Proposal

<Project Name>

<Student Name>

Advisor: <Faculty Member’s Name>

Submitted in partial fulfillment

Of the requirements of a
Masters Studio Project

<Date>
 Preface
This is a proposal for a Studio Project for partial fulfillment of the requirements of

the Master of Science degree in Computer Systems and Software Design at Jacksonville

State University, Jacksonville, Alabama.

This proposal provides the scope and context of the project to be undertaken. It

details the intended user group and the value that the system will have to them. It also

provides a schedule for the completion of the project, including a list of all the

deliverables and presentations required.

The intended audience of this document is the graduate faculty of the department

so that they can determine whether the project should be approved as proposed, approved

with modifications, or not approved.

It is expected that this proposal will be presented to the student’s Studio

Committee before the project is formally started.

Student Name ii Proposal Name (Project Name)

 Table of Contents
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1.0 Overview
Purpose, Scope and Objectives

< This is the Purpose, Scope and Objectives of the project and the products to be

delivered and those excluded. It should contain a brief statement of the business or

system needs or hypothesis to be tested. Provide the background for the project. >

Literature Search Results

< The Literature Search Results may be included in section 1.1, if appropriate. No project

is developed in isolation. Either there are related projects available that can be used as

inspiration or there is information about the problem to be approached. If the main

literature search is till yet to be done, summarize here what you have done and include a

statement “Further literature search will be conducted during the project. See schedule for

when a literature search document will be submitted to the committee.” >

Assumptions and Constraints

<List here any assumptions on which the project is based and imposed constraints such as

schedule, budget, resources, software to be reused, customer software to be incorporated,

techniques to be employed and product interfaces to other products. Include performance

or language/platform issues, if appropriate. What hardware and software will be required

that are not already available? >

Project Deliverables

Deliverables include

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 • Software Project Management Plan

• <other documents>

• Progress report at mid-project

• <other documents, system, and/or results >

Schedule and Budget Summary

Item Date
Project Proposal <date>
Proposal Presentation <date range>
Software Project Management Plan Studio I
<other studio I deliverables> Studio I

Studio I Presentation Studio I

Progress Report1 Studio II
<other Studio II deliverables>

Exposition paper Studio II

Studio Defense Studio II

<If no budget is needed, insert “None.” Other wise include needed items. >

1
In the form of an updated SPMP

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References

<Insert here any document referred to in the proposal. An example might be articles or

Web sites that you consulted during the literature search.. >

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Definitions

<Insert here any technical word for which the meaning may not be known. Do not

assume that the readers have specialized knowledge in the application. Use a table format

for these. >

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Project Organization

<Insert here any people or entities such as the customer or technical staff that may need

to be involved. Be specific about who these people are. Each person must have been

approached prior to submission of the proposal and the exact relationship approved by

him or her. >

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