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Managing Training Development Projects

Name: Managing Training Development Projects
Rating: 4.6 (17 reviews)

A Guide to Managing Training Projects from Start to Finish

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Created byZeynep Nur Taspinar

Last updated 3/2024

English

What you'll learn

Explain how training development projects are managed
Describe the phases of the ADDIE model
Discuss the role of the training project manager and the instructional designer in each phase of the ADDIE model
Learn how to create a training needs analysis, training schedule and budget
Identify and manage risks during training development
Identify best practices to manage training projects successfully

Course content

11 sections • 78 lectures • 1h 42m total length

Course Welcome0:04
Course Introduction0:28
Instructor Introduction0:30
Course Goals and Objectives1:02
Course Audience0:25
Course Structure1:13
Explore the Addie-based training development workflow, from terminology and development models through analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate phases, including kickoff, planning, and closeout.

Introduction to Terminology and Development Models0:40
Training Terminology1:22
The ADDIE Model0:33
Explore the Addie model's analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation phases, with a deep dive into each deliverable that builds the final training course.
Roles on a Training Team3:22
Roles on the Client's Project Team1:05
Skills a Project Manager Needs Most1:41
Master project management through a blend of standard scope, budget, and scheduling practices, plus essential soft skills like negotiation, empathy, clear communication, and collaborative decision making.
Summary of Terminology and Development Models0:21
Review training terminology and the Addie model, noting collaboration between the training team and the client's project team, and highlight essential project manager skills for the analyze phase.
Terminology and Development Models

Introduction to the Analyze Phase0:37
Initial Client Outreach1:07
Conduct Training Needs Analysis1:34
Conduct a training needs analysis by asking about the project, deployment, audience, and success criteria, and vet the end state and stability to decide on training, job aids, or communications.
Sample Training Project0:58
Create a Training Needs Analysis
Summary of the Analyze Phase0:37
Explore client outreach, conduct a training needs analysis, review a sample training development project, and outline analyze-phase tasks and deliverables with a focus on project kickoff for the project manager.
The Analyze Phase

Introduction to Training Project Kickoff0:54
Training Team Tasks in the Analyze Phase (Project Kickoff)1:14
Outline analyze phase tasks for the training team in the Addie model. Highlight the project manager's needs analysis, kickoff efforts, and budget, plus the instructional designer's review and solution recommendations.
Forming the Training Team0:38
The project manager and the instructional designer form the training team, review client details and the training needs analysis, decide on a recommended solution, and outline roles and responsibilities.
Recommending a Training Solution1:55
Discussing Roles & Responsibilities1:30
Sample Project Training Solution0:25
Conducting the Training Kickoff Meeting1:46
Conducting the Training Kickoff Meeting (continued)2:22
At the kickoff, the training team presents a high level readiness timeline, answers client questions, notes follow-up on schedule, and states cost discussions occur separately; the project manager defuses conflicts.
Creating the Training SOW1:52
Create a Training SOW
Summary of Training Project Kickoff0:46
Training Project Kickoff

Introduction to the Design Phase0:43
Training Team Tasks in the Design Phase0:29
What is a Task Analysis?1:27
Creating a Task Analysis0:49
Developing a Course Outline0:26
Building a Detailed Schedule (part 1)1:41
Create a detailed training schedule by listing tasks, assigning duration, dates, owners, and percentage complete, and regularly update and report status using Microsoft Project, Excel, or Asana.
Building a Detailed Schedule (part 2)0:48
Identify client-facing tasks to include in the schedule, such as the task analysis, outline, and course deliverables, to inform the client and project manager.
Building a Detailed Schedule (part 3)1:36
Building a Detailed Schedule (part 4)1:18
Build a Detailed Schedule
Summary of the Design Phase0:54
The Design Phase

Introduction to the Develop Phase (PM Tasks)0:41
Explore the develop phase by detailing the project manager's tasks in monitoring client progress, development progress, risks, issues, and training schedule updates, and attending the training reviews to review solutions.
Training Team Tasks in the Develop Phase (PM)0:38
Monitoring Client Project Progress1:43
Monitoring Course Development Progress1:08
Managing Risks0:59
Issues that may Impact Training Development0:27
Solutions to Issues that may Impact Training Development1:10
Updating the Training Schedule1:08
Attending Training Reviews1:58
Summary of the Develop Phase (PM Tasks)0:40
Explore the develop phase for training projects, covering project manager tasks, risk management, schedule updates, and the project manager's role in training reviews, with a preview of instructional designer deliverables.
The Develop Phase (PM Tasks)

