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Report Writing for IT Professionals — A 2-Day Course

Course Synopsis

The term technical report indicates a document with weight and authority. It should convey the impression to the reader of being well researched, carefully thought out, balanced, objective and impartial.

In the business world reports are requested prior to managers taking important decisions that affect personnel or involve sizeable expenditure, therefore, report writing is an essential business tool.

This course will ensure that you get your point across in the most planned, structured, concise and persuasive manner, thus enabling the busy recipient to give it reading time, attention and action.

Anyone working in any aspect of a technical environment where producing technical reports is part of the job role would benefit from attending this course.

Course Objectives

Delegates will learn how to:

  • Identify your barriers and strengths when writing technical reports
  • Explain the advantages of a systematic approach to writing technical reports
  • Review the use of appropriate grammar, punctuation and plain English
  • Recognise the necessity of avoiding the use of too many words, clichés and jargon
  • Effectively plan a report with the appropriate level of detail required
  • Research and prepare your report content in accordance with the exact needs of the reader
  • Structure the report to ensure maximum impact and readability
  • Recognise the reader's preferred style and match the words to their style
  • Assess the appropriateness of using visuals to enhance your message
  • Critically review your own work

Outline Course Contents

Establish personal objectives for the course

Personal strengths and improvement areas in report writing

What is a technical report and the types of technical report

What makes a good report?

Planning a report

Review of punctuation, grammar and spelling

Keeping your average sentence short

Presenting your report professionally

The importance of the objective

Organising your ideas with Mind mapping

The use of jargon and reducing the number words and clichés

Writing in plain English

Identifying communication styles

Management and executive summaries

Writing "benefit" statements

Writing one page reports

Editing your report

Report writing practise

Completion of a personal action plan

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For publicly scheduled training (individual places), see our UK training schedule.

In-house training for company groups is charged at a daily rate per group — see our In-House UK Training Guidelines.

Publicly Scheduled Training Locations

We currently run public training courses in the following locations:

  • London, UK
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
  • Carshalton, Surrey, UK
  • Chester, North West, UK
  • Coventry, West Midlands, UK
  • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK
  • Manchester, North West, UK
  • Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK
  • Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK
  • Reading, Berkshire, UK
  • Slough, Berkshire, UK
  • Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
  • Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Wokingham, Berkshire, UK

Most UK public training courses are available on a monthly basis.

Please see the individual course outlines or our public training schedule for details.

In-house (on-site) training locations

We deliver in-house courses at client premises and/or training facilities in any part of the world which is practically and commercially accessible.

Our In-house training guidelines outline our basic requirements and our UK pricing structure. To estimate costs for training in other countries, simply convert to your local currency and then make a rough calculation of our tutor's costs for travelling to and staying at your location.


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GBdirect Ltd
Training Division
Bradford Design Exchange
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BRADFORD
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West Yorkshire
United Kingdom

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Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


South East Regional Office

GBdirect Ltd
Training Division
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ELY
CB6 1DA
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom

training@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


Please note:
Non-training enquiries should be directed, initially, to our UK national office in Bradford (West Yorkshire), even if the enquiry concerns services delivered in London or South/East England. Clients in London and the South East will typically be handled by staff working in the London or Cambridge areas.