Project: Designing a Personal Academic Paper Database System

This project proposal outlines the development of a personal academic paper database designed to provide students and university staff with easy access to past examination papers. The proposal details the project's aims, which include providing access to question papers, creating a directory for academic papers, and offering easy access to digital formats. The project objectives involve storing learning materials and question papers in a large database, ensuring accessibility from any location with an internet connection. The dissertation type is quantitative, focusing on empirical values and measurable variables. Key research problems include collecting and organizing past exam papers, ensuring accessibility across different platforms, and maintaining database flexibility. The methodology employed is experimental, involving data collection, design implementation, database development, testing, and execution. Functional requirements cover data and operation descriptions, workflow descriptions, system report documentation, and the identification of admin and user operations. The project includes a Gantt chart for scheduling and references to relevant academic literature. This database aims to streamline access to academic resources for students and educators.

Running head: A PERSONAL DATABASE OF ACADEMIC PAPERS
A PERSONAL DATABASE OF ACADEMIC PAPERS
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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
1.1 Aims and Objectives........................................................................................................2
1.1.1 Project Aims..............................................................................................................2
1.1.2 Project Objectives.....................................................................................................2
2.0 Type of the dissertation........................................................................................................3
3.0 Research problems...............................................................................................................3
4.0 Methodology........................................................................................................................3
5.0 Functional requirements.......................................................................................................4
6.0 References............................................................................................................................5

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1.0 Introduction
The project proposal depicts to states the overall development of a database or
website that will help the university as well as the students within the university to access the
significant question papers of the previous examinations held in the university as well as
similar question papers of significant examinations (Pickering et al., 2015). The proposal will
significantly provide a clear reflection on the research problems in this field, the aims of the
research, and the type of the research that will be carried out, the identified methodology as
well as the specification of the requirements needed for the development of the overall
project.
1.1 Aims and Objectives
1.1.1 Project Aims
The significant aims that are identified for the project is stated as follows:
 To provide the users with the overall access of the question papers.
 To provide a significant directory to the academic question papers for both the
students as well as the tutors.
 To provide effective access as well as ease of the access to the digital format of the
questions as well as answers.
1.1.2 Project Objectives
The possible objectives of the project is stated to be as follows:
 The significant platform will provide a large database, which will effectively store the
overall learning as well as question papers.
 The effective platform can be accessed by the students as well as individuals from
anywhere with just a sustainable Internet connection.

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2.0 Type of the dissertation
The type of dissertation that will be followed in accordance to this proposal is
depicted to be a quantitative one. This quantitative type of dissertation will significantly
involve the overall investigation of the empirical values regarding the observable as well as
measurable variables present within the development of the personal database in regards to
the academic papers (Ahmad, Ismail and Aziz, 2015).
3.0 Research problems
The significant problem that may be identified while carrying out the research in this
field of the development of the database for storing the academic papers is the collection of
the overall academic question papers that are held in the examination of the university
(Azagra-Caro et al., 2017). Moreover, the problem can be depicted as the significant access
of the database by the tutors as well as the students that are trying to access the database from
different platforms. In addition to this, the next problem that is identified within the research
is depicted as the flexibility of the database that can be accessed from any platform. This is to
be significantly kept in mind for the development of the database.
4.0 Methodology
The significant methodology that will be used for carrying out the overall
development procedure of the project is depicted as the experimental methodology. This
methodology will be significant for the development of this database as there are may
important phases in regards to the project (Harzing and Alakangas, 2017). This may involve
the collection of the data, the implementation of the design, the development of the database
as well as the testing of the database and finally executing it for making it available to the
students as well as the tutors for the ease of the access of the databse.

