MEMORANDUM
To: Dr. Erika Paterson
From: Yifan Wang, ENGL 301
Date: Oct 28, 2021
Subject: Formal Report Progress
Please find the progress report of my research below.
1. Audience
• The target audience for this report is Leonard Wang, the current president of Computer Science Student Society
2. Purpose of the report
• To bring attention to the disconnection between CS education and research university and actual career in software development.
• To make more career training resources available to CS students
3. Significance of the report
• To enhance CS students’ competence in job market
• To create a helpful environment
4. Research plan
• Primary sources
• Handing out survey to CS students
• Collecting and analyzing data using Excel spreadsheet
• Secondary sources
• Look up on Internet about common practices taken by CS student organizations in other universities
• Solution formation
• Come up with a solution based on primary and secondary sources
5. Research schedule
• Oct 30 – Nov 14: Drafting formal report
• Nov 15: Formal report draft submission
• Nov 16 – Nov 19: Peer review of formal report draft
• Nov 19 – Nov 25: Editing of formal report draft
• Nov 26: Formal report submission
Please feel free to ask any question.
Enclosure: 301 Yifan Wang Formal Report Survey
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