As a technical writer, I had been groping my way toward a framework like this myself and this is great. It is great because it gives a simple framework to work with that most people can understand very quickly and the graphic is amazing for referencing.
I explain it in a more audience focused way:
An explanation is for a prospective customer.
A tutorial is for someone who's never used it before.
A how-to is for someone familiar with it but doesn't use that particular feature often enough to memorize it.
A reference is for people wanting to become an experts on the product.
I explain it in a more audience focused way:
An explanation is for a prospective customer.
A tutorial is for someone who's never used it before.
A how-to is for someone familiar with it but doesn't use that particular feature often enough to memorize it.
A reference is for people wanting to become an experts on the product.