The report should include the project’s background and motivation and a brief overview of related and similar work, with at least 3 references. This formal report will be a culmination of previous reports submitted and should include a detailed description of the implemented system, including what it does, how it works, and how it is used. The report should address all the feedback provided in previous submissions. The report should also detail the group’s accomplishments and reflect on their experience.

Final Report Outline: 

• Introduction – Brief summary of your project, context and motivation
• Process Overview – brief description of your approach, tools and artifacts used, including summary of individual contributions
• Requirements Specification – summary of functional and non-functional requirements
• Project Design – architecture and implementation of your project and how it works
• Project Evaluation: Testing strategy, Test Plan and Results, Validation
• Design and Alternate Designs – changes made to the source code due to testing results
• Development History: Project timeline
• Discussion: Lessons learned, design strengths, limitations and suggestions for future improvement
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgement (optional)
• References
• Appendix
  • System specification: technical specifications, minimum hardware requirements of the project implemented
  • User Guide
  • Other appendices (optional)

Guidelines for the format and submission of the paper are as follows:

• The paper should be 15-20 pages in length. (This minimum and maximum length should not include the title page, appendix, separate figures and tables, or the list of references);
• The paper should include a cover page containing the project’s title and the names of project team members. All team members should submit the same document to the assignment submission area.
• Careful attention should be given to source citations, and a proper listing of references.
• The paper should be well formatted and well organized with proper formatting of all graphs, images, tables etc.