Definitions of Analyses Flashcards
Learn the definitions of the different analyses leading through performance analysis and bordering up to training needs assessment.
Description of the people you are working with; demographics, current knowledge and abilities.
Audience Analysis
The process of defining optimals for an abstract or fuzzy goal.
Goal Analysis
Series of Gap And Cause Analyses
Performance Analysis
The difference between what is and what ought to be. Optimals - Actuals. Part of Performance Analysis
Gap Analysis
Identifies the causes (barriers/performance drivers) keeping things in actual-land, rather than optimal-land. Part of Performance Analysis
Cause Analysis
What is it that strong performers do? (optimals). Procedural-type situations.
Task Analysis
What do strong performers know? Example: The quest for understanding what a water-walkers knows and how that knowledge is organized, processed, and used.
Subject Matter Analysis/Content Analysis
Utilizes the content /results of performance analysis and supporting analyses to create the appropriate training.
Training Needs Assessment
