The Essentials of Technical Communication-Define the audience in terms of its knowledge, background, and need for the instructions
The Essentials of Technical Communication
Write a set of instructions in which you explain to a specific audience how to perform a procedure. Think of a process that involves multiple steps and multiple groups of steps and that will require warnings. Look for more challenging topics than changing flat tires or washing dishes.
Use these guidelines:
Your purpose is to make these instructions as clear, readable, and usable as possible.
In a separate paragraph at the front of your instructions, Define the audience in terms of its knowledge, background, and need for the instructions. Label this separate paragraph “Audience.”
Organize your instructions into at least three sections with clear, informative headings.
Provide an introduction to the instructions in which you identify or define the procedure that you are going to present and list the main tasks or phases you are going to discuss.