MINOR PROJECT (MANDATORY COURSE)

Course Code: BTM 760 Credit Units: 04

Minor Project is a Mandatory Course in 7th Sem and students will continue the same project as Major Project in 8th Semester.
The objective of Minor Project is to enable the student to take up investigative study in the broad field of Electronics & Communication Engineering, either fully theoretical/practical or involving both theoretical and practical work to be assigned by the Department on an individual basis or upto a maximum of four students in a group, under the guidance of a Supervisor. This is expected to provide a good initiation for the student(s) in R&D work. The assignment to normally include: Survey and study of published literature on the assigned topic; Working out a preliminary Approach to the Problem relating to the assigned topic; Conducting preliminary Analysis/ Modelling/ Simulation/ Experiment/ Design/ Feasibility; Submitting a Synopsis on the Study conducted for presentation to the Department Final Evaluation by a Departmental Committee. To achieve the above objectives following activities have to be completed as a part of Minor Project in 7th semester: 1. Students need to attend the training programme on Project Management Techniques. (Details in Annexure I). 2. The formation of groups, selection of project and choice of supervisor. 3. The project is to be done by students individually ( p r e f e r a b l e ) or in a group of maximum 4 students. 4. The Synopsis of the project is to be submitted to Programme Leader. The Synopsis must be clearly printed in A4 size paper (maximum of 4 pages) duly signed by all members and supervisor. (Synopsis Format attached-Annexure II) 5. Synopsis of the project will be reviewed by a departmental committee for approval. Synopsis may need modification to improve the quality of project.

Guidelines for students in Choosing a Project

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. There has to be some novelty / innovation in the objective of the project. The B. Tech project must have design issues / steps involved. Implementation of an existing circuit or model is not acceptable as a B. Tech Project. Simulation projects should have design steps / algorithm / flowchart. Students can select a project on their own and finalize it after consulting the supervisor or Students can choose project from the Project bank. Before Finalizing a Project the economic and technical feasibility is to be carefully analyzed. Projects that will lead to publication in conferences/journals will be highly appreciated / graded. Interdisciplinary projects are highly encouraged. In that case there may be a co-supervisor from the other department. Live projects in Industry / Research Institutes are encouraged. In that case there will be two supervisors, one internal and one external supervisor. The project chosen should not be similar to that of any other group of current /previous batch

Grading
A student is awarded a letter grade in Minor Project indicating his/her overall performance S: Satisfactory U: Unsatisfactory

Annexure I

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

1. Introduction to project management Relevance, Software projects versus other types of project, Activities covered by Software project management, contract management and technical project management, activities, plans, methods and methodologies, categorizing Software projects, Objectives, Stakeholders Step Wise project planning Project scope and objectives, project infrastructure, project characteristics, project products and activities, Estimate effort for each activity, Identify activity risks, Allocate resources, Review/publicize plan, Execute plan and Lower levels of planning Life Cycle Models The Waterfall Model, Iterative Enhancement Model, RAD, Prototyping Model, Spiral Model, Incremental Delivery, V-Process Prototyping Requirement Analysis Requirement Elicitation, Requirement Analysis, Requirement Documentation Project Size and effort estimation LOC, Albrecht function point analysis, COCOMO: a parametric model Risk management
Categories of risk, Risk identification, Risk assessment, Risk planning, Risk Management

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Managing people and organizing teams Understanding behavior, Organizational behavior: a background, Motivation, Decision making, Leadership, Stress Monitoring and control Introduction, Visualizing Progress, Earned Value Analysis

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Annexure II

AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Project Synopsis B. Tech (ECE)
Project Title: Academic Session: 2013-14 Project Guide: Project Team: Programme:S. No. Enrollment No. Year/Semester:Name Signature

Abstract/Project summary (at least 250 words): Methodology to be adopted:Resource requirement (Hardware & software etc):Justification of the project:PERT Chart/Schedule of project completion:References: Research papers / books / websites etc.:Signature(s) of project team guide Date: Name and Signature of project