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ADDIE Model
Definition
A systematic instructional design framework consisting of five phases: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. ADDIE provides a structured approach to creating effective learning experiences by ensuring thorough planning, iterative development, and continuous improvement.
Where it fits in the SDI system
Turn a new process, system, role, or expectation into relevant practice, communication, job support, and evidence people can use in the work.
SDI practitioner lens
From definition to decision
ADDIE is useful as a set of design questions, not as a rigid production waterfall. Its value is the discipline of understanding the performance need, designing evidence and practice, developing deliberately, supporting implementation, and evaluating what changed.
01 / Decision it should inform
Use ADDIE to decide what must be known before production advances and where evidence should send the work back for revision.
02 / What to watch for
Treating each phase as a one-time approval gate can delay learner feedback until the solution is expensive to change and the original need has moved.
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Carry the change from intent into day-to-day performance.
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