Work Plan Outline A formal work plan is an important tool for planning and managing complex writing projects such as

Work Plan Outline

A formal work plan is an important tool for planning and managing complex writing projects such as the analytical report you are assigned to complete. The preliminary outline of a work plan guides the research, though you may modify the outline as you progress toward project completion.

Please turn in a work plan (about 1 page single spaced) which contains the four paragraphs shown in Figure 14.2

Workplan for a Report in your textbook.

Include the headings and formatting as shown in this figure.

The paragraphs should be conformed to your research topic in content, but keep formatting of the example.

Include both first and second level headings in the preliminary outline section.

The content of the outline should be guided by your purpose/problem statement and your research findings.

You are responsible for three to five major headings with at least two subheadings for each. This should be reflected in the work plan outline.

Be very careful when composing the purpose statement – this will guide your entire report.

Remember: Read the description of the topic and the related questions given in the report assignment sheet. Recall that you select an organization/company to use as your audience for the report. The Board of Directors for this company has asked you to help them with the project discussed in the topic. In other words, help them solve their problem.

You must read the Analytical Research Report assignment carefully. Read it several times to understand what is expected.