Human Factors Technical Writer’s Guide

Details

• Creators:
  Snyder, M. D. ; Bryant, D. J. ; Dunn, J. ; Stein, E. S.
• Corporate Creators:
  William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Documents
  • Technical writing
  • Standards
  • Handbooks
  • Human factors engineering
  • Aeronautics
  • Construction
  • Documents
  • Dwell time
  • Education
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/CT-TN98/2
• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  1103183
• Edition:
  Technical Note
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Human Factors Research and Engineering Group
• Description:
  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.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFA03-94-C0012
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39745/dot_39745_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.82 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:35e0420b0a96910901fd4d0e4977e2a8c42f4fc541993ecd25ceed9603406426