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Explain any background information required to understand why this project is important, and show why you are motivated to work on it.
Project Description, Requirements and Scope - What
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is the work involved in the project?
In broad strokes, go over what is being designed / built / done for the project (remember no specific design work yet). Also define preliminary requirements that the resulting design must meet. Try to make requirements concrete and justify them (“make the requirements less dumb”). Comment on the scope of work necessary to meet those requirements.
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