Worksheet for report/proposal writing.

Below is the worksheet suggested by Prof. Raj Reddy for many of his graduate students and researchers to formulate their ideas and work. This worksheet acts as excellent guidelines to write course/technical reports, papers, presentations, project proposals and thesis!

• Introduction with Unique attributes
• What are we trying to do?
• What is the key make-a-difference capability we bring to the table?
  
• Current Context
  
• How is it being done today?, How are others approaching the problem?
  
• What are the limitations of current/proposed approaches?
  
• The Vision
  
• What is new in the approach?
• The Plan
  
• What is the plan for realizing the goal?
• Impact
• If you succeed who will care? What is the impact?
• Financials
• How much will it cost and how long will it take?
• Evaluation
• What are the mid-term and final exams?