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A Guide to Writing Business Reports
A professional Business Report is required as part of the assignment. Consistent style, correct
spelling and grammar, and page numbering are expected as a matter of course.
There are many resources you can use to help you with the layout and design of the report (see for
example the Useful Guides section at the end of this document). However, to give you a clear
understanding of our requirements we detail the major sections of a sample report here with a brief
description.
You should address the company manager(s), not the teaching staff.
Front page
• Title of the Project
• Addressing the client manager(s)
• Name and contact details of the consultants
• Your company name
• Date
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
A brief summary of the objectives of this data analysis in the context of the company business goals;
and findings from the project including your data model recommendations.
1. Introduction
• A short introduction to the report including who commissioned the project and why?
2. Company Profile
• Analyse the company profile and describe their business goal(s). Identify and state the
project objective and scope.
3. Proposed Data Model – Assignment Task 2: EER Diagram
• Propose a data model as specified in the Assignment.
4. Justify its match to the client requirements
• Clearly state any assumptions made.
• Explain how the EER diagram meets the client’s needs as per assignment
specification.
5. Benefits and limitations
• Describe expected benefits of the proposed data model in relation to the company business
goals.
• Inform the client of possible issues/limitations associated with the data model. Suggest ways
to address them.
6. Recommendations
• Summarise the proposal.
• State your recommendations clearly. Do you advocate this business adopting an information
system with a database back-end built according to the EER model? Do the benefits
identified in section 5 justify your recommendation(s)?
7. Appendix 1: Assignment Task 1
• Include assignment Task 1 in this section – SQL queries, screenshots and accompanying
explanations.
8. References
• References that you use in conducting this data modelling project. If no references were
used in the report then you may leave this section out.
Useful resources:

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General guides for report writing can be found at:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support/academic-resources/report-writing

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Referencing styles:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support/referencing