ABSTRACT
After a needs analysis has been conducted to determine if instruction should occur, who is requesting the instruction, and in what environment this instruction needs to take place, it is common practice to conduct a task analysis. Task analysis is a critical component in the instructional design process because it provides important information about the content and/or tasks that will form the basis for the instruction being developed. According to many instructional design experts (Jonassen, Hannum, & Tessmer, 1989; Morrison, Ross, & Kemp, 2006; Richey & Klein, 2014), task analysis is often considered to be the most important part of the instructional design process.
