Recommended Guidelines for Undergraduate Theses/Capstone Projects in IT Education

Philippine Society of IT Educators Research Committee as of January 30, 2010

Program Description (CMO 53, s2006)

BS Information Technology The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) program prepares students to be IT professionals, be well versed on application installation, operation, development, maintenance and administration, and familiar with hardware installation, operation, and maintenance. Capstone project is required for the BSIT program. It should be in the form of a systems application or an enterprise resource plan.

Thesis/Project Requirement (CMO 53, s2006) Suggested Areas for Theses/ Projects

Software Development - software customization - information systems development for an actual client (with pilot testing) - web applications development (with at least alpha testing on live servers) - mobile computing systems *** Infrastructure implications with the introduction of the system should be clearly specified in the final report

Recommended Guidelines for Undergraduate Theses/Capstone Projects in IT Education

Philippine Society of IT Educators Research Committee as of January 30, 2010

Multimedia systems - game development - e-learning systems - interactive systems - information kiosks Network design and implementation; and server farm configuration and management IT Management - IT Strategic Plan for sufficiently complex enterprise - IT Security Analysis, Planning and Implementation

Thesis/ Project Duration Manuscript Template/Format

1 or 2 semesters Bound Manuscript Recommended Outline for Software Development Projects

Recommended Guidelines for Undergraduate Theses/Capstone Projects in IT Education

Philippine Society of IT Educators Research Committee as of January 30, 2010

Title Page Executive Summary Table of Contents List of Figures, List of Tables, List of Notations Introduction - Project Context - Purpose and Description - Objectives - Scope and limitations Review of Related Literature/Systems Technical Background Methodology - Requirements Specification - Analysis - Design - Development and Testing Recommendations - Implementation Plan (Infrastructure/Deployment) Appendices may include the following - Relevant Source Code - Evaluation Tool - Sample input/output/Reports

Recommended Guidelines for Undergraduate Theses/Capstone Projects in IT Education

Philippine Society of IT Educators Research Committee as of January 30, 2010

- Users Guide - Curriculum Vitae

*** No recommended template for Multimedia Systems Development, Network Design and Implementation and IT Management Thesis/Project Presentation Public Presentation is recommended - School-based presentation open to the public