Greetings all!

I'm on the hunt for some type of project planning template that could be used for tracking training projects through all phases of development (Analysis through Evaluation). Nothing fancy, just a word document or a Excel spreadsheet that can help me stay more organized. We're hiring a new instructional designer who is also brand new to the field, so I think it would be helpful to get the project planning out of my head and into a trackable document.

If anyone has a template or just some helpful hints on how to track projects when there is no fancy software available, I would be grateful.

A word of caution -- e-learning is a combination of instructional design and software development. It creates a far more complex iterative cycle that most linear paradigms cannot address.

Thanks, FF. I agree that e-learning combines the two and it's all very complex. How do you manage your e-learning projects? Any suggestions for someone who is currently a one-person show and needs to start tracking this stuff?

Are you asking about tracking for training projects in general or just for e-learning? Maybe I missed something, but I don't see "e-learning" in your original post.

Thank you for asking, KaliKo.

I'm looking for either one. I do both types of projects - general training and e-learning. My original thought was if I at least got a good tool for tracking the phases of a general training project, that would give me a jumping off point for tracking the e-learning projects. Hope this makes sense.

I just really need a step in the right direction, so to speak...