What problem does it solve? Teams often jump straight to building a developer academy or certification without evidence, then cannot maintain it. This Skill gates whether structured education is the right investment at all, picks the right program tier for the evidence and staffing available, and designs the operating model, measurement plan, and kill rules that keep it alive after launch. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Evidence gate and tier selection: Diagnoses whether the gap is competence, documentation, onboarding, or product design, then recommends among five rungs from curated learning paths to proctored certification, deleting rungs the answers rule out. - Credential and certification design: Covers job task analysis, standard-setting studies for defensible cut scores, validity and renewal models from shipped vendor programs, exam fraud costs, and Open Badges portability. - Operating model and measurement: Produces an education charter with named owner and weekly hours, refresh triggers bound to release cadence, Kirkpatrick four-level measurement, and numeric kill rules. - Use Case: An enterprise prospect says procurement will not sign unless their engineers can get certified on your API. Use this Skill to test whether certification is justified, recommend a badge rung instead if funding or item-bank ownership is missing, and write the escalation trigger as an observable condition. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to evaluate whether we should build a certification or academy for our developer product and produce an education charter.
