The Important End Products of Technical Writing

1.) Technical Report

This 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 to
do something on mutually agreed terms.
3.) Feasibility Report
This 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.) Brochure
This is pamphlet or printed information material given to a customer in order to
convince or persuade him to take action on the companys services, ideas or
products offered.
6.) Abstract
This 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 technical
equipment 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.) Proposal
This 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 a
specific period of time and what may be expected in the next period.
10.) Policy
A 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 Journal
A technical paper which will be published in a journal. It contains an abstract , an
introduction, discussion and summarizing, concluding sentence or paragraph.
12.) Monograph
This is a thorough textbook treatment which requires full illustration and
documentation.
13.) Memorandum
This 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 Aids
This refers to all pictures, graphs, diagrams and other materials used in illustrating
important details in a report.
15.) Specification
This 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 indicate
its message.
17.) Survey Report
This 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 significant
places, events, conversations and people met. It attempts to answer where, when,
what, why and how also. It may have recommendation section.
19.) Laboratory Report
A 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 in
the most respects. The main difference lies on the fact that the audience for a
technical paper is wider and more diverse