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Task Analysis
Overview
The main goal in creating my technical document is to inform my audience members on the
career of physical therapy. My main task is to provide them with any information they would
like to obtain about this career. The following task analysis will discuss the type of information
each audience member will be looking for in my technical report and the tasks needed in order to
compose a technical document that will serve the needs of all audience members.
Information Needed
Depending on the particular audience member, each individual who reads my technical
document will be looking for different information. My task is to identify the information that
each type of audience member will be looking for and include that information in my technical
document. The following will briefly describe the information that each type of audience
member will be looking for in my report:
Individuals Who Are Currently or May in the Future Undergo Physical Therapy Treatment
This audience type includes current physical therapy patients as well as individuals who may in
the future have to undergo treatment by a physical therapist. These individuals will not be
interested in any of the information about what is required to become a physical therapist, but
they will be interested in what to expect as a physical therapy patient. My task will be to provide
audience members with the following information:
General knowledge on what physical therapy is
General knowledge on what physical therapists do
What to expect when going to see a physical therapist for the first time
Treatments used by physical therapists
Length of time different treatments usually take
Organization of Information
Now that I have identified the information that will need to be included in my technical
document, I need to find the best way to organize my information in order to complete the task
of giving my audience members all of the information they are looking to obtain. I believe that
the best way to accomplish this task is to organize my information into different sections based
on information type. Each section will be clearly labeled with a bold heading to indicate what the
reader will find in that section. I will also use bullets to format different sections of information
in order to make it easier for the audience member to read and obtain the information he or she is
looking for. I will include a table of contents in the beginning of my document so audience
members will be able to find desired information quickly and easily.
Description of Task
Following is a description of the task I am to accomplish by creating this technical document and
the tentative order it will follow:
V. Earnings
a. Depends on work setting
b. Average earnings: $72, 790 annually