This week, I was tasked with allocating the resources and estimating the costs associated with an ID project. To prepare for this assignment, I conducted a web search (listservs, message boards, blogs) and located at least two resources that would be useful in estimating the costs, effort, and/or activity durations associated with ID projects. The links to the sites I found in my search are:
Project Management for Instructional Designers: 9 Costs and Procurement - http://pm4id.org/9/
This chapter “describes the methods used to estimate the cost of a project, create a budget, and manage the cost of activities while the project is being executed. It then covers a major component of cost management - the procurement process.” (Amado, Ashton, Ashton, Bostwick, Clements, Drysdale, Francis, Harrison, Nan, Nisse, Randall, Rino, Robinson, Snyder, Wiley, & Anonymous) A great deal depends on the project itself and the client when determining the cost.
Big Dog & Little Dog’s Performance Juxtaposition: “Estimating Costs and Time in Instructional Design” - http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/costs.html
“The degree of estimating the costs will depend upon the organization you are working for.” (Clark) Training costs, development, and instructor preparation will all need to be looked at and included in total costs.
References:
Amado, M., Ashton, K., Ashton, S., Bostwick, J., Clements, G., Drysdale, J., Francis, J., Harrison, B., Nan, V., Nisse, A., Randall, D., Rino, J., Robinson, J., Snyder, A., Wiley, D., & Anonymous. (DATE). Project Management for Instructional Designers. Retrieved from http://pm4id.org/. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike (BY-NC-SA) license.
Big Dog & Little Dog’s Performance Juxtaposition, “Estimating Costs and Time in Instructional Design”. Clark, Don. June 23, 2010. Retrieved from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/costs.html.
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