• What is the organizational problem and what is the goal to fix this problem?

• What is the purpose of the instruction? What problem is to be solved?

• Who are your learners? What do they already know? What do they need to know?

• What do the learners need to be able to do to achieve objectives? What are the tasks that learners need to be able to do to solve this problem?

• What are the constraints for the instruction (time, budget, expectations)?

• How will performance be measured?

• What activities and tools will be used to accomplish the objectives? (Self-paced eLearning, ILT/VLT, AR, workshop, etc.) 

Write a high-level outline and instructional design document that includes:

• Project context: Purpose and overall objectives

• Project requirements: Cost, timelines, standards

• Organizational and learner objectives: What is the desired organizational outcome? What will learners do? (ABCDs - audience, behavior, condition, and degree)

• Instructional framework: What is the structure of the course? How will it engage the learner and activate prior knowledge?

• Instructional strategies: Use visuals, games, activities, audio, and other elements to include instructional strategies of elaboration, interleaving, concrete examples, and dual coding

• Assessment strategy: Purpose, frequency, and scoring of formative and summative assessments

• Development tools: Authoring tools and other tools/applications to be used

• Sign-off with stakeholders and subject matter experts (SMEs)

• Draft several storyboard/script drafts and sign off with stakeholders/SMEs

• Work with artists, developers, and other team members to develop course to standards

• Establish checkpoints for feedback from team members, SMEs, and stakeholders

• Develop and design the course using the approved authoring tool

• Make iterations and design/development improvements

• Sign off with stakeholders/SMEs

• Implement the instructional course with a sampling of learners from various roles and backgrounds 

• Make iterations and design improvements

• Continue to gain feedback and approvals

• Sign off with stakeholders/SMEs

• Were the objectives met? 

• Were the learners able to do the tasks and subtasks?  

• What were the results of the assessments?  What other data was collected?

• How do you know if the learners are applying the knowledge or changing a behavior?

• What feedback was received from the learners, SMEs, and stakeholders?   

• What could be done differently to improve the deliverable or product?