Executive Summary Analysis: Feasibility Study & SOW Review

This assignment presents an analysis of a sample feasibility study executive summary, focusing on its alignment with a Statement of Work (SOW). It identifies missing elements related to the production of lower-cost advanced batteries and confirms the inclusion of all required elements. The analysis examines the tenses used in different sections of the summary (Introduction, Purpose, Scope, Goals, Analyses, Issues, Findings, and Recommendation), providing reasons for each tense choice. It includes a conversion of a past tense sentence to the present tense and summarizes the Purpose and Scope sections of the feasibility study, emphasizing the exploration of secondary battery use in electric vehicles for technical and economic feasibility. Furthermore, it suggests alternative ways of introducing the study's goals and discusses the placement and importance of objectives within the report, highlighting the need for a clear and measurable approach. This document is useful for understanding how to effectively analyze and construct executive summaries for feasibility studies.

Sample feasibility study executive summary
Question 1
Which elements that your SOW requires you to summarise are not included in this sample executive
summary?
Answer 1
In the Statement of Work two goals have been identified which has been detailed as under:
(a) Reclaim a portion of purchase price of the battery in order to reduce the cost of the
batteries to consumer;
(b) Second aim was to produce the lower cost of advanced batteries.
The executive summary presented above did not contain any summary on the second goal of
the Statement of Work which is on the production of lower cost of advanced batteries.
Question 2
Are there any elements included in this sample that are NOT required by your SOW?
Answer 2
No, there are no elements included in sample that are not required by the SOW as all the
contents are in the flow and helps in better understanding the SOW.
Question 3
Identify the tenses used in each ‘section’ of the summary. Give a reason for each choice of tense.
Note that a section may include more than one tense
Section Tense/s Voice A/P Reasons
Introduction Present Tense Active Since words like is,
are, has etc have
been used which are
present tense.
Further, the sentence
is active as the
subject and verb
relationship is
straightforward.
Purpose Present Tense Active Since words like
evaluates etc has
been used which is
present tense.
Further, the sentence
is active as the
subject and verb
relationship is
straightforward.
Scope Present Tense Active Since words like

evaluates etc has
been used which is
present tense.
Further, the sentence
is active as the
subject and verb
relationship is
straightforward.
Goals Present Tense Active Since words like is,
are, has etc have
been used which are
present tense.
Further, the sentence
is active as the
subject and verb
relationship is
straightforward.
Summary of
Analyses 1,2 and 3
Present Tense,
Future Tense and
Past Tense
Active Since words like
considers, is, etc
have been used
which are present
tense.
Since words like will
haveetc have been
used which is future
tense.
Since words like was
performed have been
used which is past
tense.
Further, the sentence
is active as the
subject and verb
relationship is
straightforward.
Issues Past Tense Passive Since words like
were identified have
been used which is
past tense.
The sentence is
passive as the
subject and verb
relationship is not

straightforward.
Findings Present and Past Active Since words like are,
appearsetc have
been used which are
present tense.
Since words like
were identified have
been used which is
past tense.
Further, the sentence
is active as the
subject and verb
relationship is
straightforward.
Recommendation Present Active Since words like
recommends, etc
have been used
which are present
tense.
Further, the sentence
is active as the
subject and verb
relationship is
straightforward.
Question 4
Select a sentence written in the past tense and convert it to the present
Answer 4
Four issues were identified that may affect the feasibility of implementing an EV battery
second use scheme.
Present Tense
Four issues are identified that may affect the feasibility of implementing an EV battery
second use scheme.
Question 5
Summarise our feasibility study’s Purpose and Scope sections.
Answer 5

The feasibility study purpose and scope section seeks to explore a secondary used of battery
used in Electric Vehicle on two parameters i.e. technical and economical. The said feasibility
of Electric Vehicle batteries shall be made in stationary applications. The intent of such reuse
was to bring down the cost of batteries to the customer by creating a reuse value of batteries
post their usage expiration in the vehicle.
Question 6
Suggest two possible ways of introducing your Goals.
Answer 6
The two possible ways of introducing goals has been highlighted as under:
(a) The goal of the sample report is to outline reuse of batteries used in Electric Vehicle in
order to reduce the cost in the hands of customer or to produce cheaper version of
batteries to be used in Electric Vehicles;
(b) The report has been presented with a view to explore possible areas of reuse of batteries
used in Electric Vehicle in order to reduce the cost in the hands of customer or to
produce cheaper version of batteries to be used in Electric Vehicles.
Question 7
Where will you include the Objectives?
Answer 7
A very good introduction is required in a report in order to accomplish the task.The aim is the
intention for the project. The aim is the only reason why the research is being done and it also
signifies were we will at the end of the project. The objectives only signify what steps need to
be taken in order to achieve the specific objectives in order to achieve the aim. The objective
of the report is usually formatted in order to make it easy to understand for the person to
read .The objective are usually formatted as a number list so that the main steps which need
to be taken in order to achieve the aim become easy. The objective of the report must be very
specific and it should be measurable. The objective of the report is generally formulated on
the basis of the previous one .The aim and objective of the report should be put at the start of
the report, its within the introduction, as it gives to the reader clear understanding and
direction to the context and theory .Generally in most project there is a single aim which sum
up the overall conclusion you wish to derive from the report. For deriving the better objective
from the report, the project of the company should be break down into various stages and
each stage should be described into various parts for the clear understanding.