Tracy Parish's List: Designing and Adapting to Real World Constraints

Is training really the best solution to a problem? Often, no. Here's a flowchart that will help you identify what will really work, whether it's a job aid, a workflow improvement, training, or something else. It's a streamlined, non-geeky approach to needs analysis.
A most vaulable resource: Is training really the answer? - Flowchart @CatMoore http://bit.ly/2h2E08T

— Tracy Parish (@Tracy_Parish) December 2, 2016

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Research Participants: 249 companies organizations, representing 3,947 learning development professionals, who have created content consumed by 19,875,946 learners.

All results are shown as ratios, showing number of hours of development to create 1 finished hour of learning (output)

“The contexts of academic and corporate designers are different—the cultures are different, and the organizational goals and objectives are different. While prioritization of design principles for successful projects in academic versus corporate setting may differ, the actual principles are quite consistent across both.”

"Don't blame your content. It's your JOB to figure out how to make it interesting and engaging, and it's what can help keep you interested and energized in your work."

“If you want to hammer a nail, get a hammer. Not a hammer and some needlenose pliers and oooohhh look at that long-handled high-tension, self-ratcheting, chrome-plated knurled chain stretcher. Same with e-Learning.”

I was on the phone with someone who had problems with her elearning course. It seemed that nothing was working right. As I dug a little deeper, it turned out that she was deleting some of her files. She told me she did so to keep her files organized. Apparently the folders were looking a [...]