Topic: Instructional Design: Project Planning
Recap:
Thank you to everyone who attended: Karen, Barry, Cara, Betsy, Amy, Laura, Marilyn and Christine! I really enjoyed the discussion, tips, tricks and your questions! For those of you that could not make it or if you wanted a quick summary. Check out the post below!
We shared a variety of tips. Here are 10 tips from the PDN:
- Support new SMEs by providing resources such as a course creation guidelines.
- Have a kickoff meeting with the project team to establish realistic expectations (project milestones, responsibilities, etc.)
- When working with multiple SMEs, establish one spokesperson who has the final sign off on changes and decisions.
- Organize project planning tools and choose what fits per project. (Google Drive might be of interest)
- Ask if anyone on the project team has scheduled time off during the project timeline that could impact the project.
- Know who your project sponsor is!
- Gather information in forms to standardize and automate the process. This could also make it easier to export information.
- Create a weekly report for the project with accomplishments, road blocks and next steps.
- Gain leadership support for the process you are taking
- Ask key questions early about:
- Audience
- Learning Need/Performance Gap
- Expected Learner Outcomes
- Associated P&P (Policy and Procedures) - are they updated and approved?
- Existing Materials
- Evaluation Measures
- Communication Plan
- Deadline (what is driving the deadline?)
- Next steps (who needs to be involved?)
Additional resources discussed:
- Agile
- Smartsheet
- Microsoft Project
- Beyond
Did I miss something? Have an additional thought or comment? Post below! We look forward to seeing you at the next one!