Producing a Stellar Document: Top Tips to Minimize Heartburn
Discover essential tips for creating exceptional documents while minimizing stress and errors. From formatting guidelines to structuring your content effectively, this guide covers every aspect needed for a polished and professional document.
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PDR/CDR 101 Some tips on producing a good document and minimizing heartburn
PDR/CDR 101 Follow the formatting guidelines See the deliverables handout
PDR/CDR 101 Cover Page (see format for details) (NP) Abstract (NP) One paragraph summary of what s in the paper Not a description of the project A line about final results is good Tables of Contents/Figures/Tables (NP) Three separate tables Let Word do this for you
PDR/CDR 101 Introduction One paragraph answers three questions (NP) Who are you? What are you doing? Why are you doing this? Sets the scene for what follows
PDR/CDR 101 Project Description/Specifications Two paragraphs Specifications in a bulleted list
PDR/CDR 101 Design Criteria Feasibility Criteria in a bulleted list (don t forget the lead-in sentence) Discuss merit criteria, curves, weights, one at a time Each merit criterion must include a rationale/explanation Why is this important? How will you measure it?
PDR/CDR 101 Design Alternatives sketch and explanation for each one Feasibility Analysis Which of the design alternatives are feasible, which aren t A table can be a good approach
PDR/CDR 101 Merit Analysis applying merit analysis to the feasible designs Discuss each design in turn A table can be good here, too Design Recommendation Which design is the best Brief discussion of why
PDR/CDR 101 Test Plan and Results What happened at the competition? For K nex project this will be more involved stay tuned Conclusions/Recommendations What happened? How did you do? What did you learn?
PDR/CDR 101 References/Appendices (NP) Appendices are extra. Paper shouldn t need them. What about figures? Use template in Word Figures have titles (Figure 13. descriptive words) Place fig in doc after first mention in text. The first design we considered was the Howe truss (Fig. 7) Same for tables
PDR/CDR 101 This is not a trivial undertaking It will take time Don t start the night before it s due, or the night before that Do not print it out an hour before class Layout is important widow/orphan Where are the figs and tables?
PDR/CDR 101 Proofread Spellcheck is not proofreading! Which of these words is misspelled?: For Four Fore
PDR/CDR 101 Be yourself don t try to sound smart Small words are best and small words when old are best of all Winston Churchill
PDR/CDR 101 Questions/Comments?
