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Technical Report Writing

Technical reports are written by engineers to communicate technical information and conclusions about projects to various audiences. They follow a specific layout and format outlined by ANSI, including a title page, abstract, table of contents, body, and references. The body will describe the methods, assumptions, procedures, results, and conclusions. Technical writing aims to convey information clearly without entertaining or inviting differing interpretations. It is an important part of an engineer's job, taking up a third to half of their time.

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Technical Report Writing

Technical reports are written by engineers to communicate technical information and conclusions about projects to various audiences. They follow a specific layout and format outlined by ANSI, including a title page, abstract, table of contents, body, and references. The body will describe the methods, assumptions, procedures, results, and conclusions. Technical writing aims to convey information clearly without entertaining or inviting differing interpretations. It is an important part of an engineer's job, taking up a third to half of their time.

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Technical Report Writing

Associated Lesson Concept


Engineers spend a great deal of time writing technical reports to explain project information to various audiences.

The Importance of Writing


Engineers perform technical writing to communicate pertinent information that is needed by upper management to make intelligent decisions that will effect a companys future.

Upper Management
Decision Control Detailed Knowledge

Project Engineer

The Importance of Writing


Many engineers spend between 1/3 and 1/2 of their work time engaged in technical writing. Examples include: proposals technical reports regulations progress reports manuals emails procedures memos requests

Technical Writing
Technical writing is a type of expository writing this is used to convey information for technical or business purposes. Technical writing is NOT used to:
entertain create suspense invite differing interpretations

Technical Reports
Engineers write technical reports (also called engineering reports) to communicate technical information and conclusions about projects to customers, managers, legal authority figures, and other engineers.

A technical report follows a specific layout and format as specified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Layout and Format


Analogy:
Think of the layout and format of a newspaper.

Stock market information is found in a specific location in a newspaper (layout), and is presented in a table format.

Front Cover
Title Page Abstract Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures Summary Introduction Methods, Assumptions, and Procedures Results and Discussion

Front Matter Text Back Matter


Conclusion
References Appendixes List of Symbols, Abbreviations, and Acronyms Back Cover

Technical Report Layout

Front Matter
The front matter is used to help potential
readers find the report. Once found, the front matter will help the reader to quickly decide whether or not the material contained within the report pertains to what they are investigating.

Front Matter
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Cover* Label* Title Page Abstract Table of Contents Lists of Figures and Tables

Text
The text is the part of a technical report in which the author describes the methods, assumptions, and procedures; presents and discusses the results; draws conclusions, and recommends actions based on the results.

Text
Summary Introduction Methods, Assumptions, and Procedures Conclusions Recommendations* References

Results and Discussion


The results and discussion section describes what you learned about the problem as a result of your research, identifies the degree of accuracy related to your findings, and gives the reader your view of the significance of your findings.

Back Matter
The back matter supplements and clarifies the body of the report, makes the body easier to understand, and shows where additional information can be found.

Back Matter
Appendixes* Bibliography* List of Symbols, Abbreviations, and Acronyms Glossary* Index* Distribution List*

Tips for Writing


Create an outline of your report before you write it.
Write the body of the report first. Then write the front and back matter. Have someone proofread your report.

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