This week?s assignment focuses on Chapter 7: Progress Reports.?In this assignment you will review an i

This week’s assignment focuses on Chapter 7: Progress Reports. In this assignment you will review an informal proposal and create progress report.

·  Progress reports document the status of a project.  These reports describe the various tasks that make up the project and analyze the progress that has been made toward completing each task (Finkelstein, Chapter 7, p 112)

·  Writing a progress report typically requires three things: review, describe, and evaluate (Finkelstein, Chapter 7, p 112). 

Part I.  Create a progress report

Create a progress report for the Student Proposal for a Class Project – A Proposal For A Research Report on the MegatubeXL (by Sabrina B. McFInkel) – This is the additional example (6.3) in the textbook chapter on Proposals. Time-Frame for this project 5 weeks

·  Download the Progress Report template and complete.

·  Progress report is for Week 3 of the project.

You are the project manager for this project, so you are creating the progress report. 

Source citations

Finkelstein, L. (2008) Pocket Book of Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists (3rd ed.) New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Source citations

Finkelstein, L. (2008) Pocket Book of Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists (3rd ed.) New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Format Requirements:  Use progress report template

Assignment checklist:

1.            Check that all elements of a progress report are included in your document

2.            Proofread and spell check your work