To: Nancy Myers

From: Ryan Daniel

Date: April 20, 2022
Subject: APLED 121-Chapter 14 Summary

CHAPTER 14 Summary
Technical Descriptions and Process Analyses

Define Technical Descriptions: Part by part description of the components of a mechanism, tool,
or piece of equipment.

Types of Technical Descriptions

 Operations Manuals: Usually will come with any tool, equipment, or mechanism giving
the explanation on how to and maintain/service.
 Product Demand Specifications: When needing something that doesn’t currently exist,
they write a product demand specifying the exacts needs for the product.
 Study Reports Provided by Consulting Firms: Companies hire firms to study a problem
and provide a descriptive analysis.
 Construction Design: Before any building, they need a design to go off which contains
written text and graphics. Which is used for presentations of designs to audiences.
 Sales Literature: Improve sales by giving brief descriptions or applicable uses of what is
being sold.

Definition of Process Analysis: Like instructions, gives a step-by-step explanation of how a

process works.

Examples of Process Analyses: Engineering for presentations on how their bridge they’re
building works. Automotive sales for explaining how the vehicle works for the customer.
Biomedical technology for explanation

Criteria for Writing Technical Descriptions and Process Analyses: Specific criteria for writing
technical descriptions and process analyses
 Title: Preface document with a title precisely stating the topic.
 Overall Organization: Use logical sequence when adding descriptions and clear word
usage comprehendible to people that may not understand the topic fully. Then
adequately give details of everything as much as you can to give the audience proper
understanding.
 Highlighting Techniques: Use highlighting to list important documents or key points of
your work.

The Writing Process at Work

 Prewriting Brainstorm get rough ideas about what you’re going to write.
  Writing Starts with a rough draft to work out errors before final
 Rewriting Usually refers to the final draft of what you’re writing as all errors have been
corrected and is ready to publish

Apply Your Knowledge Do your best to apply everything learned.

Case Study Do your own research on subjects to verify it is what they say it is or if they need
advice to correct.

Ethical Challenge Keep understanding that everyone has their own beliefs and is not your place
to enforce and or encourage people to do things based on your own beliefs.

Individual and Team Projects When in team projects keep in mind of things coming off as racist,
sexist, and offensive with achieving the best quality outcome per the audience.

Problem-Solving Think Pieces Use precise facts and words when putting problems together.
Wrote as a High-Tech standpoint.

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