Reflection

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the trimester. Before the course, I felt that Technical Communication was not important but after the trimester I changed my views on it. As a future engineer, Technical Communication is very important. Engineers have to present their ideas, in an understandable, convincing and professional manner, and Technical Communication covers all of them.

Throughout the trimester there were many takeaways, I learnt how to write product descriptions and summaries, how to paraphrase and summarise from sources to avoid plagiarism.

In this module, I understood that peer reviews and writing feedbacks are important factors in improving our language. Peer reviews allows us to come across many mistakes that students, including myself, make. Writing feedbacks also plays a part in learning. Feedbacks should be constructive so that the team receiving them will be able to improve themselves and aim not make the same mistake again.

Understanding how to write proposals and present them was one of the takeaways as well. A proposal comprises of many sections some being the problem and purpose statement, benefits, and evaluation. Proposals must be clear and concise for others to understand and evaluate if they would want to accept it. The presentation also plays an important part in convincing others to accept the proposed.

Overall, I enjoyed the course. I feel that I have learnt a lot from this module. It has enriched my knowledge, and encouraged the working with different people in the course by randomising teams. Throughout the course, I learnt that teamwork play an important role in getting jobs done. The course also allowed me to interact and know some of the course mates better. 

Thank you for the wonderful experience, Brad!

Executive Summary

This proposal discusses about the current Geotab GO7 and how it can be improved through some modifications as well as the benefits of the implementations.

Research have been made and it was identified that the current Geotab GO7 is lacking of some functionality. To work on the problem of the lack of functionalities, this report proposes to modify the current Geotab GO7 to better serve the needs of the fleet companies and fleet drivers.

The drawback in the implementation of the modified Geotab GO7 can be identified in the evaluation of the product. In conclusion, this proposal aims to convince the Geotab stakeholders that the implementation is needed to increase the fleet efficiency and sales of the Geotab GO7.

Letter of Transmittal

20 October 2016

Mr. Blackstone

Senior Lecturer

Centre for Technical Communication

10 Dover Road

Dear Mr. Blackstone,

RE: Proposal for improvement on current Geotab GO7

In reference to the authorization letter, the team is delighted to have the opportunity to present to you the solution on how to dramatically improve the Geotab GO7.

Our team has evaluated that there are several functionalities in the current Geotab GO7 which can be improved on to possibly reduce the number of accidents on the roads. Distracted driving is the primary cause of most road accidents and GPS tracking cameras have been effective in helping drivers avoid objects by giving the full view of what is happening outside the car. In the Annual Road Traffic Situation 2015 report, the number of casualties has increased from 4,634 to 4,875 in 2014 to 2015. The enhancement of Geotab GO7 can be valuable to eliminate issues of distracted driving and will efficiently reduce the number of road accidents in Singapore.

We thank you for your time and effort to read our proposal, it is greatly appreciated. We hope that you will consider implementing our ideas as it will a great benefit for road users.

Yours sincerely,

Hoe Xin En

On behalf of “Team Precision”