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Examples, instances, and models for improving results at work • collected by Dave Ferguson

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Dave's Ensampler

Getting to results

A list of posts about how to design and develop job aids and other performance support.

Building job aids
  • Designing a reference: the temperature converter
  • Designing ballots – an experiment in form layout
  • How to build a decision table
  • How to decide whether to build a job aid
  • Learning with job aids (via Cathy Moore)
  • What to include in a job aid
  • What’s a job aid? (A look inside the box)
  • Work in progress: my session scanner
Job aid makeovers
  • Makeover: a tech reference job aid
  • Makeover: Widget vat assembly (the after version)
  • Makeover: widget vat assembly (the before version)
Performance support
  • How to write instructions (Dana Chisnell’s field guides for voting)
  • Searching for faucet parts, or, tapping into results

Newest ensamples

  • What’s a job aid? (A look inside the box)
  • Searching for faucet parts, or, tapping into results
  • Designing ballots – an experiment in form layout
  • Work in progress: my session scanner
  • Makeover: widget vat assembly (the before version)

Topics and types

  • Getting to results
    • Building job aids
    • Makeovers
    • Performance support
  • Job aid examples
    • Checklist
    • Decision table
    • Flowchart
    • Procedure
    • Reference
    • Worksheet

Recent coments

  • Everything is different, things never change. – Teaching Made Visible on Assembling an IKEA desk (a complex job aid, part 1)
  • Dave Ferguson on What’s a job aid? (A look inside the box)
  • Tanis on What’s a job aid? (A look inside the box)
  • Dave Ferguson on Assembling an IKEA desk (part 2)
  • Dave Ferguson on Searching for faucet parts, or, tapping into results
  • Home
  • About…
    • The Ensampler
    • Dave
  • Getting to results
  • Types of job aids
  • Job aids by type
  • Dave’s Whiteboard (link)
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