Plan Sheets

Technical Writing ENGL 415/615
Dan Riordan, Instructor

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Planning Aids Below are sample "planners" for you to use to conceptualize your projects. 


Process Description Planner/IMRD Planner/ Instruction Planner/ Report Planner/Web Design and Planning/Letter Planners/Feasibility Reports

Process Description Planner

· Process Description Planner--Key Questions

Need more help? Read the text, Riordan, Technical Report Writing Today, Chapter 10, "Describing," pp. 237-253.
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IMRD Planner

• IMRD Project Planner--Key Questions
• IMRD Report Planner--Key Questions
  Need more help? Read the text, Riordan, Technical Report Writing Today, Chapter 12, "Memorandums and Informal Reports," pp. 294-297, 303-310.
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Instruction Planner

• Instruction Planner
• Tips for Creating a Set of Instructions
• A Set of Instructions Annotated by the Instructor
  Need more help? Read the text, Riordan, Technical Report Writing Today, Chapter 11, "Set of Instructions," pp. 263-283.
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Report Planner

• Report Planner
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Web Design and Planning

• Basic Web Planning Questions
• Basic Checklist for Student Website

Need more help? Read the text, Riordan, Technical Report Writing Today, Chapter 13, "Developing Web Sites," pp. 321-354. See also Focus on Color, pp. 166-173, and Chapter 7, "Designing Pages," pp. 140-158.
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Letter Planners

• Planner 1--Relate Your Skills to the Ad's Requirements
• Planner 2--Key Questions to Answer As You Plan

Need more help? Read the text, Riordan, Technical Report Writing Today, Chapters 19, "Letters," (497-510) and 20, "Job Application Materials," especially pp. 510-535.
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Collaboration Planners

• Rhetoric Planner
• Report Planner
• Navigation Planner
• Template Planner

Need more help? Read the text, Riordan, Technical Report Writing Today, Chapter 13, "Developing Web Sites," pp. 322-352. See also Focus on Color, pp. 166-173, and Chapter 7, "Designing Pages," pp. 140-158.
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Feasibility Reports

• Planner for the Feasibility Report

Need more help? Read the text, Riordan, Technical Report Writing Today, Chapter 15, "Recommendation and Feasibility Reports" (381-414); work through the planning worksheet on p. 392-394. For abstracts see Chapter 8, "Summarizing"; for elements in a formal report see Chapter 14, "Formal Reports"; for help with visual aids see Chapter 7, "Using Visual Aids."

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