Field notes from the workbench.
Reviewing courses, working with SMEs, and shipping training programs at enterprise scale.
- 2026-08-11METRICS
Four numbers that tell you if a review cycle is healthy
Most ID teams track output and wonder why the schedule keeps slipping. These four measures explain where review time actually goes, and each one implies a specific fix.
- 2026-07-14EXPORT
What breaks between your storyboard and the LMS
Completion tracking, suspend data limits, and the handoff failures that surface on launch day. A pre-publish checklist for SCORM, xAPI, and cmi5.
- 2026-06-09ACCESSIBILITY
The accessibility checks that belong in preflight
Nine accessibility problems you can catch on a storyboard, before anything gets built. Most accessibility rework exists because these were found after assembly, when fixing them is ten times more expensive.
- 2025-04-15WORKFLOW
How to process SME feedback faster
A field-tested workflow for taking raw SME notes and turning them into a revision plan you can actually act on without losing the signal.
- 2025-04-08WORKFLOW
Instructional design review cycle best practices
Six practices that turn review cycles from a coordination nightmare into a controlled handoff. Built from running review cycles on enterprise training programs at scale.
- 2025-04-01WORKFLOW
How to QA a course before SME review
Pre-review checks that catch the issues SMEs would have caught, but in minutes instead of hours and before anyone external sees a draft.