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For

Writers & Collaborators

Table of Contents:

1Executive Summary

Purpose 1

Organizational Problem 1

Technical Investigations 1

Rhetorical Purpose 1

Scope 1

Limitations 1

Assumptions 1

Methods 1

Criteria 1

Definitions 1

Recommendations 2

Document Revision History

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Executive Summary

Scan your research to determine what the content, structure and length of the report would be.

Highlight key points; determine purpose/central theme of the report.

Review your research and determine what the key ideas or concepts are.

Group ideas in a logical fashion and prepare a point form outline of the summary.

Edit the outline to eliminate secondary or minor points; use your judgment to keeping the summary concise. Determine whether subtitles, bullets, selective bolding or some other type of organizational structure will add to the clarity of your summary. Write the summary in your own words, using a professional style.

Purpose

Organizational Problem

The purpose statement identifies the Organizational problem the report addresses

Technical Investigations

The technical investigations it summarizes

Rhetorical Purpose

Rhetorical purpose (to explain, to recommend)

Scope

The scope statement identifies how broad an area the report surveys. It allows the reader to evaluate the report on appropriate grounds.

Limitations

Limitations make your recommendations less valid or valid only under certain conditions. Limitations usually arise because time or money constraints haven’t permitted full research.

Assumptions

Assumptions in a report are like assumptions in geometry: statements who truth you assume, and which you use to prove your final point. If they are wrong, the conclusion will be wrong too. A good report spells out its assumptions so that readers can make decisions more confidently.

Methods

If you conducted surveys, focus groups, or interviews, you need to tell how you chose your subjects, and how, when and where they were interviewed.

Criteria

This section outlines the factors that you are considering and the relative importance of each. Is cost the most important criteria or might it be time to market

Definitions

Technical terms for those who might not understand certain things, define them.

Recommendations

These are action items that would solve or ameliorate the problem