Group Project Imt 550

IMT 550 Group Report Outline Brian Rowe University of Washington Ischool January, 26 2010

Outline Table of Contents Executive Summary Company Intro Stake Holders Issue Section Relevance of issues Suggestions Reasoning Source cites Appendix if needed

Executive Summary
Less then 2 pages
Simple to read
Covers all the basic of the report
If this is the only part some one read they should get the main ideas of the report

Company Intro
1 page or less
Short background on company history
Must including legal/ethical battles relevant to your report
Must include any relevant corperate commitments or value statments

Stake holders
Identify relevant stake holders
Users
Users in need of accommodations
Users w/ privacy concerns
Rights holder (patent, copyright, TM, Right of Publicity)
Stock Holder
Find the people who are least well off under the current policies

Issues
2 to 3 in depth areas
Possible Issues include Privacy, Security, Copyright, DRM, ToS/EULA, Age, Disability/accessibility, Patents, Open Access, CC integration, or any other issues covered in class
other issues not covered in class are also acceptable if approved in advance

Issues Structure
Relevance of Issues: what is the problem
Suggestions: recommendations for improving policies
Reasoning - the pitch on why the company should change policies to your suggestion

Length Format 10 to 20 pages of text Double spaced Time New Roman or similar sized font 1 inch margins Note: cites and Appendix do not count in length

Cites
End Cites
APA, Chicago, Blue Book, or other if prearranged
At least 12 sources

Online Cites Author’s Last Name, First Name. (Year, Month Day of Publication). Name of Article. Name of Publication. Retrieved on Date, from URL Please include a additional URL to a permanent link if the URL is likely to change (internet archive copy / EFF archive of TOS or other archived source)

Turn In Format 1 Digital copy in a printable PDF 1 Digital copy in original format 2 Printed copies Digital copies are due March 3rd at 5pm Printed copy is due March 4th at the beginning of class Content in printed copies should be identical to digital copies.

Grading 55 points Executive Summary: 5 Company Intro: 5 Stake Holders: 5 Issue Section: 30 Relevance of issues 1/3 Suggestions 1/3 Reasoning 1/3 Source Cites 5 General appearance 5 Individual grades will be modified by group member evaluation of team contributions

Group Project Imt 550

by Brian Rowe on Jan 26, 2010

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