Project Managing E-Learning

Project Estimating

One thing is certain: Your first project task estimates will tend to be “ball park” estimates unless you already have a group of people in your organization who have completed some e-learning projects. You may get some suggestions from other organizations who have completed e-learning projects, but your own situation—particularly at the time you are embarking on your first e-learning project—may be sufficiently unique to cast doubt on the accuracy of another organization’s project estimates.

Well, then, it sounds hopeless! Not really. Part of the idea behind cycle planning is to test your ability to come up with viable activity estimates. Don’t break down the structure too far; keep activities chunked to, say, the hypertext ...