Project Managing E-Learning

Evolutionary Processes

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (2000) defines evolution as “a gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form.” Perhaps an even better term would be adaptation, defined in the same dictionary as “something. . .that is changed or changes so as to become suitable to a new or special application or situation.” Both views, however, embrace change as a positive force in the development of an entity.

Your e-learning product will undoubtedly go through a number of changes from the time you define it initially to the time it becomes part of your active e-learning environment. That’s why it is so important to specify procedures for handling change during ...