Deciding on what to write for my Work Term Report

[Bilal_J]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently a co-op student working at a small company that develops software in labview.

As part of our co-op process, we are required to write an analytical report at the end of our work term, related to something we did in our jobs. By analytical, I have to provide the purpose of the report, data and analysis, and provide recommendations and a conclusion. 

I'm thinking of doing something along the lines of comparing LabVIEW to a traditional language such as C and how it can serve the same pruposes as C. Or maybe try to disprove criticism against LabVIEW? 

Not too sure what topic I will choose at the moment.

I was wondering if any of you guys had any ideas what I could write my report on, and any links I could use to cite in my report. The work report also has to 'benifit' the company. I guess I can say that the report promotes labview, thus helping bring it more business for the company or something.

Anyways, any help would be appreciated. 

Thanks a lot, 

Bilal Junaid

Enable Training and Consulting

[jareds]

Hi Bilal,

It sounds like you're on the right track with that topic.  As for other topics, I would suggest looking at what you've accomplished during your co-op.  I'm sure they would appreciate a good report on that. 

[tbob]

What does your company do?  What type of product or services does it produce?  You could write about using Labview to streamline their process.  You could write about creating re-usable VIs, ones where they are generic enough to be re-used in many situations  How about using source code control such as Perforce or VSS to control software versions and to be able to retrieve older versions in case newer ones cause problems.  Or you could write about LVOOP and how it could streamline your development process.  There is a lot of info about LVOOP on the LAVA forum and on this forum also.  Do a search.  Your best bet would be to write about something that would help your company produce more/better product, or make more profit.  Using Labview to robotically control an assembly line is one example.