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#ERLM Write the Metrics of Success section. Clearly describe how you will define success. How much more accurate, more precise, faster, or more efficient will the technology be? How will you demonstrate that you achieved the outcomes outlined in the Goals and Outcomes section? Will you be advancing the TRL of the technology? From what TRL level and how much?
The Review
Read the entire document. When you read the paper, identify sections or paragraphs that you find challenging or confusing to read --- if you have to reread a paragraph to grasp its message, circle it. These passages will need additional attention by the writer.
Milestones
Are the milestones reasonable for the project? Do they mark events that are a significant change or stage in development?
Deliverables
Are the deliverables appropriate for the project? Can the investigator/team deliver on their promise?
Metrics of Success
Are metrics for success clearly identified in the proposal? These metrics may not necessarily be in the Milestones and Deliverables section. Rather, they could be earlier in the document, like the Objectives or the Research Approach. Do the metrics validate a well defined hypothesis of record? Are the metrics measurable?
Reading Structurally
Choose for analysis three paragraphs from the document; you might choose passages you circled above. For best results, avoid opening and closing paragraphs, which function somewhat differently from the others. It is best to choose paragraphs that are at least several sentences long, since they should offer a large number of rhetorical choices and possibilities for problems.
For one of those paragraphs, analyze the prose structurally several times, one time for each of the expectational principles. This requires turning off the substance-reading machine you usually use when reading and turning on this new structural awareness in its place. In other words, do not read a sentence to see if it makes sense or sounds good or seems to help develop your thought.
Follow the Reading Structurally outline. Take notes on your observations.
NOTE: We have not yet discussed Issue/Point, so you can leave that out of your discussion. Focus on these two things:
- Action/Agency
- Topic/Stress