Human Performance Technology & Performance Support

Parent: Technical Instruction & Engineering Education · researched 2026-06-17T00:26:59.578Z· 21 sources · 11 concepts · skill human-performance-technology

Quick orientation: HPT is the discipline UPSTREAM of instructional design. It asks "is training the right intervention?" before any course is designed. This skill covers the full diagnostic and interv

Human Performance Technology & Performance Support

1. The ISPI/HPT Model

Five Phases

2. Gilbert's Behavior Engineering Model (BEM)

The Six Cells (2×3 Matrix)

Gilbert's Environmental-First Principle ("Gilbert's Law")

Critique: Gilbert's Motivational Claims

3. Mager & Pipe: Analyzing Performance Problems

The 7-Step Flowchart

4. Rummler-Brache: Three Levels and Nine Performance Variables

The Three Levels of Performance

The Nine Performance Variables (3 Levels × 3 Needs)

5. The HPT Intervention Taxonomy

Gloria Gery's Original Definition (1991)

Gery's Three-Type EPSS Taxonomy (1995)

From EPSS to Digital Adoption Platforms (DAPs)

7. The Five Moments of Need (Gottfredson & Mosher)

The Critical Insight

The Two Deliverables Model

Definition and When to Use

The "Job Aid as Default" Principle

Four Format Types

9. Learning in the Flow of Work

10. The Performance Consultant Role

The Tacit Knowledge Limitation

Other HPT Limitations

Training Theater Anti-Pattern

References

Children

Frontier under this node: Digital Adoption Platforms (WalkMe/Whatfix/Pendo), Five Moments of Need (Gottfredson & Mosher), Gilbert's Behavior Engineering Model (BEM, 6-cell, environment-first), HPT Intervention Taxonomy, ISPI/HPT Model (performance → cause → intervention), Job Aid Design (step-by-step/checklist/decision-table/worksheet), Learning in the Flow of Work, Mager & Pipe Performance-Analysis Flowchart, Performance Consultant Role & Tacit-Knowledge Limitation, Performance Support & EPSS (Gery intrinsic/extrinsic/external), Rummler-Brache Three Levels & Nine Performance Variables

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