Blog Posting #6, Feasibility Reports

Part 1 :
    Chapter 26 describes the major goals of a feasibility report and teaches us the reader centered writing process to write an effective feasibility report. The substructure of a feasibility report contains 7 parts: introduction, overview of alternatives, criteria, method, evaluation, conclusions, and recommendations. Before crafting the seven elements of the feasibility report, we should conduct research, plan, and define the goal of our communication. While conducting research, we should gain a full understanding of the reader's criteria and all the implications of the alternatives being considered. We should make sure we are not favoring a particular alternative by avoiding any bias while gathering information. The introduction should answer the question of why it is important to consider the alternatives. The overview of alternatives should provide the important features of the alternatives. Next element is Criteria, the standards that we apply in the feasibility report to evaluate alternatives. The Method should explain whether or not the facts we found are reliable. The evaluation of the alternatives will make it easier for the readers to make their decisions. The conclusion includes all the findings and courses of actions we have taken in the overall assessment of the feasibility report. Lastly, the Recommendation element asks the question of what the reader think we should do.

Part 2 :
      Both feasibility reports are organized in a similar manner. Both flow logically according to the seven significant elements of a feasibility report. I would choose Sample 2 because it is more reader centered and it effectively maintains the significance of each section while ignoring items that does not belong to the particular section. The use of tables in sample two, increases the effectiveness of evaluation by solidifying their arguments. The use of visuals were also supportive in making the feasibility report more reader centered.