Reviewer's Guides provide reviewers (editors, magazine labs, analysts, sales engineers and potential customers) a comprehensive and concise snapshot of a product or services features, capabilities and intended use.  From a good reviewers guide, one can answer the following questions among others: what is this? who is it intended for? what does it do? why is it important? what does it cost? and, what value will it be?

A sample reviewer's guide would include the following outline.

1. Quick Profile - key information at a glance
2. Installation/Integration Requirements - system requirements
3. Product Overview - overview of the product/service
4. Market Facts - market conditions and environment for use
5. Who Uses Product - target segment
6. What can I do With Product? - functionality, problems solved
7. Benefits - qualitative and quantitative benefits from product use
8. What's New - summary of new features from previous versions
9. Features - comprehensive features list with descriptions
10. How Product Works - architectural overview with components and 3rd party integration
11. Installation Hints - overview of what it takes to implement
12. Comparative Information - summary of why this product is better than competitors
13. Company Info - contact information
14. Glossary