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5.0 Functional requirements
The significant functional requirements that are associated with the project of the
development of the personal database of the academic papers are stated as follows:
 Data description that will be entered in the proposed system: The data in this case is
identified as the question papers that are to be stored for future endeavours.
 Operation description that will be performed within the overall system: The searching
of the database, the uploading of the questions papers, the editing of those papers are
to be adhered in this section.
 Work Flow Description of the overall system: The overall execution of the database
as well as the functioning of the system is depicted to be adhered in this section.
 System Report Documentation: The documentation of the overall project is to be done
for the significant carrying out of the whole project in future times.
 Identifying significant admin as well as user operations: The potential admin
operations and the user operations are to be adhered for the smooth execution of the
project.
 The significant cope up of the system to meet the overall regulatory requirements of
the system: The overall requirement of the project has to be utilised for the smooth
execution of the overall project.
6.0 Scheduling
The possible schedule of the provided project is stated in the picture as follows:

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ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors Resource Names
0 Academic Paper
Database
390 days Mon
19-08-19
Fri
12-02-21
1 Project Initiation55 days Mon 19-08-19Fri 01-11-19
2 Understanding the overall requirements and its background10 days Mon 19-08-19 Fri 30-08-19
3 Proper Data Collection20 days Mon 02-09-19 Fri 27-09-19 2
4 Effective Analysis of data10 days Mon 30-09-19 Fri 11-10-19 3
5 Data Analysis from previous situations15 days Mon 14-10-19 Fri 01-11-19 4
6 Planning the overall project50 days Mon 04-11-19Fri 10-01-20
7 Necessity of the project10 days Mon 04-11-19 Fri 15-11-19 5
8 Verification of Scope15 days Mon 18-11-19 Fri 06-12-19 7
9 Stating the objectives related to Scope15 days Mon 09-12-19 Fri 27-12-19 8
10 Significant identification of the Goals10 days Mon 30-12-19 Fri 10-01-20 9
11 Project Execution185 days Mon 13-01-20Fri 25-09-20
12 Selection of the important options stated to achieve the goals10 days Mon 13-01-20 Fri 24-01-20 10
13 Preparing the appropiate teams as well as backup40 days Mon 27-01-20 Fri 20-03-20 12
14 Identifying the overall compliances within the project planning30 days Mon 23-03-20 Fri 01-05-20 13
15 Introduction of the hardware requirements10 days Mon 04-05-20 Fri 15-05-20 14
16 Segmenting the different layers of the procedure20 days Mon 18-05-20 Fri 12-06-20 15
17 Introducing the different pahses within the project15 days Mon 15-06-20 Fri 03-07-20 16
18 Budget planning for hardware as well as software resources20 days Mon 06-07-20 Fri 31-07-20 17
19 Choosing the appropiate methodology5 days Mon 03-08-20 Fri 07-08-20 18
20 Implementing the strategy20 days Mon 10-08-20 Fri 04-09-20 19
21 Choosing the security policy and implementing it15 days Mon 07-09-20 Fri 25-09-20 20
22 Monitoring the overall project55 days Mon 28-09-20Fri 11-12-20
23 Comparison of the depicetd outcomes with those that are achieved30 days Mon 28-09-20 Fri 06-11-20 21
24 Integration of the overall data received25 days Mon 09-11-20 Fri 11-12-20 23
25 Closure of the project45 days Mon 14-12-20Fri 12-02-21
26 Assessing the different risk associated with the project25 days Mon 14-12-20 Fri 15-01-21 24
27 Assessing the overall budget of the project20 days Mon 18-01-21 Fri 12-02-21 26
21-07 08-09 27-10 15-12 02-02 22-03 10-05 28-06 16-08 04-10 22-11
21 July 01 November 11 February 21 May 01 September
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Image: Gantt chart)
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6.0 References
Ahmad, F., Ismail, N.H. and Aziz, A.A., 2015. The prediction of students’ academic
performance using classification data mining techniques. Applied Mathematical Sciences,
9(129), pp.6415-6426.
Azagra-Caro, J.M., Barberá-Tomás, D., Edwards-Schachter, M. and Tur, E.M., 2017.
Dynamic interactions between university-industry knowledge transfer channels: A case study
of the most highly cited academic patent. Research Policy, 46(2), pp.463-474.
Harzing, A.W. and Alakangas, S., 2017. Microsoft Academic: is the phoenix getting wings?.
Scientometrics, 110(1), pp.371-383.
Pickering, C., Grignon, J., Steven, R., Guitart, D. and Byrne, J., 2015. Publishing not
perishing: how research students transition from novice to knowledgeable using systematic
quantitative literature reviews. Studies in Higher Education, 40(10), pp.1756-1769.