OUTLINES & PROPOSALS

LECTURE 6.10.15

OUTLINING
Used as summarized-plan
Used as reading aids
Pre-sorting devices
What do you think some
steps are in the process of
outlining a document?

OUTLINING
Brainstorm

OUTLINING
Brainstorm
Starting stage of organizing
Place similar items together

OUTLINING
Brainstorm
Starting stage of organizing
Place similar items together

On the cutting board:

Evaluation of ideas from
brainstorming session
Do they strongly connect to
the topic of the plan?

OUTLINING

THE PROPOSAL
The detailed plan
Mapping out the details of
your research, business
project
Consists of five major parts

INTRODUCTION
Give reader background, history of topic
Whats the problem? Is there one?
Show why your work is important!

TITLE
Bold, center title
No more than 2 lines

OBJECTIVES
Write a short sentence like The goals of this
project are
What are the objectives you want to reach?
Are they strong? Why are you proposing?
You can have just one goal, no need to have more
than 3 (be brief in technical writing!)

CONTENTS
In order to achieve the goals presented in this proposal, the following titles will be
discussed
Headings
Just main headings or the inclusion of both main headings and sub-headings
Main headings can be treated as chapters for your project
Any changes table of contents should be altered
If I wanted to do a study for the Ministry of Tourism in Jordan
Record of Attendance (Main Heading)
Petra (Subheading)
Aqaba
The Dead Sea

REQUIREMENTS
What does the project require?
Labor? techs?
Machines?
Materials?

TIME REQUIRED
Divide project into major stages
Mark how long each stage should last

TIME REQUIRED - EXAMPLE

Headings
Just main-headings or the inclusion of both main headings and sub-headings

REQUIREMENTS: $

COSTS
Calculate estimated cost of research
List costs by each stage

Stages of Work

JD

Stage 1

5000

Stage 2

5700

Stage 3

4300

Stage 4

5900
List the total cost of
project

ACADEMIC RESEARCH PLAN

Title
Introduction
Problem
Significance of the research
Objectives
Methodology
Contents
Time plan

ASSIGNMENT for THURSDAY

Making your own proposal
You will be assuming the position
of a researcher for the Ministry of
Transport
You will propose a project to
investigate ways to improve traffic
safety in Jordan.
Get into groups and discuss what
you might include in your proposal
(what kind of information would
you put in the introduction? What
subtopics will you talk about?)

ASSIGNMENT for THURSDAY

Study roads with walkways
compared to those without
Helmet law for those riding bikes
Improve EMT response
Improve commercial vehicle safety
Reduce speeding-related crashes
(reduce speed limit)