Delivery Method
Delivered with practical examples and discussion. Private groups can focus on the contract forms, claim patterns, and project environments most relevant to the organization.
PMI Authorized Training Partner · ATP #5029 · Bangkok
Technical Writing
Technical Writing is part of Project Victor’s Contract Management pathway, delivered by experienced practitioners for professionals who need practical project results and certification-ready learning where relevant.
Early BirdTHB 4,000
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DeliveryBangkok / Live online
Duration14 hours
A Clearer Way to Review the Course
‘It’s no accident I chose to study engineering rather than English literature.’
(Engineer in technical writing workshop)
Effective communication is essential to success in the workplace yet few technically trained people have any training in effective writing techniques. Engineers spend much of their time writing maintenance manuals, assessment reports, specifications and other documents. In addition, most day to day communication is in writing – in the form of emails.
This technical writing workshop is designed specifically for technically trained people. The workshop gives tips, advice and practical assistance on how to improve your writing. General principles of technical writing, which apply to all documents are discussed, as are a few specific documents such as standard operating procedures, specifications and laboratory reports.
Participants are invited (but not obliged) to send samples of their writing ahead of the session. One-on-one feedback sessions are held with those who choose to provide samples.
This workshop can be tailored to meet the needs of your organisation. Any templates used by your organisation may be discussed, and the particular forms of report your employees write can be focused on.
Who Should Attend
- Project managers, engineers, contract administrators, and commercial teams.
- Non-lawyers who need to work confidently with contract terms.
- Organizations delivering engineering, construction, or supplier-heavy projects.
What Is Included
- A comprehensive set of workshop notes will be issued to every attendee.
- Project Victor Course completion certification
- 2-Days at a reputable hotel that includes 2 coffee breaks and International Buffet lunch
- Pens, Pencils, Markers, Eraser
What to Expect Before You Arrive
Course Duration
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Two Days (equivalent to 14 Contact Hours or Professional Development Units (PDUs)
Prerequisites
- No legal background is required.
- Best suited for people who work with contracts, suppliers, owners, consultants, or project claims.
- Bring contract questions or recurring commercial issues for discussion where appropriate.
Skills You Can Apply at Work
- Read contract obligations with greater confidence and less ambiguity.
- Recognize common claim, variation, delay, and risk issues earlier.
- Improve project communication between technical and commercial stakeholders.
Next Public Session
No public dates are currently published for this course. Contact us for the next public class or a private corporate schedule.
What the Course Covers
Topics covered in this workshop include:
Principles of technical writing, including
- What makes a good report?
- What makes a poor report?
- The ‘curse of knowledge’ – how knowing your topic too well can lead to poor writing.
- The importance of reader rapport.
- Identifying your writing blocks and tips to overcome them.
- Dealing with interruptions and distractions.
Planning your report, including
- Identifying your reader.
- Selecting what information to include.
- Deciding what order to present the information in.
- Choosing a format for your document.
- Mind mapping and other planning techniques.
- Overcoming the risk of being misconstrued.
- Ensuring your email is read and responded to.
- Email etiquette.
- Formulating your subject line, greeting and other aspects of the message.
- Addressing a number of different people in an email.
- Using attachments.
Focus on specific forms of engineering document, including
- Writing a standard operating procedure (SOP).
- Writing conclusions and recommendations.
- Writing an executive summary.
- Writing a laboratory report.
- Using appendices.
- Using figures and tables.
Choosing your words, including
- Paragraphs.
- Sentences, including ‘run on’ sentences and fragments of sentences.
- Bullets and numbering.
- Using numerals and units.
- Vocabulary, including clichés, grandiose terms, redundancy, technical terms and jargon.
- Active and passive tense.
- Punctuating correctly.
- Matching singular and plural.
- The misplaced ‘only’.
- Parallelism in lists and sentences.
Proofreading your work and the work of others including
- Proofreading tips.
- What to look for in your own work and the work of others.
- Identifying your writing ‘tics’.
- Using spellcheck and grammar checking tools.
Trainer Credentials & Experience
Dr. Petros Rigas
President of PMI Thailand Chapter for 13 years (2011–2023) · Past President & Chapter Counselor- PMI licensed training instructor — profile on PMI’s global website.
- Certified Program Management Professional (PgMP®) — Certificate #2079271.
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP/CAPM®) — Certificate #1258917.
- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) — Certificate #2600926.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM®), Scrum Alliance — Certificant ID 001062861.
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)® 6.0 — Certificate ID 50804412-3031.
- SAFe Agilist® 6.0 — Certificate ID 23353981-8934.
- Certified Risk Management Professional (RMP®) — Certificate #2033120.
- Mega-project leadership experience in IT, airport, CCTV, transport, and power infrastructure.
- Commercial contract manager, reviewer, and advisor.
- Part-time lecturer at KMUTT (Master’s in Project Management) and an invited lecturer at Chulalongkorn University.
- Doctorate from Assumption University of Thailand, with publications on business management.
- Trained 5,000+ project professionals and helped certify 800+ PMPs/CAPMs/PMI-ACPs in Thailand since 2010.
PMI Authorized Training Partner InstructorATP #502913 Years PMI Thailand Chapter President
Useful Details
Additional course details
Delegates who have attended this workshop should:
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see an immediate improvement in the quality of their writing -
recognise their own writing challenges -
be able to recognise and correct common flaws -
gain the skills required to plan and write clear, concise documents.
Practical Workshop
This workshop is practical and hands-on. Delegates are given useful tools which they can immediately apply in the workplace. The presenter will lead delegates through the process of writing a report and will identify common mistakes at each stage of the process. Delegates will complete exercises drawn from technical material. Comprehensive notes are provided.
These include:
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Lists of common mistakes. -
Lists of problematic terms. -
Proofreading checklists. -
Practical exercises.
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