Exercise 3:
Now that you have arrived at a short list of possibilities to meet your needs, its time to define the make-or-break criteria which will decide between your options.
In a statement of 50-100 words
- Describe 3 more criteria3 features, functions, qualities, capabilities, etcin addition to those which you developed in Exercise 2 (file) which any of the options you are considering must have. For each criterion, explain why it is necessary, and why not having it would be a liability.
For illustrations of how to do this, see these sample recommendation reports (curated by David McMurrey):
The section Points of Comparison in
The first under Comparison of the Uninterruptible Power Supplies in
The first under Comparisons in
Now its time to practice evaluating one of your possible solutions by all of your criteria, both the screening and selection criteria.
Exercise 4:
In a document of about 100-150 words, apply all of your criteria to one of the two options you identified in Exercise 3. Use the point-by-point approach discussed in ., and also shown in .
For additional illustrations of how to do this, see these sample recommendation reports (curated by David McMurrey):
The section Points of Comparison in
The first under Comparison of the Uninterruptible Power Supplies in
The first under Comparisons in