Writing Process Analysis

If you need to explain how to do something or how something was/is done, you will engage in process analysis.

Two types of process analysis

1. Directive process analysis: explains how to do things.

2. Informative process analysis: explains how something was/is done by giving data (information).

Three stages

1. Preparation/Background: list the materials or equipment needed for the process and discuss the necessary setup arrangements.

2. Steps or Sequence: acutal process will be presented here, and each step must be explained clearly and directly.

3. Order: usually be chronological (time) in some sense.

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