...Technical Writing and Writing a Technical Report [pic]Understand the type of technical report you are writing. Technical reports come in all shapes and sizes, but they all share the same goal of communicating information clearly. Deciding what type of document you need to write is an important first step as it influences your approach. For example, the following demand different approaches. Reporting Research Findings These documents describe the work done to gather information in the laboratory or field. They can be simple recording or data or more thorough and include: the problem or issue examined, the method or equipment used, the data collected and the implications. Simple Technical Information Report This document explains a technical subject. It has no aim other than to make sure readers understand the topic clearly. For example, a technical report on a investing in the futures market would probably explain how the market evolved, how it works, the specialist terms used and so on. A simple technical report for information does not put forward a view on the merits of investing in the market or have recommendations. Technical Specifications Specifications typically consist of descriptions of the features, materials, uses and workings of new product. Good specifications concentrate on graphics, data and illustrations rather than written descriptions. Think of a patent application as a good example. Technical Evaluation Reports Evaluation reports, sometimes called...
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...HOW TO WRITE A TECHNICAL REPORT by Alan Smithee A report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for ME 000 Some Course Department of Mechanical Engineering Fictitious Institute of Technology 01 January 9999 ABSTRACT Mechanics of writing a technical report is explained in a pseudo report format. The purpose of this pseudo report is to explain the contents of a typical engineering report. It can also be used as a template for an actual engineering report. With some adaptation, the format can be extended to other type of technical writings as well. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................i LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ......................................................................................... iii LIST OF SYMBOLS .................................................................................................................iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................v INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................1 EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS.....................................................................................................1 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS................................................................................................2 SECTION DESCRIPTIONS...
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...INDUSTRIAL TRAINING TECHNICAL REPORT FORMAT Nigerian students studying science based courses in their 300 & 400 level depending on their course of study are supposed to embark on industrial training for a period of 3 months to one(1) year and this carries about 3-6 units in their second semester credit load. After the industrial training (I.T) period each student is supposed to write a technical report of his or her I.T experience this bears 25% of the total siwes marks. ALLOTMENT OF MARKS AS APPROVED BY ITF Log book Record/ Presentation: 25 marks Technical Report: 25 marks Attitudinal Observation: 10 marks Employers Report: 25 marks Oral interview by department (I.T defence): 15 marks. This makes technical report a major issue in gaining good grades from siwes. In writing a technical report the following format should be used COVER PAGE : This should contain the students name, department, matriculation Number, period of attachment (dates should be quoted), your employers name and location. DEDICATION PAGE for example . I dedicate this report to the almighty God. ACkNOWLEDGEMENT eg I will like to acknowledge my parents for their immense support, my lecturers and all who have contributed to this point in the success of my accademic pursuit. TABLE OF CONTENTS this should contain the afore mentioned and four chapters. CHAPTER 1 : This should contain the introduction, brief history of the firm where training was carried out and organisational chart. CHAPTER 2 : This...
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...Declaration This is to declare that alika jeremiah has undergone his student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) program at KIN-ROYAL NIG. LTD; Ojo local government in Lagos state. _________________________________ ____/____/____ STUDENT DATE _________________________________ ____/____/____ INSTITUTION’S SUPERVISOR DATE _________________________________ ____/____/____ SIWES CO-ORDINATOR DATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to first and foremost express my sincere thanks and gratitude to God for the grace, wisdom and endurance he granted me throughout this program. I thank my parents, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Alika who has been there to support and direct me in every aspect of my life. Also to my brothers and sister who encouraged me especially in times of difficulty. Forgetting not the owner and managing director of the company, KIN-ROYL NIG. LTD, in the person of Mr. KizitoNzulumike, and the manager in the person of Mr. Vincent Nweke for their contributions in one way or the other in trying to see to my well being and knowledge acquisition in the whole program. Also to all staff and workers of KIN-ROYAL NIG.LTD, for their warm and embracing support and hospitality. May the almighty God reward you all. To my friends, classmates and IT colleagues, I appreciate you all for the support and relationship you aided me with. I cannot forget you. Finally, to my industrial attachment supervisor, Mr. Vincent Nweke, and my institution supervisor Dr...
