Dynamic Job Analysis
It seems that every time two or more training types get together, the words job/task analysis are eventually spoken. With the current emphasis on quality, training and education have been receiving a great deal more attention. As with any other focus area in business, accountability and value added quickly becomes important to the effort. This increased awareness is leading to a growing commitment to “do training right.” Training professionals have been trained for years in the methodology required to “do training right.” When asked what that is, they will produce some model of Instructional System Design. Any of these will have variations of the Job/Task Analysis (J/TA). The J/TA is a time tested and proven method of deriving instructional objectives and curriculum from a complex set of behaviors. Its utility was proven in the military and has been used successfully in all aspects of developing training programs from existing work. It is easy to fixate on a sing...