Report structure guidelines

(Please note, that this document is only a suggestion, please modify as you deem fit):

General ideas

You might want to adopt the following generic procedure:

• Clearly understand what is to be shown/described/etc.

• Gather/jot down all your arguments (pros & cons) that you think bear relevance to the issue (see previous point).

• Organise and structure the presentation of your arguments.

• Implement your structure.

• Extract any conclusions.

One should put enough effort into thinking about and forming arguments regarding a particular subject based on material from background reading and lecture sessions. The actual length and nature of one's work should actually come out as a result of your efforts rather than the other way round.

Make sure to justify all your reasoning and conclusions. In your justifications make sure to integrate diagrams whenever this is possible and feasible (i.e. it makes sense to do so and they do help in the presentation of arguments). DO NOT use diagrams simply for the sake of breaking the monotony of your textual presentations - this is immediately noticed and leaves a negative impression.

Parts to your report

• Clear statement of intent of report;

• Historical/Developmental information;

• Creation criteria and application issues of technique/approach;

• Variations and similarities in techniques/approaches;

• Explanation of technique;

• Explanation of particular application with fragmentary examples;

• Full case study;

• Conclusions drawn.