PEER REVIEW WORKSHEET: BA101/199

Before completing this peer review worksheet, please read:

• PEER REVIEW GENERAL
• PEER REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS

Directions: Print out this peer review worksheet and use it to respond to your peer's proposal and report. Respond to the questions only after you have carefully read the draft provided by your peer. Provide complete, detailed responses. Continue your comments on the back of this worksheet if necessary.

1) Who is the primary audience for this document, and how do you think this or these readers will react to this document? Explain your answer.

2) Specifically describe the purpose of the document you just read. What does this document try to convince its primary audience to do?

3) Does the purpose of this document differ in any way from the purpose set forth in the assignment description? Please explain your answer.

4) Why are these actions needed according to the document?

5) How can the document make the needs it addresses more clear, complete, or significant?

6) Briefly outline the structure of the document.

7) Is the structure complete? Could the writer add sections or subheadings to make the document more persuasive to its readers?

8) Within each section of the document, could the writer add any content or explanation that would make the document more clear and persuasive?

9) What can the writer do to make the connections among the different sections of the document more clear?

10) If you were the primary audience for this document, in what ways would it convince you, perhaps, more than other documents with the same purpose?

11) If you were the primary audience for this document, in what ways would it not convince you as much, perhaps, as other documents with the same purpose?

12) Explain which design features worked for you as a reader and which did not work as well. Offer specific suggestions to the writer for improving the design to make the document more readable and attractive to the eye.

13) In what ways is the style of writing effective for business readers? In what ways does the style need to shift away from academic models?

14) Please offer editing and proofreading advice if applicable.

15) Please make any additional suggestions to the writer that may help him or her improve the effectiveness of the document. (An effective document would achieve its purpose with its audience in a way that adds value to the organization.)