14.11 From complete to convincing

A report can contain every expected section and still remain a mid-stage professional draft.

Draft symptom Revision question
The summary lists activities What should the reader know, decide, or do?
Many analyses receive equal emphasis Which findings change the conclusion?
A long EDA sits only in an appendix Which verified findings belong in the main argument?
Charts are numerous or unreadable What comparison must each figure make at final size?
A persona includes inferred traits Which traits were observed?
A recommendation is followed by assumed growth Is this a forecast or a labelled scenario?
External and client percentages are compared Are definitions and denominators compatible?
A model is named but not evaluated What baseline, validation, and metric support it?
The report becomes very long What can be condensed or removed?

Revision should proceed from argument to evidence to presentation. Polishing language cannot repair an unsupported conclusion.