The purpose of this research effort was to develop and evaluate a prototype system-independent Programming Design Guide (PDG) for one of the 13 offline job aids previously developed for use with the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model. This PDG is intended to provide all of the guidance necessary for a user to implement the job aid on any of a large number of computer systems. The research effort was divided into three major tasks: (1) the establishment of the content and format for Programming Design Guides; (2) the development of a guide; and (3) the evaluation of the guide. Advice is given for developing Programming Design Guides for other blocks of the ISD model. Ten references are listed. (LLS)