Technical Writing. Comprising those employees engaged in the development, preparation and maintenance of technical instructions and documentation as required by Technical Services.
Technical Writing. Documents delivered under this Scope of Services, such as reports, technical memoranda, and executive summaries, shall be produced in accordance with the following guidelines:
2.14.1 Determine the purpose and use of the document, and what the Department desires the readers to know or do after reading the document. The objective should be clearly defined and the message presented succinctly, clearly, and accurately.
2.14.2 Direct the document to the intended audience (e.g. the public, stakeholders, policy makers, regulatory agency, etc.) and take into account their level of technical knowledge, and the amount of detail they will need to be appropriately informed of the subject matter, and act upon it. Determine the level of detail required; when to use scientific vocabulary and detailed supporting data, and when to present data in lay terms with clearly understood supporting graphics. The wordsmiths assigned should be skilled at conveying complex technical information to a lay audience.
2.14.3 Organize the data, graphics, and text to support the objective and the audience. Develop an outline of key topics and the data required to support each topic. Extensive data, complex tables, etc. should be included in an appendix.
2.14.4 Assign a seasoned water resources writer or editor with a public utility water resources writing background to ensure that a single coherent writing style is maintained throughout the document, graphics and tables are appropriately positioned and captioned within the text, redundancies and contradictions are eliminated, and terminology is consistently used.
2.14.5 The Department will review the document but is not the proof- reader. All document submittals shall be of professional quality, using grammatically correct sentence and paragraph structure, and shall meet the standards of TechProse Technical Writing Guidelines. The Department staff will provide a PDF copy of the TechProse guidelines upon request.
2.14.6 If significant edits are required or the report cannot be considered a submittal, the edit costs shall be borne by the Design Professional. The following links provide examples of documents which meet the requirements of these guidelines: 2010 Urban Water Management Plan: Recycled Water Study (2012): xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/water/pdf/waterreuse/2012/recycledfinaldraft12 0510.pdf xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/water/waterreuse/pdf/projectreports/awpfstudyre port.pdf
Technical Writing. Technical Writers shall document and draft technical documents, of which some may require research to complete. Typical technical documents include: Item and Product specifications, system requirements documents, test plans and procedures, standard operating procedures (SOPs), test/technical reports, and flight clearances. The Contractor shall review and analyze the systems and components they are writing about to ensure the document’s completeness. The Contractor shall perform technical editing and formatting for new, existing, and updated documents. The Contractor shall also help create the documents by working with other personnel involved with the document. These duties shall include:
3.3.3.3.1 Work with Subject Matter Experts, engineers, project managers, technicians, and others to document the system(s) of concern.
3.3.3.3.2 Work with CM to help assure the documentation is put under configuration control at the proper time.
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Technical Writing. (a) A staff of three technical writers provide services to customers including: - Converting paper documents to professional standard electronic, HTML format and on-line help reference for electronic publishing - Develop and administer desktop templates for document standards - Work with applications integration personnel in developing user training guides
(b) Service Level Standards - Post implementation customer satisfaction reviews at an average minimum score of 3.5 out of a possible 5, on-time and on-budget within 20% for new projects started after 3/1/99
