What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon.
Formulate the research question precisely.
How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice?
Literature review.
What is new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful?
Proposed method?
Who cares? If you are successful, what difference will it make?
Contribution
The Heilmeier Catechism
What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon.
Formulate the research question precisely.
How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice?
Literature review.
What is new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful?
Proposed method?
Who cares? If you are successful, what difference will it make?
Contribution