What is Front End Analysis?

Front End Analysis

Summary by Nelson Dordelly

What is a Front end analysis? Front-end analysis is a process that clearly defines the objectives of training. At this project, we have to value, respect, and utilize each individual’s talents, perspectives, and knowledge to achieve our goal of re-designing an instructional product for a client external to the class. Our members of the team must use our talents and backgrounds to fill various roles.

This process will generate several products:

A. Front end analysis, budget, and design plan:

1. Mission analysis

2. Critical Collective Task analysis

3. Job analysis

4. Critical Individual task analysis

5. Design plan

6. Budget

B. High fidelity prototype/storyboard/draft materials, usability test plan, report and revision list, production plan

C. Summary report of formative evaluation and changes made, final product and documentation

The steps create well-defined mission and objectives that fully meet the customer’s requirements. Example: http://www.omegatraining.com/captr_frend.htm

Questions Front end analysis

1. Mission Analysis
--What is this web page about?
--Who is the intended audience? …third age, older adults or prolonged youth
--What is their current knowledge level?
--At what point in their education/training does this
course/training occur?
--What are the desired objectives?
--What materials does the client already
have in hand?
--What does the client expect that design and
technology might do to enhance the web page?
--What can the technology infrastructure of the organization
support?
--What is our plan and timeframe for design, development and
implementation?

2. Critical collective task analysis:

The SWOT Analysis, an effective method of identifying Strengths and Weaknesses and the Opportunities and Threats employees may face. After carrying out an analysis using the SWOT framework, it may reveal useful changes.

Description of Target Population
age, grade, reading level, attention span, occupation, previous experience, motivation level, health, interests, socioeconomic status, attitudes toward school or work, previous performance levels, language, ethnic / cultural background, gender.

Learner and content analysis

We should gather whatever information you can about your learner population including formal or informal interviews with members of the population itself, formal or informal interviews with others who have dealt with the population, and existing records.

Additional information

a. Two additional primary areas of interest: instructional design and environment, concentrating on the improvement of the web page and the creation of spaces within it and associated products; and human-environment relations, which focuses on ergonomics, facility planning and management, environmental psychology, and housing. Human factors and ergonomics is the study the design of an interesting web page and recommending the design of offices to improve individual usability; sustainability; and universal design issues.

b. Eliminating stress from our environment: we should identify factors that may create stress in the workplace environment. When reduced, the environment is more organized and pleasant and can improve productivity. These factors are air quality, lighting, decoration and tidiness, noise, furniture and ergonomics, and personal space,

comfortable or safe as needed, which can protect the health and efficiency