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...An encyclopedia (also spelled encyclopaedia, encyclopedia or encyclopædia) is a type of reference work – a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries, which are usually accessed alphabetically by article name. Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries. Generally speaking, unlike dictionary entries, which focus on linguistic information about words, encyclopedia articles focus on factual information to cover the thing or concept for which the article name stands. (Wikipedia, 2014) The word encyclopedia comes from the Koine Greek transliterated enkyklios paideia, meaning "general education": enkyklios, meaning "circular, recurrent, required regularly, general" + paideia, meaning "education, rearing of a child"; it was reduced to a single word due to an error by copyists of Latin manuscripts. Together, the phrase literally translates as "complete instruction" or "complete knowledge.".Ibid. The word encyclopedia, which to us usually means a large set of books, descends from a phrase that involved coming to grips with the contents of such books. The Greek phrase is enkuklios paideia, made up of enkuklios, "cyclical, periodic, ordinary," and paideia, "education," and meaning "general education." Copyists of Latin manuscripts took this phrase to be a single Greek word, enkuklopaedia, with the same meaning, and this spurious...
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...THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ SOCIETY Technical Report Writing Workshop Facilitated by: Halcyon Lawrence March 03, 2007 Table of Contents Topic 1: The Communication Model ............................................................................. 4 Topic 2: Five Cs of Technical Communication .............................................................. 7 Clarity ............................................................................................................................. 7 Structural Clarity (document level) ............................................................................ 7 Stylistic Clarity ........................................................................................................... 7 Grammatical Clarity.................................................................................................... 7 Contextual Clarity....................................................................................................... 7 Conciseness..................................................................................................................... 8 Document level Conciseness ...................................................................................... 8 Paragraph/sentence level Conciseness........................................................................ 8 Concreteness ......................................
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...Technical The Basics of Technical Writing for Management Information Systems Professionals David J. Donahoo Associate Professor, Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia Submitted in Accordance With Guidance in the CSIS 100 Syllabus Abstract This paper provides students in the CSIS 100 course with an introduction to technical writing—one of the critical success factors for their future employment and career advancement. In this paper, students will be exposed to Four basic skills that will improve your technical writing. These include: flow and format, writing in complete thoughts, proper use of white space, and readability. This paper provides various tips to help you be successful in your college research writing and your follow-on professional life. Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 6 General Concepts 6 Flow and Format 7 Flow 7 Flow Tips and Pointers 7 TIP 1: Body 8 TIP 2: Introduction 8 TIP 3: Conclusion 8 Format 9 Complete Thoughts 9 White Space 10 Readability 11 Conclusion 12 Sample References 13 Introduction No matter where you are at in your life-long educational or professional career you will benefit from honing your technical writing skills. Believe me when I say this; technical writing takes your normal writing skills in a different direction. Some of the things you received praise from in high school composition classes will draw scorn in...
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...Age, Growth & Maturity of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in lake Crescent and Sorell. Technical Report No. 4 Prepared by Paul Donkers Carp Management Program Inland Fisheries Service 2004 (Revised 2011). Tasmania Australia Inland Fisheries Service, July 2011 For further information contact: Inland Fisheries Service PO Box 288 Moonah Tas 7009 Telephone: (03) 6233 4140 Facsimile: (03) 6233 4141 Email: infish@ifs.tas.gov.au Find further information about IFS on the internet site http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au This report is part of a series of documents, which provide information and details of carp eradication efforts in lakes Sorell and Crescent as part of the Lakes Sorell and Crescent Carp Management Project. The aim of the project is to control the spread of carp within the state of Tasmania, with a view to their eradication. Citation: Donkers P.D. (2004). Age, Growth and Maturity of European Carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Lakes Sorell and Crescent. Technical Report No.4 Inland Fisheries Service, Hobart. Copyright All material published in this report by the Inland Fisheries Service, as an agent of the Crown, is protected by the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Other than in accordance with the provisions of the Act, or as otherwise expressly provided, a person must not reproduce, store in a retrieval system, or transmit any such material without first obtaining the written permission of the Inland Fisheries Service. Disclaimer Whilst the Service...
