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Introduction To Technical Writing Training
Level: Foundation
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4.73/5 Based on 217 Reviews
This Technical Writing course provides a complete process for planning, writing, and editing technical documents, including assessing the needs of users, selecting document formats, and making effective use of graphics. Successfully conveying complicated content to end users — both internal and external — is vital and can greatly enhance the value of products and services. This Technical Writing course will teach you to effectively assess your target audience and develop documents that meet their needs.
Key Features of this Technical Writing Training:
- After-course instructor coaching benefit
- Learning Tree end-of-course exam included
- After-course computing sandbox included
You Will Learn How To:
- Write effective technical documents, manuals, and white papers
- Assess your audience and develop documents to meet their needs
- Build effective sentences and sections that explain information clearly
- Employ diagrams, tables, charts, and other graphical tools effectively
- Create informative content that your readers will understand and use
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- 4-day instructor-led training course
- One-on-one after-course instructor coaching
- Tuition can be paid later by invoice -OR- at the time of checkout by credit card
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Jan 21 - 24 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST Herndon, VA / Online (AnyWare) Reserve Your Seat
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Feb 18 - 21 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST Ottawa / Online (AnyWare) Reserve Your Seat
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Jun 2 - 5 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT Alexandria, VA / Online (AnyWare) Reserve Your Seat
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Technical Writing Course Outline
Introduction to Technical Writing
- Benefits of effectively communicating technical information
- Dealing with common writing problems
The Writing Process
Getting ready to write
- Eliminating misconceptions that stall technical writing
- Driving your document design with scenarios
- Focusing on a document's purposes
Assessing your audience
- Identifying your purpose and the reader's purpose
- What the audience brings to the table
Covering the knowledge domain
- Exposing tacit knowledge
- Knowing when you've "covered it all"
- Organizing using the audience's scenarios
Ensuring Clarity and Readability
Writing technically
- Discriminating between the three levels of information
- Determining information needs with the OODA loop
Architecting sentences that communicate
- Creating sentences with clarity
- Building clarity through sentence focus
- Solving common grammar problems in technical writing
Managing style in technical writing
- Evaluating readability using the Given/New technique
- Ensuring consistency with a style guide
- Eliminating reader recycling
The Mechanics of Writing
Working with words
- Selecting the right words
- Editing for concision
Editing for quality
- Knowing when and what to edit
- The editing triage
- Editing throughout the document process
- Two strategies for rewriting
Structuring Information for Understanding
Leveraging and formatting tables and lists
- Organizing data to support readers' scenarios
- Determining when to use a list
- Exploiting tables for highly structured data
Maintaining document structure
- Building cohesive documents with Given/New
- Applying useful headings to support skimming
Methods of development
- Problems-methods-results
- Effect and cause
- Order of importance
Designing Your Document
Audience-driven document design
- Relating document structure to the audience
- Recognizing the varieties of user manuals
- Developing reference manuals and white papers
Determining the document types
- Post-positive vs. pragmatic documents
- Implementing the right document format
Building documents
- Tutorials and standard operating procedures
- Designing two styles of tutorials
- Structuring sentences and sections
- Handling introductions and conclusions
Prototyping the document
- Testing for success
- Levels of prototypes
Developing the Look of Your Document
Designing the appearance of your page
- The technical document reading process
- Fonts
- White space
- Alignment
Conveying information with graphics
- Chunking the document
- Employing photos, drawings and graphs
- Focusing graphics
Team Training
Important Course Information
Course Outline
Introduction to Technical Writing
- Benefits of effectively communicating technical information
- Dealing with common writing problems
The Writing Process
Getting ready to write
- Eliminating misconceptions that stall technical writing
- Driving your document design with scenarios
- Focusing on a document's purposes
Assessing your audience
- Identifying your purpose and the reader's purpose
- What the audience brings to the table
Covering the knowledge domain
- Exposing tacit knowledge
- Knowing when you've "covered it all"
- Organizing using the audience's scenarios
Ensuring Clarity and Readability
Writing technically
- Discriminating between the three levels of information
- Determining information needs with the OODA loop
Architecting sentences that communicate
- Creating sentences with clarity
- Building clarity through sentence focus
- Solving common grammar problems in technical writing
Managing style in technical writing
- Evaluating readability using the Given/New technique
- Ensuring consistency with a style guide
- Eliminating reader recycling
The Mechanics of Writing
Working with words
- Selecting the right words
- Editing for concision
Editing for quality
- Knowing when and what to edit
- The editing triage
- Editing throughout the document process
- Two strategies for rewriting
Structuring Information for Understanding
Leveraging and formatting tables and lists
- Organizing data to support readers' scenarios
- Determining when to use a list
- Exploiting tables for highly structured data
Maintaining document structure
- Building cohesive documents with Given/New
- Applying useful headings to support skimming
Methods of development
- Problems-methods-results
- Effect and cause
- Order of importance
Designing Your Document
Audience-driven document design
- Relating document structure to the audience
- Recognizing the varieties of user manuals
- Developing reference manuals and white papers
Determining the document types
- Post-positive vs. pragmatic documents
- Implementing the right document format
Building documents
- Tutorials and standard operating procedures
- Designing two styles of tutorials
- Structuring sentences and sections
- Handling introductions and conclusions
Prototyping the document
- Testing for success
- Levels of prototypes
Developing the Look of Your Document
Designing the appearance of your page
- The technical document reading process
- Fonts
- White space
- Alignment
Conveying information with graphics
- Chunking the document
- Employing photos, drawings and graphs
- Focusing graphics
Technical Writing Training FAQs
Can I learn the Introduction To Technical Writing Training online?
Yes! We know your busy work schedule may prevent you from getting to one of our classrooms which is why we offer convenient online training to meet your needs wherever you want, including online training.
Can I earn Professional Development Units for the Introduction to Technical Writing Training course?
Yes, you can receive PDUs from the Technical Writing Training course.
To find out how many PDUs you can receive, check out the PMI Q&A List ›
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