Thursday, October 09, 2008

Training Effectiveness

Just finished delivering Project Management training today. Tried to convey 8 hours of material into 4. Some things have a limit, and I now know that the lower limit is greater than 4. Feedback is a great thing, and it wasn't lost among the participants that there was too little time.

However so, this does not mean that the content needs to change, more the delivery and setting realistic expectations. The group initially requested an understanding of the tools. As such, theory was kept down to a minimum which allowed for more depth when tools and templates were involved. Informing the group that we may skip some of the theory in order to satisfy their interest in the tools sounds like a good strategy in hindsight.

To set the record straight, the feedback I received was very positive overall. So hopefully if you find yourself in a similar situation (which I know I will two more times over the next month), then you will be able to achieve that Utopian balance. It is tough to discard anything when your very passionate about a subject, isn't it.