Final Year Project Report Best Practices

Chapter 4 · Practice 4 of 4

Write a clear limitations section

From Testing, evaluation and results

Why it matters

Every project has limitations. Writing them yourself shows understanding; having an examiner find them first looks like you missed them.

Common limitations in student projects:

  • Small number of test users or a short trial period.
  • Data from one city, institution or language.
  • Features left out of scope, and why.
  • Synthetic or simulated data used where real data was unavailable.
  • Performance tested on a laptop rather than production infrastructure.

For each one, add a sentence on how future work could address it. A good limitations section also prepares you for the viva, because it lists the questions examiners are most likely to ask.

Do

  • List limitations with how future work could address them

Avoid

  • Hiding known weaknesses in the hope nobody asks