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The Important End Products of Technical Writing

1.) Technical ReportThis provides useful information about a complete program of work, for reference

and permanent record.

2.) Contract

This is a formal agreement between two or more persons; organization or parties todo something on mutually agreed terms.

3.)Feasibility ReportThis represents facts and information intended to make the reader realize that the

proposed project or plan is financially, economically, and technically, significant as

well as beneficial.

4.) Business Letter

This is written communication or message used to transact business which cannot

be conveniently conducted orally.5.) BrochureThis is pamphlet or printed information material given to a customer in order to

convince orpersuade him to take action on the companys services, ideas or

products offered.

6.) AbstractThis is a summarized form of resume of a long piece of writing.

7.) Instructional Manual

This contains directions for work procedure or policies, or for the use of technicalequipment or appliances. Instruction relies on clear, specific, complete directions

presented in sequential order. Directions of complicated step-by-step procedures

should be accompanied by graphic illustration.

8.) ProposalThis contains suggestions for actions, usually involving change or performance. It

may be solve a problem, suggest a new project site, revise a policy or initiate a

researcher report project or terminate a project.

9.) Progress Report

This contains an account of what has been accomplished on a project over aspecific period of time and what may be expected in the next period.

10.) PolicyA plan of action adopted or preserved by an individual, government, party

business and industry or it may be a document containing a contract of insurance.

11.) Articles for a Technical JournalA technical paper which will be published in a journal. It contains an abstract , an

introduction, discussion and summarizing, concluding sentence or paragraph.

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12.) MonographThis is a thorough textbook treatment which requires full illustration and

documentation.

13.) MemorandumThis is an important form of written communication circulated within the company

and its branches which is used to disseminate a message or information.

14.) Graphic AidsThis refers to all pictures, graphs, diagrams and other materials used in illustrating

important details in a report.

15.) SpecificationThis contains detailed information about performance courses, materials for

construction, theory of operations, sample calculations, table and operating data and

information.

16.) Printed Action Memo

This prepared form requires only a check mark in an appropriate square to indicateits message.

17.) Survey ReportThis is a thorough study of any subject. Some subjects of surveys are potential

markets fro products, labor policies, market punctuation, public opinions and

community resources. Examples are poll surveys on the study of a possible site for

a new plant.

18. Trip Report

An account of a business or professional trip. It records specific and significantplaces, events, conversations and people met. It attempts to answer where, when,

what, why and how also. It may have recommendation section.

19.) Laboratory ReportA record of procedures and results of laboratory test. It describes the scope of a

project, the equipment utilized, the procedures used, the results of test and

the conclusion and recommendation.

20.) Technical Paper

A research paper written for a professional journal or magazine. Technical papers

usually describe a theory or new development. They assemble technical reports inthe most respects. The main difference lies on the fact that the audience for a

technical paper is wider and more diverse