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Project Overview

Project Summary

(single slide)

  • [Describe problem / use-case]
  • [What does your project do / solve / help]

Architecture Summary

(single slide)

  • [Key components used]
  • [High-level interactions and data/control flow]
  • [Which implementation patterns or services]

Architecture Diagram

(single slide)

  • [Components / units / systems]
  • [Connections and direction of flow]
  • [Logical grouping or layers]

[Background]

(optional, if necessary)

  • [Domain-specific explanation or motivation]
  • [Technical prerequisite assumptions]
  • [Concepts that may not be common knowledge]

[Deployment]

(single slide)

  • [Where/how is your system deployed?]
  • [Cloud provider / environment / container / scripts used]
  • [Access points or URLs]

Timeline – Retrospective

(single slide)

  • [Major development phases]
  • [Delays, changes, pivots]
  • [Tasks completed early or late]

References

  • [Open-source codebases]
  • [Key tutorials, papers, or blogs]
  • [Library documentation, etc.]

Frontend

Frontend Overview

(single slide)

  • [Framework or stack used]
  • [Hosting method, bundler, assets]
  • [Integration points with backend]

User Roles

Role: [Role1]

  • [Who this is: user, admin, reviewer, etc.]
  • [What they can do in the system]
  • [Relevant permissions or constraints]

User Flow Diagram

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  • [Pages or views]
  • [User interactions / transitions]
  • [Flow of actions or navigation paths]

Frontend Pages

[Page/View Name]

  • Screenshot or mockup on left
  • Bullets summarize functionality
  • Add slides as needed

[Another page description]

Backend

Backend Summary

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  • [Languages, frameworks used]
  • [Server architecture / routing stack]
  • [Database(s) and data models]

Outside Data Source / API – [SOURCE NAME]

(single slide per source)

  • [What is the source (API, dataset, stream)?]
  • [How do you access/ingest data?]
  • [Rate limits, authentication, or key constraints?]

Performance and Scalability

(optional, single slide – e.g., parallelism, cache, batching)

  • [Any testing, analysis, or discussion of scale/performance]
  • [Strategies for optimization or future improvements]

DevOps / System Operations

(optional, break into multiple slides as needed)

CI/CD:

  • [Describe any automated pipelines, deploy triggers]

Monitoring:

  • [Logging, error tracking, uptime checks]

Infrastructure:

  • [Container orchestration, environment management]

API

API Summary

(single slide)

  • [Type: REST or GraphQL]
  • [Primary endpoints or schemas]
  • [Framework, routing, versioning]

API Security and Access

(optional, single slide)

  • [What protection is applied to endpoints?]
  • [Describe any API key / OAuth / JWT strategy]
  • [CORS or domain restrictions]

API Endpoints

(add slides as necessary)

POST /api/task/submit

  • [Auth? JSON fields required? Validation?]
  • [How does this integrate with backend logic?]
  • [Response format and status codes]

In Conclusion…

[Anything Else]

  • [ML, algorithms, special datasets, etc.]
  • [Simulated hardware integration]
  • (e.g., microcontroller stubs, sensor data mocks)

Outcomes and Results

  • [What works, end-to-end or partial]
  • [Notable successes or robustness]
  • [Known limitations or failures]

Incomplete and Descoped Features

  • [Originally planned but not done]
  • [Reasons for omission]
  • [What would be done differently]