English 421Y: Technical Writing Online

My primary focus this week was on reading about how to create a successful white paper. I have never written a white paper so I decided I would need this knowledge to help me start the process. I also looked over the example white papers. I used Google to search for a few other examples to make sure that I had a good idea of what I was shooting for. I also contacted my group members early in the week asking if anybody had a topic idea. I shared my contact information with my group members so that we have various ways that we can communicate.

I made sure that my Google account was working this week since I have only used Google documents once and I has been quite a while since then. Using the Google documents should really help us with our communication and the ability to review and edit our progress. I started researching some of the cost analysis of using open source software instead of Microsoft programs. I plan on continuing to search for more data on this next week and will then be able to analyze my findings. My research so far has leaded me to believe that there is enough substantial data to create a good white paper on this topic.