STATUS REPORT

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STATUS REPORT
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• The purpose of this report is to detail the work
  completed to date, which should be near the end
  of the preliminary analysis/design phase.

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• The report should have the following elements
• Title page
• Table of contents
• List of tables and figures
• Body
• Appendices (if needed)

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• The body should include the following sections
  and information

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Introduction

• This section contains the purpose of the report
  and a brief summary of its contents.

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Project Description

• Includes a summary of the company and problem
  background,
• a review of the problem definition (as it is
  presently understood), and
• the details of the project final work product.
• You should include the proposed methods and
  approach planned to develop final recommendations.

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Progress Summary

• A summary of what has been accomplished to date.
  
• In this section you should include
• some details, especially a review of
• the methods used,
• models developed,
• data collected, and
• calculations made.
• If the problem has changed you should describe
  how and why it has changed.
• Any additional results and details that may be
  tangential to your current work but you think are
  important to record may be included in appendices.

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Candidate Solutions

• In this section, you include details of all the
  recommendations, operational changes, system
  layout and/or system designs that have been
  developed by your team and are currently under
  consideration as solutions to the stated problem.
  
• You should also include details of how you plan
  to evaluate the candidate solutions to arrive at
  final solutions.
• You might discuss what evidence you will provide
  to convince the sponsor of the worthiness of the
  final solutions.

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Schedule and Budget Update

• Here you should provide an updated/revised
  schedule and budget as well as a review of how
  well you are progressing against the original
  project plans and budget.

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Appendices (may not be needed)

• If appendices are used they should include the
  following types of items
• Sample data collection forms
• Simulation models
• Optimization models
• Formulas and equations used for making
  calculations
• Theory used in solving the problem
• Samples of data collected
• Other relevant information not included in the
  Body.