Thesis Documentation Quesions

Hi again ETO, I'm through with our project hardware and software but we're left with the documentations. I am doing our Chapter 3 Methodology which is composed of:

* Technical Approaches
* Technical Design
* Testing Description
* Risks and Risk Management
* Evaluation of Project Success

I got only a little idea about it and I can't really find a reliable source for me to start. Now I'm just collecting all the necessary informations like schematics, steps, tests, etc. that will be included on the chapter. I don't know how to organize them. Can you guide me pls?

Documentation can be daunting. Create an outline starting with the points above. Make the outline as detailed as needed then start fleshing out the text.

lloydi12345 said:

I am doing our Chapter 3 Methodology which is composed of:

* Technical Approaches
* Technical Design
* Testing Description
* Risks and Risk Management
* Evaluation of Project Success

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My first questions are:

If this is chapter 3, what are the other chapters?

Where did you get the chapter headings from?

What sort of a information goes in "Methodology"?

You are probably confused by a report framework which may or may not be applicable to your project.

If it does not go completely against some stupid academic requirement, I would suggest that the report chapters should be:

1 Summary

2 Project requirements

3 Design description
. Hardware
. Software

4 Construction

5 Testing and design verification (did it meet the requirements of chapter 2?)

6 Conclusions

8 Appendices
. Schematics
. Software listings

Just my opinion, others may have different ideas.

JimB

Thanks! that give me an idea.