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Report Writing: Steps and Requirements

Learn the essential steps and requirements for effective report writing. This lecture covers topics such as selecting a topic, writing a title and synopsis, and formatting the report.

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Report Writing: Steps and Requirements

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  1. Software Security415.725SCLecture 26b: Report Writing Clark Thomborson University of Auckland Report Writing

  2. Woodford’s 25 Steps(reduced to 18) • Decide on a topic • Write the title & synopsis • Review requirements • Decide on the basic form of the article • … (see handout) Report Writing

  3. 2. Topic, Title, Synopsis • How many of you have settled on a topic? • Have you written a title and a thesis sentence (or a synopsis)? • A synopsis is an explanation of your “projected paper in definite and concise terms, as though to a friend who asks [you] at some chilly street corner what [you] have been up to recently.” • Please send me email tonight with your title & thesis sentence or synopsis, so we can discuss these in class tomorrow. Report Writing

  4. 3. Requirements • See lecture slides #3. • I have answered two questions by email already: • Q: How do you want the project handed in?Electronically or hard copy? • A: Hard copy, please. • Q: do you have any [particular] preference concerning font, pagemargins, etc? • A: Leave me enough room to make comments, so your paper should be formatted with generous margins andline-spacing. Report Writing

  5. 4. Basic Form • Assignment: Read pp. 39-40, 46-50 of Eisenberg’s “Writing Well for the Technical Professions” tonight. (There’s an error in the photocopying, pages 49-50 appear before pages 46-48 in today’s handout.) • We’ll discuss the basic forms tomorrow. Report Writing

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