Engineering Words
Description
Over the course of a career, every engineer needs to communicate, in both written and oral form, with other engineers and non-engineers. Yet, too many engineers never develop this basic skill. Engineering Words draws on the authors' extensive experience as technical communicators and teachers of a popular class in technical communication for engineers at the University of California, Riverside, to present a comprehensive introduction to communicating in the business world. This book covers everything from the basics of clear writing to résumés to cover letters to requirements documents to presentations and much more.
Engineering Words can be used as a textbook for classes that train engineers to be effective communicators. It can also serve as a self-study text that even experienced engineers will find useful for improving their communication skills.
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- Communication Guidelines: offers clear guidelines on the basics of writing for a business audience.
- Business Context: presents an overview of business finance and how writing for business peers and decision makers differs from writing in an academic context.
- Résumés and Cover Letters: shows you how to create cover letters and résumés that work.
- Flow of a Project: describes the phases of a project and the documentation required in each phase.
- Effective Presentations: shows you how to create effective presentation slides and deliver a powerful presentation.
- Human Cognition: describes how to use our understanding of how people think to communication more effectively.
- Construction Explanations: describes how to explain complex information using visual design and user-focused structure.
- Personas and Scenarios: describes how to create and use personas and scenarios effectively.
- Writing Specifications: describes the different types of specifications (technical, functional, test, etc.) and, through examples, shows how to write each type.
