Business Process, Procedure Writing

How to Write Better Business Processes Designs (with Visio template samples)

Posted on by Anthony James
09
May

Business process design covers many areas. It involves understanding requirements, both the business and functional, the ability to interview different subject matters experts, then write the narrative explaining how the process currently works (as is) and could work (to be). [Learn more about these Process Design MS Word templates here] Furthermore, it requires visual design […]

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Software Testing Templates

NEW – Software Testing Templates – 50 MS Word + 40 Excel spreadsheets

Posted on by Anthony James
08
May

We’ve updated the very popular Software Testing Template pack. It now includes almost 100 templates to help software testers, developers, and others involved in writing test cases, status reports, and other QA documentation. It includes 50 MS Word and 40 MS Excel templates. You can use these templates to save time when creating test forms, logs and […]

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Proposal Writing

10 Ways to Improve Your Business Proposal Format

Posted on by Alan Thompson

Proposal Format. Your Business Proposal should match the Request For Proposal guidelines and include a three-page executive summary. This applies to proposals to Government, Research, Sales and Construction Proposals. How do I format my Business Proposal? If the Government agency’s Request For Proposal does not provide guidelines, then format your proposal as follows:

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Proposal Writing

5 Ways to Demonstrate Value-For-Money in your Business Proposal

Posted on by Alan Thompson

You know your Business Proposal matches the client’s requirements exactly, right? You also know that your proposal is good Value For Money and resolves the pain points for the funding agency. But, you still need to show them why.

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Business Writing

10-Point Checklist For Headline Writing

Posted on by Anthony James
18
Apr

Looking for headline writing tips that will capture attention immediately and force readers to stop in their tracks? Who doesn’t? What exactly are headlines? What purpose do they serve? Headlines are the ‘ad’ for what’s about to follow. Its purpose is to tease the reader into clicking or reading more. If your headline fails, no one […]

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Business Writing

Business Rules vs. Business Requirements

Posted on by Anthony James
16
Apr

Summary: Understand the difference between business requirements and business rules before you start defining the business process. This Klariti tutorial will explain how to write business requirements and how, and where, to include business rules in your process and workflow designs. Business Rules vs. Business Requirements One area where many graduates and business analysts get […]

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Templates (MS Office)

NEW: 10 Business Proposal Templates (MS Word and Excel)

Posted on by Anthony James
09
Apr

Since we started the site in 1997, the business proposal templates have been the most popular by far. The User Guides come second. However, for some reason, we didn’t update them for quite a while. Not sure why as we do a lot of freelance proposal writing and should (read: will) add more proposal writing […]

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