Interim report template

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Interim Report
Name: Divan Rasan
ID Number: 12059437
Date: Wednesday, 06 May 2015
First Supervisor: Zhanyuan Hou

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Abstract
You can also call this the Summary if you wish.
Although it appears first, it is probably the last section to be written. By
reading just the abstract, the reader should get a good sense of what the report says
but in about half a page.
Don’t forget to update the front page info:
In Word 2010 click the ‘File’ tab, then go to ‘Info’. On the right side of the
screen you will see the document properties, ensure that all properties are showing
(Click ‘Show all properties’ if visible at the bottom of the list).
Properties to change:
Title- click and type the confirmed title of your project
Subject- Click and enter your ID number here
Author- RIGHT click and ‘edit property’ to change my name to yours.
Manager- RIGHT click and ‘edit property’ to insert your supervisor’s name
Now go back to the main document, select everything (CNTL+A) and update
the fields (F9)
To update the header double click on the header and CNTL+A, F9, double
click the main page to get back again.
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Contents
Abstract..............................................................................................................2
Contents..............................................................................................................3
1 Introduction.....................................................................................................4
2 Subheadings should be ‘heading 2’ style and numbered as here..................4
3 Background.....................................................................................................5
4 Work Completed.............................................................................................6
5 Further Work...................................................................................................7
6 Progress Review..............................................................................................8
7 References.......................................................................................................9
8 Bibliography...................................................................................................10
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1 Introduction
In this project, would like to focus on some methods for solving and analysing
ordinary differential equations: different types of example
2 Subheadings should be ‘heading 2’ style and numbered as here
To include subheadings in the table of contents, the last thing you need to do
is select all (CNTL+A) and update fields F9. If you don’t need this subheading,
delete it.
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3 Background
In order to convince the reader that any conclusions drawn and
recommendations made at the end of the final report are valid, you need to show that
you have a good understanding of the area in which you are working and are fully
aware of any other working that has been done in related fields. You do that by
presenting a summary of that work in this section. You do not need to copy out great
chunks of other’s work, or spend a long time in reviewing this. This is the section
where references will be most plentifully employed, both to demonstrate the level of
reading you have undertaken and to save space. Rather than setting out other’s work
in detail in this section, you can summarise it briefly, and include a reference to the
original which the reader can look at if necessary.
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4 Work Completed
The title of this and subsequent sections can be changed if you wish, to
something more appropriate. This section should focus on the work you have already
completed towards your project. Remember this should show a logical and structured
approach to producing what you can argue is the best solution to the problem
specified.
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5 Further Work
This section should detail the work you still have to do.
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6 Progress Review
This section is probably the most important in the interim report. You review
what you have done so far and what you still have to do, and make an honest
assessment of whether you are on target to finish by the end of the project. You
should also review your project plan and see if that’s still correct, updating it if not.
If you are on target, or ahead of schedule, this is good. If you are behind,
you need to analyse why you are behind, and most importantly what you are going to
do to get yourself back on target. In this section you will not lose marks for saying
you are behind, or that there are problems, but you will lose marks if you present an
inaccurate review saying everything’s fine, when it evidently is not.
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7 References
Cited references only in this section. Use either Harvard or IEEE referencing
and be consistent.
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8 Bibliography
Other sources but not cited in the text
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