How to Write Technical Reports Understandable Structure, Good Design
"Writing technical reports" conveys the important and necessary knowledge of writing and presenting technical and scientific work. It answers typical questions about the formal layout and structure, typically arising during the writing process. In additio
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Lutz Hering · Heike Hering
How to Write Technical Reports Understandable Structure, Good Design, Convincing Presentation
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Dr. Lutz Hering† Am Ricklinger Holze 14 30966 Hemmingen Germany
Dr. Heike Hering Am Ricklinger Holze 14 30966 Hemmingen Germany
ISBN 978-3-540-69928-6 e-ISBN 978-3-540-69929-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-69929-3 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010933599 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface Technical Reports are usually written according to general standards, corporate design standards of the current university or company, logical rules and practical experiences. These rules are not known well enough among engineers. There are many books that give general advice in writing. This book is specialised in how to write Technical Reports and addresses not only engineers, but also natural scientists, computer scientists, etc. It is based on the 6th edition published in 2008 by Vieweg in German and is now published as 1st edition by Springer in English. Both authors of the German edition have long experience in educating engineers at the University of Applied Sciences Hannover. They have held many lectures where students had to write reports and took notes about all positive and negative examples that occurred in design reports, lab work reports, and in theses. Prof. Dr. Lutz Hering has worked for VOLKSWAGEN and DAIMLER and then changed to the University of Applied Sciences Hannover where he worked from 1974 until 2000. He held lectures on Technical Drawing, Construction and Design, CAD and Materials Science. Dr. Heike Hering worked nine years as a Technical Writer and was responsible for many CAD manuals in German and English. She is now employed at TÜV NORD Akademie, where she is responsible for E-Learning projects, technical documentation and software training and supervises students who are writing their theses. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus-Geert Heyne joined the team as co-author for the 2nd German edition. He redesigned chapter 5 “Presenting the Technical Report”.
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