Writting a good report

The  report purpose is presenting information needed by another person or group of people, often to help them make a decision, make recommendations, analyze problems or present a project or investigation findings.

Writing your report is an ongoing process of writing and re-writing. Therefore, it's important to

realise that you don't need to begin at the introduction and write until you get to the conclusion.

Often the body is written first. Also, you're not expected to produce the perfect report the first time you put pen to paper.

A useful writing process for longer reports is to:

• organise your information

• write an outline

• write a first draft (reports should all have introduction, body and conclusion)

• re-write to improve the draft

• edit and proofread

You'll also need to consider the presentation of the report, in particular:

• format and layout

• inclusion of graphics and visuals

Things you need to consider in order to get a good report:• Attractive
• Straight forward, honest, no deception
• Interesting illustrations or designs
• Brief, short
• Neat and readable 
• To the point
• Simple Language
• Well spaced
• Need to have title and sub titles
• Organized or structured