Typical Structure
There is wide general agreement on the structure of a "typical" executive summary - books and training courses emphasise similar points. Typically, an executive summary will
- be possibly 5-10% or so of the length of the main report
- be written in language appropriate for the target audience
- consist of short and concise paragraphs
- start with a summary
- be written in the same order as the main report
- only include material present in the main report
- make recommendations
- provide a justification
- have a conclusion
- be able to be read separately from the main report
- sometimes summarize more than one document
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