Top tips for Business Writing. Learn how to write reports, proposals, emails, and other types of writing used to communicate with different audiences. Business writing is a also known as business communication and professional writing.
Where to start if you have to create a disaster recovery plan from scratch? We recommend that clients identify the most important items first – that is, what must be recovered – then look at how to recover the other assets you’ll need to get up and running. In this tutorial, we’re going to look […]
So, you want to write a business use case? In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to write, structure, and format a use case. First, let’s define a business use case and explain how it differs from a system use case. What is a business use case? A business use case defines a sequence of […]
Final Release Report form. Prepare final reports at the end of the software testing project. Includes release reports, bug reports, closed status, test status, and details on the outstanding risk/issues. File Format: Word. Final Release Report Form – Word Template This template is part of the Software Testing Template pack. Learn more about the Software Testing Templates. More […]
Software testing Change Control log. Track changes, including impact on scope, cost and time during your software testing project. Use this excel log file in conjunction with the Change Request form (see below). In this template, the Priority column dynamically changes to show you which software change requests (SCRs) are high priority. You can also filter by approved, evaluation, […]
How can you develop a blog for your new business? Elli from Botswana wrote in to ask how she could develop a blog writing framework for her new accountancy business. She says, ‘Writing article after article is a bit of a grind. Is there some way I can speed up what I’ve written or re-use […]
How can you write government documents that are polite but also firm? For example, should you use Please on application forms? Yes? But how often? Is it possible that you can over-do the politeness so that it clutters the page and gets in the way of the applicant? For example, you know when somehow is simply […]
Looking for abstract writing guidelines? In this tutorial, we look at how you can write better abstracts for business and technical documents. Learn more about this Business Plan template Here are some guidelines to get you started: One idea per paragraph – keep to one idea per paragraph. This keeps the reader oriented. It also […]
Business Writer’s Block is what? Well, it tends to happen when you’re in a hurry, flustered, or tried. ‘If you don’t understand it, you can’t write it.’ This isn’t totally true. You can write something — it mightn’t be great — by distracting the reader, playing with clever words, and showing off. But others see […]
Think you’re good enough to be a freelance writer? Here’s a quick test (and a framework to stand out from the herd). Google your blog. Click on the first article it shows. That’s what most people will click on. Close your eyes a little bit, like you’re squinting, and scan the article. Now, ask yourself: […]
If you use tables in your business or technical documents, the following guidelines will help you structure and format data in your tables correctly. Use tables to help readers understand large amounts of data which otherwise may take several paragraphs to describe. How to Format a Table The APS Style Manual recommends that “Tabular material […]
In this tutorial, we describe how to write an abstract, for example, for reports, proposals, case studies, and other types of documentation. An abstract… it sounds so simple… Ok, explain ‘gravity’ in one sentence? Hard, isn’t it? Remember the frustration you’ve felt when someone asked you to explain a difficult concept? It’s easy to talk […]
Of all the writers on Harvard Business Review, Peter Bregman is the most persuasive. He’s the only writer on HBR that I make time and stop for; others I scan. 4 Persuasive Writing Techniques He also has an interesting writing framework. Let’s take a look and see if you can apply some of his methods […]
Looking for an easy-to-use template on how to write a business case? Our business analyst team uses the following template when helping clients with their projects. If you’re new to business analysis or have been asked to scope out the viability of a business, then the following template might be for you. What does the […]
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 […]
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 […]