Introduction to the Develop Phase (ID Tasks)0:38
Explore the develop phase and instructional designer tasks, including course construction by an IDE, training reviews, script creation, narrating testing tasks, and creating a testing form.
Training Team Tasks in the Develop Phase (ID)0:19
Building the Course1:05
Begin building the course from the course outline. Establish alpha, beta, and final reviews, with ongoing weekly interim reviews for complex, feature-rich solutions.
Conducting Training Reviews1:19
Creating a Script and Narrating the WBT0:58
Performing WBT Production Tasks0:26
Create a WBT Testing Form
Summary of the Develop Phase (ID Tasks)0:36
Examine the instructional designer's develop phase tasks, including building the course, conducting training reviews, creating a script, and narrating the performing testing tasks, and preview the implement phase roles.
The Develop Phase (ID Tasks)

Introduction to the Implement Phase0:31
Training Team Tasks in the Implement Phase1:47
Setting up Training Surveys1:04
Setting up Training Surveys (continued)0:35
Learn how training surveys measure course materials, the instructor (ILT or VLE), classroom environment, whether the class is live, and enrollment ease, using rating scales and free-form questions.
Design a Training Survey
Communicating the Availability of the Training1:17
The project manager communicates the training availability after go-live, sharing course title, sign-up steps, and why it matters for compliance, or company requirements, or a new skill that boosts performance.
Summary of the Implement Phase0:31
Review the implement phase tasks, including how the instructional designer sets up and designs the training survey, and how the training project manager announces training availability.
The Implement Phase

Introduction to the Evaluate Phase0:33
Training Team Tasks in the Evaluate Phase0:30
During the evaluate phase, the training project manager reviews surveys, conducts closeout tasks and lessons learned discussions for the client, and archives materials; the instructional designer notes future updates.
Reviewing Surveys1:00
Conducting a Lessons Learned Meeting0:51
Creating a Lessons Learned Document0:48
Document client–training team discussion into a lessons learned report, including project and training summaries, what worked well and why, what didn’t and why, and share with client and training manager.
Archiving Course Materials0:40
Summary of the Evaluate Phase0:37
The Evaluate Phase

Requirements

No previous experience needed but a familiarity with training and/or project management may be helpful.
A curiosity about working in training development.

Description

This course is aimed at professionals who work on training development projects, including training department managers, training project managers, instructional designers and functional (project) managers who are assigned to manage the training for their solution. This course will guide you through all the steps you need to start, execute and finish a training development project, using the ADDIE development model. At the end of this course, you'll be able to:

· Define common training terms and acronyms

· Describe the phases of the ADDIE model

· Identify roles on a training team

· Identify roles on a client’s project team

· List the skills that a project manager needs to succeed

· Conduct a Training Needs Analysis

· Explain the factors that go into recommending a training solution

· Conduct a training project kickoff meeting with the client

· Create a Training Statement of Work (SOW)

· Build a training schedule

· Calculate a training budget

· Define a Task Analysis

· Describe the process of developing a course outline

· Monitor client project progress

· Monitor course development progress

· Identify and manage risks

· Learn how to resolve issues that arise during project development

· Lead training reviews

· Perform course production and testing tasks

· Create a training survey

· Write communications to announce the availability of the training to students

· Review training surveys and interpret feedback

· Conduct a Lessons Learned meeting

· Explain the importance of archiving course materials

Throughout the course, we’ll use a sample training project to practice various activities. After each activity, suggested results will be reviewed.

For our sample project, we’ll have a training team that includes a project manager and an instructional designer. We'll go through the ADDIE development model, focusing on the tasks of each training team member in each phase of ADDIE.

Who this course is for:

Training Project Managers
Instructional Designers
Training Department Managers
Functional (project) managers who are responsible for training

Managing Training Development Projects

What you'll learn

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Course content

Introduction6 lectures • 4min

Terminology and Development Models7 lectures • 9min

Analyze Phase5 lectures • 5min

Training Project Kickoff (Analyze Phase continued)10 lectures • 13min

Training Project Planning (Analyze Phase continued)5 lectures • 6min

Design Phase10 lectures • 10min

Develop Phase (PM Tasks)10 lectures • 11min

Develop Phase (ID Tasks)7 lectures • 5min

Implement Phase6 lectures • 6min

Evaluate Phase7 lectures • 5min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: