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The Core Model for Technical Writers

Stop writing documentation nobody reads. Use six shared questions to focus the work on what users actually need.

What the method helps you do

  • Get subject-matter experts to collaborate
  • Prove documentation value with real metrics
  • Focus on the content and functionality users actually need

Six questions for the team

01

Who needs this? — Target group

02

What are they trying to do? — User tasks

03

What do we achieve? — Business objectives

04

How do they find it? — Inward paths

05

Where should they go next? — Forward paths

06

What is the answer? — Core content

“The Core Model is brilliant in its simplicity. It can stand alone or work alongside any number of other methods.”

— Stephen P. Anderson, author of Figure It Out

Read the guide

Scott Abel at The Content Wrangler explains how the Core Model can improve technical documentation — and your sanity.