2. The Goal … The goal of any training is to enable people who are delivering work to be skilled to a level of proficiency in the work they are delivering, which can bring out the desired level of output, both qualitatively, and quantitatively. Is this happening?
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4. How Training has evolved … Guru-Shishya (took years; holistic, life-learning) Apprentice (took months; thorough in one area) Training (takes days; information dump)
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7. The Issue … Not much understanding of the business problem. Training requirement Business problem No step before the TNA
8. An Example … A developer is having trouble understanding what the client is saying … Send him to training on Communications Skills. Maybe the problem is that he doesn’t understand the business perspective of the technology?
9. Adding to this … The long tail of training … More and more people need more and more trainings in more and more niches or technologies. Training professionals need to understand more and more about more and more niches or technologies.