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Purpose: Apply what you have learned in Modules $07$ and $08$ regarding a linear programming framework for decision$-$making to your chosen decision. Develop your research and communication $($writing$)$ skills that employers value.

Task: The first section of your report with a well$-$structured decision that will drive deep analysis. Note, you are writing an essay with paragraphs of complete sentences.

Edit your report addressing each of my comments from Step #$0,$ marking them resolved as you go$.($Read about commenting here.$)$

Review your notes from Module $07/08$

Pause to reflect on your decision: why it$$s so important to you $($and others$)?$ What does the best outcome look like?

Add to the Term Project document you placed in the cloud in Step #$0,$ the first section of your report:

Title the section, "Decision Framing"

Research. Do some preliminary research on the decision $($explore at least three alternatives$)$ and add $3-5$ relevant facts to your document. Include information about alternatives to consider. Recommended: Get help from a librarian. Include sources as footnotes $($see how to make footnotes in Word and in Google Docs$).$

Identify at least five stakeholders. Who is affected by your decision? Be complete. It probably affects more people $($and animals and plants$)$ than you think.

Set Up Your Decision as an Optimization Problem: What is $($are$)$ your decision variables $($choices$),$ constraints $($must haves$/$must not haves$),$ and objective function $($things to maximize or minimize, i$.$e$.,$ how you define success$)?($Review Module $07$ and $08)$

Example: DV $=$ career choice; Constraints $=$ minimum salary; maximum hours per week to work; maximum danger; Objective Function: maximize contribution to society

Hint: your DV is likely the same as your title, it's not your alternatives.

e$.$ Generate at least three alternatives for your decision variable$($s$)$

Example: Career choice $=\{$astronaut$,$ firefighter, community college professor$\}$

Check your work carefully for accuracy, completeness, spelling, grammar, and compliance with our shared values.