ITC

This course is designed for staff members normally involved in preparation and writing of technical reports and other technical documents.

The program aims at improving the participants’ capabilities to better present the technical contents in more organized documents understandable by their readers.

What makes a good technical report?
How to plan and organize your report?
The use of outlines
Understand the type of technical report you are writing
Reporting research findings
Simple technical information report
Technical specifications
Technical evaluation reports
Technical recommendation reports
Technical manuals and instructions
Defining the objectives of your technical report
How to match your objectives with reader interests
Controlling style: short sentences and paragraphs, appropriate language and jargon
Structuring complex arguments and complicated information
Dealing with non-essential information
How to write an abstract
How to construct the introduction
How to prepare the body of your manuscript
The main report sections
Refining the structure
How to write an effective concluding section
Ways of concluding
The summary section
The conclusion section
The recommendation section
Using appendices
Using footnotes, technical data, diagrams, flowcharts, graphs, tables, illustrations, captions, bullet points, numbering systems, references, etc.
Editing the draft for accuracy, brevity and clarity
How to construct tables for information content
Technical content
How to present a report orally
Written versus oral reports
How to define quality in engineering manuscripts
The elements of reporting quality
How to achieve proper emphasis in writing
How to publish your “confidential” results
The information bottleneck
Your role as a critic
The value of your report

Executives, engineers, and supervisors who write technical reports, manuals, procedures and other formal business documents.

5 Days

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