This document was written for Computing and BIT students and has two objectives:

• it provides a set of standards to which students can be asked to conform when writing their reports
• it gives guidance and advice on the stages of writing technical reports

A set of basic writing and presentational standards are given in Appendix A. These are typical of report writing standards used within organisations. They may be specified by a lecturer as being the required standards for student assignment work.

A report is a communication document, but often that communication is hindered, and not helped, by the structure and content of the report. By following the guidance and advice in this document students can avoid the worst errors in writing reports.

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