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| As director of ARPA in the 1970’s George H. Heilmeier developed a set of questions that he expected every proposal for a new research program to answer. He referred to them as the "Heilmeier Catechism". These questions still survive at DARPA and provide high level guidance for what information a proposal should provide. It's important to answer these questions for any individual research project, both for yourself and for communicating to others what you hope to accomplish. These questions are: | As director of ARPA in the 1970’s George H. Heilmeier developed a set of questions that he expected every proposal for a new research program to answer. He referred to them as the "Heilmeier Catechism". These questions still survive at DARPA and provide high level guidance for what information a proposal should provide. It's important to answer these questions for any individual research project, both for yourself and for communicating to others what you hope to accomplish. These questions are: |
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| 1. What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon. What is the problem? Why is it hard? | - What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon. What is the problem? Why is it hard? |
| 2. How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice? | 2. How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice? |
| 3. What's new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful? | 3. What's new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful? |
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