Typical document report (White Paper) hierarchy in industry:
Patents:
• The most important document that you can write in many industries
• One does not really write it alone.
• A lawyer participates, but it is your document.
• Patents are recognized here as documents with the highest priority and importance, because a patent can be the lifeblood of an organization.
Published Works:
• Some companies encourage technical paper for publication in an archival journal
(some discourage journal publication, because it may open a channel to leak proprietary information)
• The review of manuscripts for journal publication should include
• The writer’s immediate supervisor
(or higher management at the discretion of the supervisor)
• Corporate editors for writing correctness
• The legal department
(to ensure freedom from libel and maintenance of intellectual property.)
Formal Technical Reports:
• Is the gold standard of technical writing in industry.
• If an engineer has been working on a major project for a year, managers surely will ask
• what benefits the company received from the work.
• What are the results?
• What value are the results?
• This report should be archived in the company library, and it should be complete enough so that the work can be repeated by others.
Informal Reports:
• Laboratory reports are generally a good example of an informal report.
• This document is probably more widely circulated & more significant than the trip report.
• If the failure occurred on a key piece of equipment, report distribution should include the managers involved, and the document may be archived for a number of years.
Technical Memoranda:
• In engineering and the basic sciences, most projects and studies are concluded either by a formal or informal report.
• These documents generally pertain to business or ancillary aspects of a project or investigation.
• A trip report is a good example of a technical memorandum.
Shared by Dr. Jahedi, Head of Medical Informatics
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