Agile for Instructional Designers: Iterative Project Management to Achieve Results
Discover Agile for Better Instructional Design

To serve business needs amid greater volatility and uncertainty in the workplace, learning and development professionals need project management methods that can keep up. Enter Agile.

Popular in the software development space as an approach to project management, Agile when applied to instructional design provides a framework for adapting to change as it happens and for delivering the content most needed by learners. Agile for Instructional Designers proposes using Agile methodology to manage training projects and highlights where traditional linear processes have failed the business and the end users.

Recognizing that software development and instructional design have different needs and outcomes, author Megan Torrance developed the LLAMA™ methodology. Her approach adapts the common phases of ADDIE to incorporate the incremental, iterative nature of Agile projects. It allows learners to test and evaluate which features or design functions work before they’re finalized. It also offers a way to accommodate inevitable mid-project modifications pushed by stakeholders, subject matter experts, or organizational leaders.

With templates for goal alignment, learner personas, scope definition, estimating, planning, and iterative development, Agile for Instructional Designers is the resource you need to embrace change in learning and development.
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Agile for Instructional Designers: Iterative Project Management to Achieve Results
Discover Agile for Better Instructional Design

To serve business needs amid greater volatility and uncertainty in the workplace, learning and development professionals need project management methods that can keep up. Enter Agile.

Popular in the software development space as an approach to project management, Agile when applied to instructional design provides a framework for adapting to change as it happens and for delivering the content most needed by learners. Agile for Instructional Designers proposes using Agile methodology to manage training projects and highlights where traditional linear processes have failed the business and the end users.

Recognizing that software development and instructional design have different needs and outcomes, author Megan Torrance developed the LLAMA™ methodology. Her approach adapts the common phases of ADDIE to incorporate the incremental, iterative nature of Agile projects. It allows learners to test and evaluate which features or design functions work before they’re finalized. It also offers a way to accommodate inevitable mid-project modifications pushed by stakeholders, subject matter experts, or organizational leaders.

With templates for goal alignment, learner personas, scope definition, estimating, planning, and iterative development, Agile for Instructional Designers is the resource you need to embrace change in learning and development.
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Agile for Instructional Designers: Iterative Project Management to Achieve Results

Agile for Instructional Designers: Iterative Project Management to Achieve Results

by Megan Torrance
Agile for Instructional Designers: Iterative Project Management to Achieve Results

Agile for Instructional Designers: Iterative Project Management to Achieve Results

by Megan Torrance

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Discover Agile for Better Instructional Design

To serve business needs amid greater volatility and uncertainty in the workplace, learning and development professionals need project management methods that can keep up. Enter Agile.

Popular in the software development space as an approach to project management, Agile when applied to instructional design provides a framework for adapting to change as it happens and for delivering the content most needed by learners. Agile for Instructional Designers proposes using Agile methodology to manage training projects and highlights where traditional linear processes have failed the business and the end users.

Recognizing that software development and instructional design have different needs and outcomes, author Megan Torrance developed the LLAMA™ methodology. Her approach adapts the common phases of ADDIE to incorporate the incremental, iterative nature of Agile projects. It allows learners to test and evaluate which features or design functions work before they’re finalized. It also offers a way to accommodate inevitable mid-project modifications pushed by stakeholders, subject matter experts, or organizational leaders.

With templates for goal alignment, learner personas, scope definition, estimating, planning, and iterative development, Agile for Instructional Designers is the resource you need to embrace change in learning and development.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781949036503
Publisher: Association for Talent Development
Publication date: 08/27/2019
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Megan Torrance is the chief energy officer of TorranceLearning. She brings over a decade of business consulting and project management experience to her instructional design and development work. Not only does Megan facilitate LLAMA and instructional design workshops, but she also supports TorranceLearning clients with project kickoffs to make sure each project has clear direction. She is devoted to delivering outstanding work to clients and creating a top-notch work environment based on trust, flexibility, compassion, and fun.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The Case for AgilePart 1. Kicking Off the Project2. Plan the Kickoff3. Define the Goal4. Define the Learner5. Define Scope With User Stories6. Define Scope Using Action MappingPart 2. Managing the Project7. Plan the Project8. Define and Estimate Tasks9. Design and Deliver in Iterations10. Create Planning and Working Rhythms11. Maintain Regular, Open Lines of Communication12. Facilitate RetrospectivesPart 3. Applying Agile in Your Organization13. Scaling Agile14. The Organizational Mindset Shift to AgileAcknowledgmentsAppendix AReferencesAbout the Author
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