writing a Project report - Conclusions

THE CONCLUSION OF A REPORT
The concluding section of the report usually comprises three components as outlined below. Notice that the first component looks back at what has been done and the last two components look ahead or beyond your project using the new experience gained from your project.

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1) Meeting of objectives
Here you are required to tell the reader whether you met your objectives, and if not, the extent to which you did meet them. If there was any change in your initial objectives you must give the reasons for this change.

2) Proposing/Recommending Design improvements to your project
Having worked on your project for some time, you may have thought of other ideas that could improve your piece of work in terms of its cost, efficiency to design, etc. These should be indicated at this juncture.
Remember that when you are making recommendations you are saying what should be done to remedy a situation or to improve something.
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3) Suggesting New Lines of Study
Here you are required to move away from the confines of your own project and tell the reader if the ideas contained in your work could be applied elsewhere, giving rise to new assignments, projects and new areas of study. More

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Language Focus- Parallelism in Recommendations and Suggestions
Parallelism means keeping to a similar structure e.g. My hobbies are: singing, dancing and cooking
So in writing recommendations we might write:
The following changes are recommended:
1. making the machine out of a stronger material
2. gluing the base to the body of the sharpener
3. using self-tapping screws instead of nails
Parallelism includes more than just sticking to ing endings in verbs.

Parallelism Self Study Exercise

A Conclusion Self Study Exercise

By Michael Vallance