“So, then, how do we enable our SEs to be better communicators? I believe that the best way is to appeal to their analytic, compositional mindsets – those same mindsets that enable them to write and analyze code. And I believe that the best way to appeal to those analytic, compositional mindsets is to teach them how to analyze the composition of communicative artifacts.”
https://www.kristen-foster-marks.com/post/your-engineers-need-communication-skills-part1
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“Basically, I believe that we should teach SEs about rhetorical situations, and about the elements of rhetorical situations that interact to create communicative artifacts: author, intended audience, text, purpose, and context.”