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Technical Background - Is technical discussion needed in order to make the rest
of the report meaningful to readers (Remember that this section need not be
included.)
Background on the situation - How much discussion will you need to explain
the problem, need, or opportunity that has brought about this report? If there
is little that needs to be said about it, this information can go in the introduction.
5. Discuss the Options - You may also need to provide brief descriptions of the options.
Do not get this mixed up with the comparison which will be in the next section. The
descriptive section provides a general discussion of the options so that readers will
know something about them. The descriptive section does not compare the options.
It is just a general orientation that gives some brief specifications to the options.
6. Category-by-Category Comparisons - How should you compare the options?
Remember that you write this section so that readers can check your ideas and even
draw different conclusions, if they desire. You would write a section that discusses
each of those points. How should you end the comparative sections? End with a
conclusion that states which option is the best choice in that particular category of
comparison.
7. Conclusions - The conclusion entails summarizing or restating the conclusions you
have already reached in the comparison sections. So, the conclusion section first lists
the simple, single-category conclusions. Then it states the overall conclusion that
balances conflicting single-category conclusions, and ends with a statement that says
which option is the best choice.
8. Recommendation or Final Opinion - What is your recommendation or final opinion?
You would think that that is obvious by now. It should be. Also, the best choice may
be clear but maybe you would not want to recommend it. The recommendation section
should delineate the most important conclusions leading to the recommendation and
then state the recommendation. You may need to recommend several options based on
different possibilities. A good way to handle this is with bulleted lists. Additionally, a
recommendations section includes "recommendations for further action and a listing of
issues that must be resolved before the design can be implemented" (Perelman, 1998,
p. 81).
9. References and notes
10. Appendixes
