What's the best solution?
Do we need a job aid, better tools, training, or something else?
This is the web-friendly version of the "Will Training Help?" flowchart.
To download a PDF and learn how to use the flowchart, see Is training really the answer?
This is a small part of the action mapping approach to training design.
What's our goal?
How will our organization benefit?
A measure of our performance will increase/decrease X% by date as people in a specific job do something
What do people need to DO?
What do people need to do on the job to reach our goal?
List all the major tasks. Use observable verbs.
Good: correctly apply policy X, respond appropriately to client concerns about Y, polish the widget to standard Z
Avoid: understand, appreciate, recognize, define...
Choose ONE thing
Choose one high-priority thing that people need to DO.
Choose a high-priority, observable, on-the-job task and focus on it alone.
Why aren't they doing that ONE thing?
The problem is mostly caused by issues with...
Try the environment branch first.
Focus on the one action you've chosen, not the entire project.
Environment
(culture and tools)
Does the organization's culture make it hard or unappealing to do the thing?
Knowledge
If the problem is a lack of knowledge, where should that knowledge be stored?
Resources
Job aid or memory? flowchart
Skills
Will people be able to do the thing better with practice?
Motivation
If people aren't motivated, is it due to problems with the environment, knowledge, or skills?
