Guidelines for Submission of MCA- Project
All the candidates of MCA 3rd semester, 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 having MCA with 3 years’ experience in IT.
PROJECT TIME / MAN-HOURS
The MCA Major Projects carries a total of 200 marks. The Project topics should be based on syllabus or
as per the requirement of specific industry in sync with the course. Every student must prepare and
submit the project work separately. Plagiarism would not be accepted under any circumstances.
Project Report should compulsorily include the software development, soft copy should also be submitted
in LMS .
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 sufficient enough to explain the objective
and implementation 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 particular topic chosen?
Objective and scope of the Project
Methodology (including a summary of the project)
Hardware & Software to be used
Testing Technologies used
What contribution would the project make?
Note - University reserves the right to adapt to new evaluation pattern
TOPIC OF THE PROJECT- This should be explicitly mentioned 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. Objective should be clearly
specified. 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 software system proposed, to be developed, should be
mentioned in brief. This may be supported by DFDs / Flowcharts to explain the flow of the information.
RESOURCES AND LIMITATIONS: The requirement of the resources for designing and developing the
proposed system must be given. The resources might be in form of the hardware/software or the data
from the industry. The limitation 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-briefly describing innovation in the
approach for implementing 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 executive bond paper A4 size should be used for typing. Care should be taken to avoid
smudging while creating the copies.
Page Specification :(Written paper and source code) Left margin - 3.0 cms 3 Right margin- 2.0 cms Top
margin 2.54 cms Bottom margin 2.54 cms Page numbers - All text pages as well as Program source code
listing should be numbered at the bottom center of the pages.
Normal Body Text: Font Size: 12, Times New Roman, Double Spacing, Justified. 6 point above and below
para spacing
Paragraph Heading Font Size: 14, Times New Roman, Underlined, Left 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 on LMS under Project work .
Note - University reserves the right to adapt to new evaluation pattern
FORMAT OF THE STUDENT PROJECT REPORT ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT
1. Cover Page as per format
2. Acknowledgement
3. Certificate of the project guide as per Annexure A
4. Synopsis of the Project
5. Main Report
Objective & Scope of the Project
Theoretical Background
Definition of Problem
System Analysis & Design vis-a-vis User Requirements
System Planning (PERT Chart)
Process Logic of each Module
Methodology adopted, System Implementation & Details of Hardware & Software used
System Maintenance & Evaluation
Cost and benefit 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/Operational Manual - including security aspects, access rights, back up, controls, etc.
Soft copy of the project on CD/Floppy to be submitted with Hard Bound Project Report
Note - University reserves the right to adapt to new evaluation pattern
Annexure to the Project Report:
1. Brief background of the organization where the student has developed the project, if
applicable.
2. Data Dictionary - 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 abbreviations, Figures, Tables
4. References Bibliography Website
5. Soft copy of the project on CD/Floppy
6. Guide Details:
Guide Name
Full Address
Qualification
Mobile
Email
7. Certificate 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 /
organization 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. Martin, Computer Data-base Organization, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ,1977, p. 53.
Note - University reserves the right to adapt to new evaluation pattern
Annexure A
CERTIFICATE FROM GUIDE (Format)
This is to certify that this project entitled “ ” submitted in partial
fulfillment of the degree of MASTER IN COMPUTER APPLICATION (MCA) to the Kurukshetra
University done by Mr./Ms. , Roll No. is
an authentic work carried out by him/her under my guidance. The matter embodied in this
project work has not been submitted 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-
Note - University reserves the right to adapt to new evaluation pattern
