Technical communication notes. Enjoy. Notes: Proposal Stuff · Intro to the Project Management Proposal o Problem Statement – just high-school level chunk writing § Start with an interesting fact that emphasizes the serious nature of the issue at a very general level. · Not effective: “E-waste is a growing environmental issue.” · Effective: Statistics, Quotes, POWER STATEMENTS (not power rangers…ok maybe power rangers) § Transition to a more specific problem. · “The need to reduce e-waste to protect the environment […] is a complex problem, involving not only reducing consumption but also recycling, reusing, and repairing.” § Get more specific about problem (beat that dead horse! I said beat it!) · “To repair electronics, individuals need access to accurate and easy to use repair information. Individuals need to be able to determine if repair info…” § Now get even more specific (the lube’s dried up, but too bad for you) · “To enable individuals to repair their electronic devices, i—has created a wiki site. The wiki is open source with members of the community being able to create…” § Transition to solution and goals · State the goals of the project (reasonable) o “To assist i—in reducing e-waste by promoting and facilitating repair, our team will create repair resources for one electronic device: “name of device.” The repair resources will enable users to identify the device, diagnose the problem, and replace components.” § State the objectives (Come on! I thought we were done with the repetition!) · “we will create a device page…”
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