Type the four-move skeleton

Answer

Purpose: You asked <who> on <date> for <what>; this memo gives <deliverable>. Recommendation: <one option, its terms, its cost> — in one sentence. Analysis by criteria: 1. <criterion (weight)> — <each alternative in a sentence> 2. <criterion (weight)> — ... Matrix (table) · assumptions · sources · sensitivity Next steps: <action — owner — by date> ... Checkpoint: <measure, date> Appendix A: calculations

The spine of the recommendation memo. Purpose and recommendation are two sentences at the top; the analysis is headed by criterion with the matrix as a table; next steps carry owners and dates; the working goes to an appendix.

Smith 4.1, 7.2.2, 7.3.2; Olds ch 13 (declarative opening); concept map K03–K05