Purpose of this Guide

DOE-STD-1029-92

Appendixes provide additional information in worksheets, a glossary, a list of

acronyms and abbreviations, and a verb list.

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Purpose of this Guide

This writer's guide establishes the recommended process for developing technical

procedures that are accurate, complete, clear and consistent. It provides guidance for

C Developing a procedure basis

C Planning, organizing, and structuring

C Developing content and establishing format

C Writing action steps.

The examples in this guide cannot cover every situation. The guidance presented should

be applied as appropriate when writing procedures.

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Scope of this Guide

This guide assists writers, reviewers, administrators, subject matter experts, support

personnel, and users involved in developing and writing technical procedures that assist

production, operation of equipment and facilities, and maintenance activities. Technical

procedures include:

C Normal operating procedures (NOPs)

C Planned nonroutine operations procedures (off-normal operating)

C Surveillance and test procedures

C Maintenance procedures

C Analytical procedures.

Until the writer's guides for management control procedures and emergency and alarm

response procedures are issued, selectively apply the techniques presented in this guide to

those procedure types.

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Involvement of Operational Organizations in Procedure Development

Procedures are written for facility operational personnel; therefore, operators are an

important source of information when developing procedures. Personnel from the

operational organization should be involved in the process from the initial decision to

write a procedure through the review, verification, and validation of the procedure.

Facility operators can provide valuable insight into the job being performed, information

about past operating experience, and data for developing the procedure basis of the

procedure. Their involvement in the process can include participating in walkthroughs