Graduate Project Work Breakdown

A graduate project requires considerable work and it is worthwhile to plan the use of your time. Using percentages totaling 100%, identify the categories corresponding to where your total work for this project will be performed. Only some categories will apply to your project. Also, identify to what extent these tasks have already been completed. For example, suppose problem identification will take 10% of the overall time for the project and it has already been completed as part of preparing the proposal; in this case, 10% should be indicated for "Total Work" and 10% should also be indicated for "% Done." The total shown at the bottom for "% Done" will likely be much less than 100%.

Category	Typical Activity	Total Work	% Done
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION	Identify and specify a problem
SURVEY	Examine and describe previous relevant research
THEORETICAL ANALYSIS	Provide mathematical definitions, theorems, and proofs
DESIGN	Design a system
COMPARISON	Compare several theoretical models, system designs, or implementations
IMPLEMENTATION	Implement a designed system
TESTING	Test the correctness of the implementation with respect to the design (debugging)
DOCUMENTATION	Write internal and external documentation for software
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS	Study the performance of an implemented system
REPORTING	Prepare a description of your research, including writing, proofreading, figures, and charts
PRESENTATION	Prepare overheads and practice for an oral presentation of your research
Total		100%