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 LLAMATM 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.

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 LLAMATM 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.

Cover Copyright Contents Introduction Chapter 1- The Case for Agile Part 1: Kicking Off the Project Chapter 2- Plan the Kickoff Chapter 3- Define the Goal Chapter 4- Define the Learner Chapter 5- Define Scope With User Stories Chapter 6- Define Scope Using Action Mapping Part 2: Managing the Project Chapter 7- Plan the Iterative Project Chapter 8- Define and Estimate Tasks Chapter 9- Design and Deliver in Iterations Chapter 10- Create Planning and Working Rhythms Chapter 11- Maintain Regular, Open Lines of Communication Chapter 12- Facilitate Retrospectives Part 3: Applying Agile in Your Organization Chapter 13- Scaling Agile Chapter 14- The Organizational Mindset Shift to Agile Acknowledgments Appendix A- The Agile Manifesto and 12 Principles for L&D Teams Appendix B References About the Author Index When applied to instructional design, Agile project management provides a framework for adapting to change as it happens and delivering the content most needed by learners. Author Megan Torrance introduces the LLAMA(TM) methodology to illustrate how Agile applies to learning and development projects. This book includes templates for goal alignment, scope definition, estimating, planning, and iterative development. Author Megan Torrance introduces the LLAMA (TM) methodology to illustrate how Agile applies to learning and development projects. This book includes templates for goal alignment, scope definition, estimating, planning, and iterative development.