People don’t take a job as a blank slate. We come in with a background and experience often in a related type of job. You may want to customize your training program to accommodate these kinds of transitions if they are common. But how do you know the difference from one job to another?

The normal task measurements tells us most of what we need to know but there are times we may consider other dimensions of a task and make adjustments as appropriate.

How do we know people should be done with training? How much training is enough?

We may not know as much about our learners as we think we do. We must take the time to properly interview our experts and get the big picture before we start diving into the details of tasks and processes.

What about the things we do naturally? We may learn to do math or we may have a natural analytical ability. We may learn to race bikes, but we may have a natural sense of coordination. How can we consider this when developing training curriculums?