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...Technical Report Topic Ideas any major: technology management issues in technical writing or communications multi-cultural/multinational issues competition for consumers professional problem professional code of ethics implementing an ombudsman program product liability on site security--data, people or materials workplace violence outsourcing new overtime regulations accounting: inventory systems pension/ stock option problems corporate contributions to political parties executive compensation prevention of accounting fraud risk analysis agriculture: land use management genetically altered plants control of crown gall in ornamental plants methods of crop estimation/pricing/futures bioterrorism in crops architecture: options in environmental or natural disaster proof structures (floods, fires, earthquakes, etc.) landscape designs for different environments (drought, boggy, etc.) solar heating or cooling designs lighting systems for large structures restoration methods for old and/or historic buildings aviation: wind shear problems and solutions pilot retirement or retention issues training and safety procedures global positioning systems runway incursion solutions aircraft fatigue competing materials for aircraft structures screening/security issues options in aircraft for corporate use small airport management biology/pre-med liability insurance/malpractice reform options in diagnosis or treatment ...
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...Seminar Report Security Issues in MANETs Abhishek Seth 04329001 November12 ,2004 Abstract problems of secuirity in MANETs. Further sections deals with some of the solutions to these problems. Finally Section 10 concludes this article. Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET) has become an exciting and important technology in recent years because of the rapid proliferation of wireless devices. A mobile adhoc network consists of mobile nodes that can move freely in an open environment. Communicating nodes in a Mobile Adhoc Network usually seek the help of other intermediate nodes to establish communication channels. In such an environment, malicious intermediate nodes can be a threat to the security of conversation between mobile nodes. The security experience from the Wired Network world is of little use in Wireless Mobile Ad hoc networks, due to some basic differences between the two Networks. Therefore, some novel solutions are required to make Mobile Adhoc Network secure. 1 2 2.1 Mobile Adhoc Networks Introduction Mobile Adhoc Network (MANET) is a collection of independent mobile nodes that can communicate to each other via radio waves. The mobile nodes that are in radio range of each other can directly communicate, whereas others needs the aid of intermediate nodes to route their packets. These networks are fully distributed, and can work at any place without the help of any infrastructure. This property makes these networks highly flexible and...
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...director and an account executive, increasing client complaints about quality of work, productivity and demoralization of employees within that branch. II. Site visit to Roanoke branch was performed in order to investigate issues. A. Preformed one-on-one employee interviews in order understand the reasons behind declining morale within the branch. 1. Conducted interviews with four out of six employees from the Accounts Management department. 2. Interviewed the general manager of Roanoke branch. 3. Had a group meeting with entire Creative Services department. B. Observed work environment to get a feel for how employees interact with one another and understand workflow within the office. C. Reviewed past year of business reports. D. Reviewed policy and procedure manual. 1. Polices for new client accounts were reviewed and updated. 2. Overtime compensation for salaried employees was not addressed in the company’s policy manual. E. Interviewed clients both satisfied and dissatisfied. 1. Conducted phone surveys with dissatisfied clients who had recently closed their accounts with Roanoke branch. 2. Mailed out satisfaction surveys to current client list of Roanoke branch. III. Main causes for problems plaguing the Roanoke branch are the unlimited number of new client projects, short staffing and thus overworked employees, lack of communication between departments, and declining employee job satisfaction. A. One-on-one interviews with employees...
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...Technical paper Name Date Object oriented Program or rather OOP entails an object with data files which are organized in a manner that integrates procedures ad instructions that are incorporated into data fields. The system is essential in combining computer programs with a similar objective and point of operations. For example, computer operations have a similar language that is integrated in programming such as JavaScript, Smalltalk, and Python C ++. The difference is similar due to data and codes that are used to give attention to connected programs. The scope area focuses on how the way a company collects and aggregates data from disparate data sources. Additionally, the actual data collection in the organization ensures reliability and validity of actual collected. Innovative information data collection method simplifies data and aids data sharing among every department. Their scope of data management and analysis entails the second concept of data analysis. IT innovations have helped different organizations to access data from different departments. This means that OOP methodology is convenient is saving data and it is more secure when handling data from crucial projects. The object oriented programming therefore enables one to create objects and classes also that are prototypes or better imitate the real world unlike in the technical programming that puts more prominence on orders rather than the presentation. The main objective...
