Capstone Building and Project Management project (BPM499)

This dissertation course which is on the Honours programmes requires students to apply their knowledge to carry out an independent research project on a topic of their choice. Students have to decide on a topic, frame a research question, review the relevant literature, and prepare a research proposal. In addition, students are required to collect data, conduct appropriate analysis and write up a research report. To allow students to have more time for data collection and analysis, this dissertation course spans over two academic semesters.

• Objectives of Project
• Capstone Requirements
• Communication Competence
• Critical Thinking
• Adaptive Competence
• Leadership Capacity
• Scholarly Concern for Improvement
• Motivation of Continued Learning
• Motivation of Continued Learning

• Explain the capstone project problem to be investigated
• Review the literature to gather information on the project
• Formulate the specifications of the problem/model/system/software
• Design/implement/simulate the system
• Test and evaluate the system/model/software
• Write a report and give an oral presentation