{"product_id":"the-documentation-standard-jon-edwards-9798254732723","title":"The Documentation Standard: The Instructional Designer's System for Work That Holds Up","description":"\u003ci\u003eNobody told you documentation was part of the job.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou learned ADDIE. You got good at writing objectives and building assessments. You care about the work. And then you delivered a solid program - real needs analysis, stakeholder buy-in, clean design. Six months later, someone asks what the program covered. Nobody can find the files. The SME who built half the content left the company. You're rebuilding from memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a rare story. This is Tuesday in L\u0026amp;D. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Documentation Standard makes the case that documentation is not administrative overhead. It is the design artifact that makes your work reproducible, defensible, and scalable. Without it, you are not an Instructional Designer - you are a content producer on a treadmill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is practical, not theoretical. It was written by a working ID with more than two decades of experience across government, defense, healthcare, and business operations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat you will find inside: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the Rework Tax is quietly consuming 20-30% of most L\u0026amp;D shops' capacity - and what documentation has to do with it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clear framework for what documentation belongs at each phase of ADDIE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to write a design document that actually protects you from scope creep and stakeholder reversals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA practical system for extracting SME knowledge before it walks out the door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to build a portfolio that shows your thinking - not just your finished products\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to document training outcomes in a way that proves ROI when the budget conversation happens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinimum viable templates for freelance engagements and in-house teams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat AI changes about documentation - and what it does not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThis book is for working IDs who know documentation matters but have never been shown a practical system for doing it consistently. It is for L\u0026amp;D managers who need to justify the department's existence with data. It is for freelance consultants who are tired of scope creep destroying timelines and relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe invisible work is the work that makes everything else possible. This book shows you how to do it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798254732723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Jon Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172575125759,"sku":"9798254732723","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-documentation-standard-jon-edwards-9798254732723","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}