Module 05 Activity

Activity ID: PAW-M05-A01 Estimated active time: 35-45 minutes

Purpose

Format is not presentation. A structure with named slots forces completeness, and this activity measures how much of the improvement comes from structure rather than wording.

Steps

1. Take a genuinely vague request and do not tidy it.
2. Work out what decision the reader makes, and choose the format that follows from it.
3. Name the slots — columns, steps, sections — rather than the format alone.
4. Add the closing sections: assumptions, what I do not know, not covered.
5. Run the original and the structured version.
6. Compare on completeness, checkability, invented content, and whether you could act on it today.

Evidence to hand in

• The original request, unedited.
• The conversion worksheet.
• The output specification.
• Both outputs and the four-way comparison.

Review checklist

• The format follows from the reader's decision, not from habit.
• Every slot is named, not left to be chosen for you.
• The closing sections are present.
• Any invented content in either output is counted.

Mark complete