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Writing Technical Reports: Master the Challenge Quickly
Perhaps the ultimate objective of any technical writing course is writing a technical report. You spend a long time preparing for this challenging final assignment which would allow you to implement all your previously gained technical report writing knowledge.
Using heads, notices, lists, and graphics; handling abbreviations and numbers, — all this constitutes your success in writing technical reports as a good, clear, well-organized paper.
Writing Technical Reports: Where to Start
In order to succeed in writing a technical report, you should initially consider the following:
- report topic: make it as narrow as possible;
- report audience: decide on the addressee and the context of the report;
- report purpose: define what needs of the audience the report should fulfill;
- report type.
Writing Technical Reports: Report Types
Depending on the peculiarities of your technical course, you may prefer to engage in writing a technical report of the following types:
- technical background report: provides specific background on a chosen topic;
- instructions: manuals or backup procedures;
- feasibility, recommendation, and evaluation reports: researches a problem and provides recommendations;
- primary research report: reports experiments and surveys additionally explaining the background of the problem and research methodology;
- technical specifications: discusses a new product widely applying graphics, lists, and tables;
- report-length proposal: an elaborate report including, inter alia, feasibility discussion, review of literature, and qualifications;
- business plan: a proposal to start a new business or to extend an existing one.
Depending on the type of technical report writing you choose to engage in, proceed further with your research, writing, and formatting, which should comply with your school’s requirements.
