1. Technical Report Writing

2. Technical Report Format
Front Matter
Report Body
Back Matter

3. Front Matter Title Page Acknowledgements Summary or Abstract
Table of Contents
List of Appendices
List of Tables
List of Figures

4. Title Page
The format for this page may vary however the following information is always included.
Report Title
Report Prepared for
Report Prepared by
Date of Submission
This page is not numbered page of report

5. Acknowledgements
List of people who helped you research or prepare the report, including your proofreaders

6. Summary or Abstract
A summary of the whole report including important features, results and conclusions
The summary referred to as an Abstract
It is considered to be one of the most important parts of a report
In order to produce a well written summary, it should be the last part of the report that is written.
By reading the abstract, a reader will know whether or not the material contained in the report is relevant to reader’s needs.

7. Table of Contents
The table of contents should indicate page numbers of
Titles
Headings
Sub-headings
References
Bibliography
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Appendices

8. Report Body Introduction Background Theory
Design / Theoretical Analysis
Procedure
Results and Discussion
Conclusions

9. Introduction Statement of Problem Motivation Objectives
A brief description of the problem and how it is to be attacked
Motivation
Provide the reader with an overview of why the work was performed
Objectives
Break the problem in small problems / objectives and indicate how those objectives are met.
Organization of Report
The flow of report is mentioned in this part

10. Background Theory
The background contains information critical to the development and understanding of the reports main topic.
The information will include any necessary facts outlining the events which lead to the writing of the report

11. Design Give the details of your design procedure.
Be sure to introduce and describe your design work using sentences, equations alone are not sufficient.
Use citations if you wish to refer the reader to reference material.
Divide this section in to subsections where appropriate

12. Theoretical Analysis
If there is no design but strictly analysis, then provide the important details of all the analysis performed.
Be brief, It is not necessary to show every step sentences can be used to describe the intermediate steps.
Further more, if there are many steps to the analysis, the reader should be directed to the appendix for complete details.

13. Procedure
Author discusses the procedure by describing the method used to test a theory, verify a design or conduct a process.
Presentation of the procedure may vary significantly for different fields and audiences, for all fields, the author should BE BRIEF

14. Procedure Cont… The procedure section should never include
Specific measurements/results,
Discussion of results,
Explanation of possible error sources.
Make sure all diagrams provided are
Numbered,
Titled
Clearly labeled.

15. Procedure Cont… Procedure Type 1 Procedure Type 2
Use this procedure type if you have been supplied with a detailed procedure describing the steps required to complete the work.
Procedure Type 2
Use this procedure type if you have not been supplied with a detailed description of the steps required to complete the work.

16. Results Present the results of the work performed
using neatly organized and completely labeled
tables and/or graphs whenever possible.
When comparative data is available, present the data in a way that facilitates the comparison.

17. Discussion Always accompany results with a meaningful discussion.
The discussion explains what the results mean and points out trends.
In some cases, the results speak mostly for them selves and the discussion may be brief as
“Table 2 shows that the designed variable Modulus Counter works as expected”.

18. Discussion Cont…
In other cases, the meaning of the results may not be as clear requiring more detailed discussion

19. Conclusion
In this final section of the body of the report, the author should briefly bring every thing together.
It is similar to the abstract except that now the results are concluded
Therefore, the conclusion should be a concise description of the report including its purpose
The conclusion should not contain figures or make reference to them.

20. Back Matter
Bibliography
References
Appendices