Do you have training or information development projects but lack the time and personnel to get them off the ground? Aprinda is your outsourcing solution!

Aprinda can help you with your training and information projects:

Aprinda can contract with your organization for any of the following activities:

 

Needs Assessment

This involves investigating your impressions of the training or performance problem. Needs assessment clearly defines the current situation, the optimal situation, and the nature of the gap that lies between where you are and where you want to be. Aprinda will gather information using strategies that can include interviewing employees, reviewing company documentation and observing employee task performance.

Aprinda’s findings may concur with your initial perceptions. On the other hand, Aprinda may have discovered information that suggests alternative routes to a solution. This is the purpose of the needs assessment - to explore your initial perceptions of a problem and recommend a solution. The product of the needs assessment is a document describing:

- The nature of the problem
- Aprinda’s method of gathering information
- Results and interpretation of findings
- Recommended actions for addressing the problem

Based on this report, you can proceed toward implementing a solution.

 

Information/Training Design

Aprinda offers design and development services for training and other information-based solutions. If the solution to a given problem involves the design of information products such as training materials, reference materials for use on the job (job aids), videos, presentation materials, etc., Aprinda lays out the blueprint for design and generates a prototype of the final product.

Typically, Aprinda will work with you and/or a subject matter expert (SME) you designate to clearly define the nature of the information materials and create prototypes of all materials specified as part of the overall solution. The product of this activity depends on the nature of the materials we are designing. For example:

• Training Materials: Design document listing learner characteristics, objectives, instructional strategies, prototypes of training materials to be created

• Presentation Materials: Sample electronic presentation materials, handouts, draft graphics

• CD-Rom and Web-Based Solutions: Visual design, site architecture, functional specifications

• Job aids: Descriptions of audience, tasks, intended mode of use, and media to be used

• Video: Video treatment and storyboard

We also produce blended solutions, combining more than one of the above media types into a product that best meets your needs.

Information/Training Development

This begins after you agree to the look and feel of materials generated during the design phase. The product of this activity includes final versions of all materials. For example, final materials generated for a training program may include masters of the Instructor’s Guide, Employee Handbook, Videotape, Job Aids, Web Site, etc.

The form in which materials are submitted is negotiable. You may request all materials in electronic form for ease of revision in addition to one hard copy master of each component. Duplicating materials is often least expensive by using your organization’s customary printing vendors and videotape duplicating services.

Aprinda conducts ongoing formative evaluation activities throughout the design and development phases of all projects. These activities include subject matter expert review, user testing, and formal alpha and beta testing when necessary.

Formative evaluation activities are documented in status reports. Findings that suggest immediate changes to current plans are brought to your attention as quickly as possible to avoid unnecessary delay and expense.

 

Time and Materials. You can access our resources on a time and materials basis. In such engagements, you have complete flexibility in working with our Associates. You will be billed for time and materials on a monthly basis.

Fixed Bid. This model provides the framework in which you are assured of quality deliverables, within budget, on schedule. The fixed bid amount is billed in installments keyed to the project start and major deliverables.

Aprinda contracts separately for needs assessment activities. By separating needs assessment activities from design and development activities, Aprinda offers you the freedom to either select a different vendor for design and development, or implement the recommended solution in-house.