Technical Proposal Guidelines, Lecture notes of Technical English

Download Technical Proposal Guidelines and more Lecture notes Technical English in PDF only on Docsity! Technical Proposal Guidelines 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (OR ABSTRACT) Provide a brief summary (l page or less) that gives an overview of the proposed work. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 TECHNICAL BACKGROUND 3.1 Identification of the Problem Give background that identifies the problem and provides motivation for why such an undertaking would be important or beneficial. 3.2 Justification for Proposed Work Provide technical justification for the proposed work, and include any data obtained by yourselves (or others if cited appropriately) that would support the feasibility of your idea. This section is often the largest and can contain many subsections such as the following (shown as examples only, the format of this section should be considered flexible): 3.2.1 Theory 3.2.2 Previous Experimental Results 3.2.3 Theoretical Modeling of Experimental Results 3.2.4 Implications of Work Completed to Date 3.2.5 Identification of Critical Needs 4 TECHNICAL APPROACH 4.1 Objectives Identify the specific things you plan to accomplish with this project. 4.2 Statement of Work (also called Work Plan) 4.2.1 Project Tasks List the specific tasks that need to be performed in order to meet the objectives listed above. They should be numbered Task 1, Task 2, etc., with sub-tasks (if any) numbered Task 1.1, Task 1.2, etc. Provide a brief description of each task and/or subtask.