Labeling

Labeling is a very important demonstrative act in engineering. After having created a new object, system, or any other entity, one must be able to describe it to others. It is one thing to have your new creation, but it is a whole new project to be able to depict your accomplishment to others. New jargon is also a factor in labeling. Jargon is terms or phrases that are significant to the item being labeled. Being able to understand these terms will be critical for a person to understand a new product or service.

As an engineer, we must be able to explain our “engineering terms” to non-engineer people. Layman’s terms are needed to explain to people who have not been around the project and know foreign phrases. As engineers, let’s admit, we might get a little too technical for others…sometimes. We can get caught up in the moment of solving a problem and just run with it while another person stands by twiddling his or her thumbs. But this just won’t work when we are selling our products. I have talked a lot about selling our ideas or services in my past blogs (if you have read them), and that is because I feel engineer’s need to have a sense of how the business world. Like we talked about with writing in engineering, we need to be very clear, specific, and straight to the point. In labeling, being clear about different parts is necessary for another individual to understand what is going on.

Labeling is very important when we are trying to explain ourselves to other people. Pictures really do speak volumes. I agree with the Back of The Napkin that a hand drawn picture is more eye-catching than a computer generated image. The labeling is more intricate because the creator did it on his own, and all together the image is more detailed. Labeling properly is needed to cross the barrier of just a picture, to an intricate explanation.