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Q&A How to represent dependencies in outlines

After you write your first draft, you will see from actual use what terms are dependent on other terms. That will allow you to reorder your definitions and put the ones you need first in front. Yo...

posted 11y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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After you write your first draft, you will see from actual use what terms are dependent on other terms. That will allow you to reorder your definitions and put the ones you need first in front.

You're allowed to vary from your outline, and you're allowed to revise your outline. If you wrote a paper as you outlined it above and then realized that Cost and Time are dependent on Probability... then move Probability.

The outline is a guide to help you write, not the end document. Your final piece doesn't have to be mirrored in your outline. You can rewrite the outline to match the end report if you feel strongly about it.

If your question is "how do I physically represent this relationship?" you could make Cost and Time sub-bullets of Probability.

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