4. Pentachart

English for professional and academic communication

The Pentachart

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Index

Definition, samples, sections, videos, practice, and tasks

Objectives

· Understand the structure of a Pentachart

· Know what to put in each section of the Pentachart

· Be able to create your own Pentachart and evaluate others'

Pentachart

Description

What does a Pentachart look like?

Sample without titles

Sample with titles

TRL

Video

Whatch the video to understand the differnt 9 levels of TR

INFO

TRL table

Instructions to write a good title

• All essential keywords of the research
• One-sentence elevator pitch

Background and motivation

• Current practice and the limitations
• Gaps in present-day Understanding
• Research problem /Research questions

Innovation

• The aims of the research
• What is your innovation or discovery?
• How do you cover the limitations identified?

Description

• What is it that you are developing or proposing? (developers’ perspective)
• How will it work? (users’ perspective)
• Why will your solution work better than previous ones?
• Are there any important assumptions and or limitations?

Anticipated Impact

• Who might benefit from this idea? (investors, citizens, national/international missions)
• State quantitatively.
• What difference will success make?
• What are the risks/payoffs?

Path forward

• Explain the tasks.
• Sequence the tasks.
• Allocate time limits to the tasks.
• Use a Gantt chart to illustrate it.

Gantt Chart Sample

Tasks

Congratulations! Level completed!