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Capstone Project Manuscript Outline

Title Page
Approval Sheet
Dedication (Not required for Capstone 1, Project Proposal, Students)
Acknowledgement (Not required for Capstone 1, Project Proposal,
Students)
Executive Summary or Abstract (Not required for Capstone 1, Project
Proposal, Students)
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Notations (optional)
Chapter I Introduction
A. Introduction Proper
1.
Project Context
2.
Purpose and Description of the Project
B. Objectives of the Project
C. Scope and Limitations of the Project
D. Significance of the Project
Chapter II Review of Related Literature
A. Theoretical Background
B. Related Literature
C. Related Studies
Chapter III Technical Background
A. Technicality of the project
B. Details of the technologies to be used
C. How the project will work
Chapter IV Methodology
A. Environment (only for org-specific capstone project)
1.
Locale
2.
Population of the Study
3.
Organizational Chart/Profile
B. Requirements Specifications
1.
Operational Feasibility
a. Fishbone Diagram
b. Functional Decomposition Diagram
2.
Technical Feasibility
a. Compatibility checking (hardware / software and other
technologies)
b. Relevance of the technologies
3.
Schedule Feasibility
Gantt Chart
4.
Economic Feasibility
a. Cost and Benefit Analysis
b. Cost Recovery Scheme
5.
Requirements Modeling
a. Input
b. Process

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Output
Performance
Control
Either of the following two (2) or combined, whichever are
applicable:
i.
Data and Process Modeling
Context Diagram
Data Flow Diagram
System Flowchart
Program Flowchart (highlights only)
ii.
Object Modeling
Use Case Diagram
Class Diagram
Sequence Diagram
Activity Diagram
g. Risk Assessment/Analysis
C. Design
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Output and User-Interface Design

a. Forms
b. Reports
2.
Data Design
a. Entity Relationship Diagram (preferably done in MS Access
for presentation purposes)
b. Data Dictionary
3.
System Architecture
a. Network Model
b. Network Topology
c. Security
D. Development
1.
Software Specification
2.
Hardware Specification
3.
Program Specification
4.
Programming Environment
a. Front End
b. Back End
5.
Deployment Diagram
6.
Test Plan
Test data
E. Verification, Validation, Testing
1.
Unit Testing
2.
Integration Testing
a. Compatibility Testing
b. Performance Testing
c. Stress Testing
d. Load Testing
3.
System Testing
4.
Acceptance Testing (must be done after the Oral Defense)

For Capstone 1 Students, Proposal ends here.

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Conclusions
Recommendations
Implementation Plan
A. Project Implementation Checklist
B. Implementation Contingency
C. Infrastructure/Deployment
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES
A. Relevant Source Code
B. Evaluation Tool
C. Sample Input/Output/Reports
D. Users Guide
E. Other Relevant Documents
F. Accomplished Forms
G. Curriculum Vitae
GLOSSARY