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...Industry Analysts, Inc. Comparitive Analysis A Comparative Analysis of Hewlett Packard Web Jetadmin 10.0 compared to Web Jetadmin 8.1 Prepared by: Industry Analysts, Inc. July 10, 2007 © 2007 Industry Analysts, Inc. • www.industryanalysts.com Page 2 IATSD Competitive Test Report This Page Intentionally Left Blank © 2007 Industry Analysts, Inc. • www.industryanalysts.com Page 3 IATSD Competitive Test Report A Comparative Analysis of HP Web Jetadmin 10.0 versus Web Jetadmin 8.1 As part of the rollout of the new Web Jetadmin 10.0 Printer/Fleet Management Utility, Hewlett Packard engaged Industry Analysts, Inc., an Independent Testing and Research company, to conduct a detailed comparative analysis. The object of this analysis was to document the benefits of the improvements made in the new Web Jetadmin 10.0 (WJA 10.0) release as compared to the previous Web Jetadmin 8.1 (WJA 8.1) release. The analysis was conducted at Industry Analysts, Inc.’s Technical Services Division in Fairfield New Jersey, and was performed using the latest downloadable version of Web Jetadmin 8.1, which was downloaded from Hewlett Packard’s web site, and the Beta 1 and Beta 2 versions of Web Jetadmin 10.0 supplied to IATSD by Hewlett Packard under nondisclosure prior to it’s official announcement, release, and availability. The protocol consisted of examining both Web Jetadmin releases in specified areas, detailing the differences found between the versions and describing...
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...ENHANCE YOUR REPORT IMAGE Whether in school or on the job, you must prepare and present reports. Written reports create an image of you – on paper. To achieve the most positive image, written reports must be prepared carefully and presented forcefully. To prepare an excellent report, Clippinger (1995, 11-12) suggest five equally vital steps that must be taken in the order listed: (1) plan; (2) draft; (3) revise; (4) edit; (5) format. Plan the Report To plan, ask: What is my purpose for writing, and what is the reader’s purpose for reading what I write? The answers become the core of the message. Compose and key the core idea. Then as they come to mind through listening, reading, and thinking, jot (on the computer screen) ideas and facts that related to the core idea. Next, check the list for missing items (and add them), unneeded items (and delete them), and redundant items (and combine them). Put the items in psychological order (main point followed by details, usually) and arranged them logically (in chronological, geographical, or importance order, for example). Finally, check the list to see that the items are tied together and related to the core idea. When appropriate, use tables, charts, or graphs to condense data; then list only summaries of what the visuals reveal in greater detail. Draft the Message To draft or compose the message, pretend that the reader is sitting before you. Write (at the keyboard) as you would talk with that person (level...
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...Writing Reports: According to Oxford English Dictionary, a report is a statement of the results of an investigation or any matter in which definite information is required. Different Types of Report: Depending upon the subject area it might would be: laboratory reports, technical reports, and reports of a work placement or industrial visit, reports of a field trip of field work. For writing a proper reports following material should considered: • Plan your report and divide the platform in a various stages, • Careful planning of reports will give a clear concise and effective results, • Collecting the information from various truthful sources and organizing the information, • Finally structuring the reports that vary according to the various types of reports said earlier. Following are the common elements can be found in many different reports: o Title page: The authors name, module, course and the date. o Acknowledgements: Give thanks to the librarians, technicians or computer centre staff. o Contents: List all the main sections in a sequence with page numbers. o Abstract of Summary: It should be concise informative and independent of the report. o Introduction: It will include context, scope of the report, terms of reference as well as define the limits of report, give a brief general background. o Methodology: Show the way of inquiry like interviews or questionnaires. o Results or findings:...
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