The Pyramid Principle for Documentation Writing
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THE PYRAMID PRINCIPLE FOR DOCUMENTATION WRITING
DURATION: 2 DAYS
TIME SCHEDULE
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Lunch Break: 1:00pm to 2:00pm
INTRODUCTION
The Pyramid Principle is a precise and efficient approach to writing technical documents, including audit, compliance, and IT reports. This training program is designed to equip participants with the skills to structure their documents in a clear, logical, and concise manner using the Pyramid Principle. By the end of the training, participants will be able to effectively communicate complex information, ensuring their documents are both comprehensive and easily understood.
Participants will learn top-down structuring to present key issues logically and concisely. They will gain techniques for identifying key issues, organizing information hierarchically, and maintaining clarity and brevity in their writing. The training will also cover methods to ensure logical flow and cohesion, enhancing the overall readability and impact of their documents.
LEARNING OUTCOMES / BENEFITS
At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
KEY CONTENT
Module 1: Bottom-up Thinking
TARGET AUDIENCE
Managers, executives and others who write technical documents.
METHODOLOGY
DURATION: 2 DAYS
TIME SCHEDULE
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Lunch Break: 1:00pm to 2:00pm
INTRODUCTION
The Pyramid Principle is a precise and efficient approach to writing technical documents, including audit, compliance, and IT reports. This training program is designed to equip participants with the skills to structure their documents in a clear, logical, and concise manner using the Pyramid Principle. By the end of the training, participants will be able to effectively communicate complex information, ensuring their documents are both comprehensive and easily understood.
Participants will learn top-down structuring to present key issues logically and concisely. They will gain techniques for identifying key issues, organizing information hierarchically, and maintaining clarity and brevity in their writing. The training will also cover methods to ensure logical flow and cohesion, enhancing the overall readability and impact of their documents.
LEARNING OUTCOMES / BENEFITS
At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- Draw logical conclusions.
- Apply the Pyramid Principle for structured writing.
- Efficiently organise and write executive summaries, findings, observations and recommendations.
- Refine language skills to effectively convey information.
Module 1: Bottom-up Thinking
- Grouping information inductively
- Reaching conclusions deductively
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- Organising contents
- Structuring the findings
- Findings presentation framework: Situation, Complication, Resolution
- Using the Pyramid Principle for top-down ordering
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- Executive summary
- Concise writing of scope and key issues
- Findings, observations and recommendations
- Context, point and justification
- Tabulating findings, observations and recommendations
- How information flows
- Organising information from the top down or bottom up
- Eliminating repetitions
- Structures for analysis, evaluation and description
- Framing ideas inductively and deductively
- Balancing quantitative and qualitative information for context and insights
- Streamlining information
- Sentence structuring for readability and coherence
- How simple and complex subjects affect readability
TARGET AUDIENCE
Managers, executives and others who write technical documents.
METHODOLOGY
- Lectures, quizzes and writing workshops
- Compilation of a writing style guide in real time
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