infrastructure within League City

Research Project

Choose an issue and design a solution or policy to address the issue: This assignment requires you to identify an issue within your community or immediate environment. The assignment must:

1. Define the problem and the stakeholders
2. Analyze the problem
3. Generate Alternative Solutions or Policies
4. Evaluate Each Solution or Policy
5. Decide on the Solution or Policy
6. Outline Steps for Implementation
7. Establish Criteria for Evaluation

Each step listed above should be a separate section of your paper. The writing should be concise and grounded upon the standards of thinking. You may use a combination of paragraph and bullet format for ease of communication and review.

Generate 3 alternatives to solving the problem. Each alternative should be a well written paragraph.

Evaluate each alternative for risk, cost and benefits (strengths and weakness) (pros and cons). These can be placed in bullet point format

Pick a solution

Outline the Steps to Implement the Solution. This can be placed in bullet point format. What are the criteria that you will use to evaluate the chosen solution?

Essay Rubric

Research Project Rubric

Novice, Competent, or Proficient in each of the 8 sections

Novice 0-10 points

Competent 11-15 points

Proficient 16-20 points

• Novice
• Provides a problem without any details, and without reference to stakeholders
• Competent
• Elaborates on the problem without reference to the stakeholders
• Proficient
• Elaborates on the problem and explains the stakeholders involved.
• Novice
• Little analysis of the parts of the problem is given.
• Competent
• Some analysis is provided but lacks detail.
• Proficient
• Detailed analysis of the parts of the problem are given.
• Novice
• One alternative is provided.
• Competent
• Two alternatives are provided
• Proficient
• Three alternatives are offered
• Novice
• One alternative is evaluated
• Competent
• Two alternatives are evaluated
• Proficient
• Three alternatives are evaluated
• Novice
• A decision is made without an implementation plan
• Competent
• A clear decision is made with some elements of an implementation plan.
• Proficient
• A clear decision is made with detailed implementation plan
• Novice
• No criteria are provided
• Competent
• Some criteria are provided
• Proficient
• Measurable criteria are provided
• Novice
• Many Errors >15
• Competent
• Some Errors 8-15
• Proficient
• Few Errors <8
• Novice
• No introduction or conclusion or references
• Competent
• Some missing elements of essay organization
• Proficient
• No missing elements of essay organization.