ENG 208 Essay Progress Report, Spring 2004

PROGRESS REPORT _ STUDENT SAMPLE MEMO TO: Ms. Sawsan Maktabi, English Instructor FROM: Carine Nassrallah and Rama Al-Nimr DATE: March 29, 2004 SUBJECT: English 208 Project Progress Report The purpose of this memorandum is to update you about the status of our English 208 project. This project is concerned with evaluating a local company from diverse perspectives. As you will see in our first progress report, all plans are on schedule, with no major problems anticipated. Background: On February 12, 2004, we were asked to evaluate a local company in Lebanon. Upon our instructor’s request, we selected Nathalie’s Agency. Nathalie’s Agency is a well established modeling agency in Lebanon. Work Completed to Date: We have now completed the following jobs: 1. On February 20, 2004 we decided to choose Nathalie’s Agency as the company we want to assess for our project. 2. A brief informal report (a brainstorm) was handed in on February 27, 2004. The report included the issues that we wanted to deal with in our project. 3. On March 16, 2004, an outline of our approach to the topic and the procedure to be followed were handed in. Work in Progress: The following stages of the project have been started and are still in progress: 1. Brainstorming for our questionnaire will be completed by March 29, 2004 along with deciding on the type of people to be asked. 2. Typing and printing of the actual questionnaire will be completed on March 30, 2004. The questionnaire will then be handed to Ms. Maktabi for assessment and approval. 3. On April 5, 2004, as scheduled, we are going to interview the representative of Nathalie’s Agency. Work to be Completed: From now until May 14, 2004, we will complete the following tasks: 1. Gathering all the information we need and organizing it in a coherent way. 2. Typing up the report and preparing for our oral presentation. 3. Handing in the report as scheduled on May 14, 2004.