How to write a report / review

[Pages:61]How to write a report / review

Hans Zantema

Department of Computer Science, TU Eindhoven, and Computing Science Department, Radboud University Nijmegen

The Netherlands email: h.zantema@tue.nl Thanks to Bhaskaran Raman

Seminar FSA, December 18, 2017

Hans Zantema

How to write a report / review

How to write a report?

Hans Zantema

How to write a report / review

How to write a report?

Purpose of a report: writing to be read A key thing to keep in mind right through your report writing process is that a report is written to be read, by someone else This is the central goal of report-writing

Hans Zantema

How to write a report / review

How to write a report?

Purpose of a report: writing to be read A key thing to keep in mind right through your report writing process is that a report is written to be read, by someone else This is the central goal of report-writing Before you start writing your report, you need to have in mind the intended audience

Hans Zantema

How to write a report / review

How to write a report?

Purpose of a report: writing to be read A key thing to keep in mind right through your report writing process is that a report is written to be read, by someone else This is the central goal of report-writing Before you start writing your report, you need to have in mind the intended audience In the narrowest of possibilities, your report is meant for reading by yourself, and by your advisor/instructor, and perhaps by your evaluation committee

Hans Zantema

How to write a report / review

How to write a report?

Purpose of a report: writing to be read A key thing to keep in mind right through your report writing process is that a report is written to be read, by someone else This is the central goal of report-writing Before you start writing your report, you need to have in mind the intended audience In the narrowest of possibilities, your report is meant for reading by yourself, and by your advisor/instructor, and perhaps by your evaluation committee This has value, but only short-term

Hans Zantema

How to write a report / review

How to write a report?

Purpose of a report: writing to be read A key thing to keep in mind right through your report writing process is that a report is written to be read, by someone else This is the central goal of report-writing

Before you start writing your report, you need to have in mind the intended audience

In the narrowest of possibilities, your report is meant for reading by yourself, and by your advisor/instructor, and perhaps by your evaluation committee

This has value, but only short-term

The next broader possibility is that your report is readable by others that may continue on your work and improve it, or learn from your work

Hans Zantema

How to write a report / review

Possible overall approach: top-down

Hans Zantema

How to write a report / review

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