Guidelines for Mini Project B. Sc.

IT

1. Objectives:
The mini project is designed to help students develop practical ability and
working knowledge of practical tools / techniques to solve real life problems
related to the industry, academic institutions and research in the field of
computer science or information technology. Each student needs to take up
this mini project as an individual. Projects could be based on Application
Development Technologies learnt in previous and or present semesters. As
part of the mini project each student will have to prepare proper
documentation consisting of Software Requirements Specification (SRS),
Modeling Techniques, Development Strategies and Implementation
Strategies.

2. Hardware Requirements:
• Pentium-V processor or above
• 2GB RAM
• 160GB Hard Disk

3. Software Requirements:
RDBMS / Back end Tools:
MySQL, Oracle

Languages:
Java

Internet Technologies:
TCP/IP, FTP, Telnet, SMTP, Java, RMI, CORBA, Swing, JSP, Servlets.

Operating Systems:
Windows UNIX, Linux

4. Broad Areas of Applications:

• Database Management Systems
• Computer Communication and Networking
• Algorithms
• Operating Systems
• Software Engineering
• Data structures

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5. Mini Project Guidelines:
• Projects must be done individually.
• The completed project report is to be submitted to University by
uploading it on the EduNxt for IA and UE evaluation within the
prescribed time. This will be the only one document to be submitted
to the University for Evaluation.
• The University will evaluate project by conducting Project
Examination through internal & external examiner.
• Students must demonstrate their project during the University exam
for the award of both IA and UE marks. The date will be mentioned
in the university term-end examination time table.

❖ Mini Project Development

During the course of Project development student must follow all the
necessary steps.
Phase 1: Identification Phase
In this Phase student should identify the guide who has Post Graduate in IT
with specialization in appropriate area with minimum of 3 years of
Industry/Teaching experience.
With the consultation of the guide one can choose the tools/Technology
required for conducting the Project and the hardware and software
requirement for the Project.
Synopsis of Mini Project: Synopsis of project must contain following
information:
1. Title of the project
2. Objective
3. Resource required
4. Problem statement
Phase 2: Development phase
This phase may involve actual Design and Implementation of the identified
project.
Phase 3: Project Report: Project Report must contain following
information:
1. The length of the report may be about 30 to 40 pages, with 1.5 line
spacing, 1.25 inches margin on either side, printed on A4 size papers.
Ten percent variation on either side is permissible.

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2. Contents of project report are:
A. Title Page
B. Abstract
C. Contents
D. Introduction
E. Objectives
F. Design and Implementation
G. Conclusion
H. Bibliography

6. Evaluation
A student will be assessed for the award of Internal Assessment (IA) marks
and also for the end semester exam – University Examination (UE) marks.
For details refer below Table – 2.
Table 1: Components of Project Examination

Program Course Code Credit IA UE Total

BSc (IT) BIT507 10 30 70 100

Table 2: IA and UE Marks Distribution in Percentage

Parameter Weightage in Evaluation

% Component
Project Title 10 IA
(30 Marks)
Objective 30
Problem Statement 60

Project Report 70
UE
Demonstration + 15
Presentation (70 Marks)

Viva 15

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PAPER PROJECT EXAM

MAXIMUM MARKS – A PASSING MARKS – X

BIT 507 100 40

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