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| While working on the project you may find it helpful to keep a notebook handy and record all relevant information. Typically such information will include: | While working on the project you may find it helpful to keep a notebook handy and record all relevant information. Typically such information will include: | ||
| * references such as papers, books, websites with full bibliography details; | * references such as papers, books, websites with full bibliography details; | ||
| - | * lessons learned, for inclusion in the “reflective” part of your report; | + | * lessons learned, for inclusion in the "reflective" |
| * notes from meetings or interviews with | * notes from meetings or interviews with | ||
| - | * your supervisor; | + | * your supervisor, |
| - | * potential end-users and other stakeholders; | + | * potential end-users and other stakeholders, |
| * technical experts; | * technical experts; | ||
| * and so on. | * and so on. | ||
| - | Also, we recommend that you keep a diary of all your project-related activities. This will show the progress made during the life of the project and will provide a record of how you spent your time. In particular, when you are validating, testing and debugging your work, keep a running log of your activities and their outcomes. You will then have a record of the unforeseen difficulties you met and, hopefully, how you resolved them. Summaries of these may well be worth including in the project report (see [[Implementation]]). | + | Also, we recommend that you keep a diary of all your project-related activities. This will show the progress made during the life of the project and will provide a record of how you spent your time. In particular, when you are validating, testing and debugging your work, keep a running log of your activities and their outcomes. You will then have a record of the unforeseen difficulties you met and, hopefully, how you resolved them. Summaries of these may well be worth including in the project report (see [[Arranging Material and Structuring the Project Report#The " |
| - | In general you should supplement the material you generate yourself with relevant material from other sources. A good project report will show that you are aware of relevant work that other people have done (see [[Background]]). You should include relevant references to such work in your project report. References to work in periodicals, | + | In general you should supplement the material you generate yourself with relevant material from other sources. A good project report will show that you are aware of relevant work that other people have done (see [[Arranging Material and Structuring the Project Report#The " |