Project Management for Trainers: Stop "Winging It" and Get Control of Your Training Projects

A Repeatable but Flexible Process

Development methods have a light and dark side. The light side is that they provide a repeatable checklist that enables you to increase the speed at which you can develop quality learning events. With a checklist, there is no need to reinvent a list of activities each time you start a new development project and less chance that you will forget a key activity.

On the dark side, development methods offer a temptation to follow a method blindly, which can actually add time to your project. This is a common problem for novice developers. As you read in the beginning of this chapter, only plan activities if you can clearly explain why they are needed. Do not let a standard approach limit your flexibility. Every ...