Definition:
Concept Number: *295
English Master: Readership
Synonyms, Variations & Acronyms: Intended-Readership
Detailing
• It helps Authors decide on Document Content and what Terminology to use. For example, which abbreviations and terms might be understood or misunderstood.
• It also helps Checkers decide if the Writer has communicated clearly and unambiguously with their intended audience.
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Readership: {All Employees, Customers, Suppliers, Contractors, Auditors}.
Notes
The “readership” should be explicitly stated within Document header information or other appropriate place. Experience has shown that allowing people to guess what the intended readership is will lead directly to not satisfying some important types of readers.
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This Concept entered by Diane O'Brien.