A process for selecting training methods

The problem with decision-making Enter the tool Defining the problem What are the options? Criteria for assessing alternatives Ways of comparing methods Making assumptions Totalling up costs Weighing up the options The Training Methods Selector Tool

Defining the problem

• the name of the overall training programme
• the specific target audience
• the broad learning objective

Don’t try to use the tool to analyse more than one audience or objective - if you have a complex programme to plan, the best way of dealing with it is to break it down into its elements and deal with them one by one. However, if you want to get home this weekend, don’t be too fine-grained in the objectives you analyse. There’s a balance to be struck.

To get a feel for the scale of the problem, you should also make an estimate of the numbers to be trained and the date by which this must be achieved – both of which can have a profound influence on the selection you make.

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