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Features of a well-written procedure

Subject: Features of a well-written procedure
From: "Thomas Quine" <quinet -at- home -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 05:49:50 -0800

A well-written procedure:
* Is clear
* Is short
* Has a title
* Clearly defines the task at hand
* Clearly states the outcome
* Is numbered
* Lists one action per step
* Uses parallelism
* Uses five to seven steps
* Uses the active voice
* Uses graphics where appropriate
* Has a conclusion

Are these features a useful guideline? If anyone would care to comment, I'll
post a summary later...
- Thom
www.documen.com

Thom Quine
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