Creating Outlines In technical writing, outlines can serve multiple purposes. One is help the writer organize ideas and evidence, and the other to communicate your plan of development clearly to the person who has the authority to move your project forward. Therefore, the various parts of your outline should make sense to you and communicate your ideas clearly to your audience. You have now identified a company or corporation that you'd like to analyze and an issue that the company/corporation is currently facing, you should now draft a rough outline that begins to think through possible solutions to the problem you are facing. As you begin to outline your report: Indicate main idea/thesis at top. Name and number the major sections of the report at the left margin. Add details for each section underneath the major section. Write in complete sentences when presenting details. Indent the details related to each section underneath the names of major sections. Alternate between numbers and letters to indicate different levels: I. A. 1. a. 1) a) Assignment Requirements Students should compose a properly formatted outline according to the instructions above Students should have at least 3 possible solutions that they outline Students should have about 5 sections in their outline (introduction/explain the issue, 3 possible solutions, concluding thoughts) The outline should identify a problem that students will present solutions for