Human Factors Technical Writer's Guide.

Abstract

The Program Directorate for Aviation Simulation and Human Factors (ACT-500) of the Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center determined that there should be a standardized method to create technical documents. The Human Factors Branch (ACT-530) was tasked to develop this document. They decided that standardizing technical documents should not only dwell on developing the document but teaching basic writing techniques to make all ACT-500 documents consistent. A small team was selected from ACT-530 support personnel to develop a handbook and teach the basics of technical writing. The handbook includes four distinct sections: Organization, General Writing Concerns, Sentence Construction, and Special Topics. The team also developed a slide presentation that tracks the handbook very closely. This document is the published version of the handbook.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA353978

Entities

People

  • David J. Bryant
  • Earl S. Stein
  • Jean Dunn
  • Michael D. Snyder

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Military Aircraft
  • Processing Equipment
  • Psychology
  • Radar
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Tests
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.