ABSTRACT
Gather your design plans from phases 4 and 5. Review the design plans and content outlines created in phases 4 and 5. Check to make sure each plan matches prior front-end and task analysis results.
Plan for development
: before beginning to develop your instructional product, you need to make some development decisions. Table 4.1 outlines various development principles. For example, using the plans created in previous phases, you will now decide on specific placement of illustrations, font type and size, page layout, etc. Development plans should include brief samples of how your finished product will look, along with any written specifications. For example, provide a sample of finished text, video, audiotape, examples, scripts, illustrations, etc. The purpose of creating a brief sample is not to develop an entire, finished product but only small parts. Stakeholders can review the brief samples for making
acceptance decisions. And those developing the product will have something more to follow than just a list of written specifications. (NOTE: Design and development decisions often overlap. For example, you may have already made some development decisions during phases 4 and 5. They would have been included in your design plans.)
Obtain format approval
: after developing brief samples, but before beginning to develop rough drafts, obtain format approval from stakeholders.
