Title :
Apply Quality Control to Engineering Writing
Author :
Blicq, Ronald S.
Author_Institution :
Western Div., Canadian Aviation Electronics Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
fDate :
5/1/1961 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Quality control can be exercised over engineering writing in the same way that it is exercised over manufacturing and installation/maintenance programs. In the case of writing, however, the "inspector" is the technical editor or a supervisory engineer. His terms of reference are the engineering writing standards laid down in a standards handbook prepared by those responsible for the production of technical publications. The proposed "quality-controlled" engineering writing program has two major advantages: 1) It is simple to implement since it follows comparable established engineering and quality-control practices, to which engineers are accustomed. 2) It is imposed from within the department directly concerned with engineering writing, and is thus entirely independent of outside control.
Keywords :
Companies; Inspection; Maintenance engineering; Manufacturing; Monitoring; Production; Quality control; Speech; Standards publication; Writing;
Journal_Title :
Engineering Writing and Speech, IRE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEWS.1961.4322721