

(f) Report1. Introduction2. A description of the aim of the project.3. Background research.4. A description of the methods used, including justification of the choices made where appropriate.5. Analysis and discussion6. Conclusions: 7. Recommendations

(g) Lessons Learned (h) References CDU Harvard

(i) Appendices:These are not counted as part of the word limit.

Past Project reports

• Go to the resources section for Week 2 and find three past reports.

• Check out the content, structure & presentation

STARTING YOUR DRAFT REPORT

back to the draft report………..• title page (project title; your name; client

name)

• an abstract,

• table of contents

• introduction,

• project aims,

• background research/lit review

• an overview of the project

approach/methodology

• progress so far

• conclusion

• references

What have you done already in the lit review?

What will you need to rewrite? • title page (project title; your name;

client name)

• an abstract,

• table of contents

• introduction,

• project aims,

• background research/lit review

• an overview of the project

approach/methodology

• progress so far

• conclusion

• references

What will you need to revise?

so what new writing is needed?• title page (project title; your name;

client name)

• an abstract,

• table of contents

• introduction,

• project aims,

• background research/lit review

• an overview of the project

approach/methodology

• progress so far

• conclusion

• references

getting started….

• save as Lit Review

• Insert structure of draft report

• Edit lit review & and other changes recommended in the feedback from markers/supervisor

What else?????

Build this into your plan

• review your plan

• incorporate some time for

writing each week

• confirm with supervisor

Questions

Next Week• Before next week

– Rejig your lit review into the beginnings of your draft report

– post in journal for Barbara to check

Next week• Rewrite your abstract

– use exercises in Learnline– post in journal for supervisor to check– when happy – include in working draft report

• Progress update

PROJECT JOURNAL & SUPERVISOR MEETINGS

Project journal

1. Work completed– progress since last meeting

2. What’s going well and why?

3. What’s not going well and why?

4. Meeting/ discussion points

5. Plan for next week

Just like semester 1

Meeting with supervisors

• You are expected to meet with your supervisor weekly

• Before the start of each class, complete the project journal

• Project diaries are a component of your assessment for this semester

• This is required preparation for each meeting.– No diary entry = no supervisor meeting

(internal or external)

Questions