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be included in the training module, as an interactive element
of the courseware, and as a promissory note of future
validation. The training event will be concluded in this case
by the trainee (and trainer) concurrence that the trainee was
trained on this courseware, and thereby on the SOP.
An SDA, by contrast, directly and validly documents the
trainee's ability independently to perform the task(s).
Furthermore, once the relevant SDAs for a process are
completed, the trainee is qualifi ed, able independently to
perform the tasks in that process. These matters are discussed
further in Chapter 9.
Once the template is completed by the author, it is ready
for management signoff, which concludes the Design phase
of the program improvement model.
5.3.4 Securing management approval
of the outlined training module
The fi nal component of the Design phase is management
approval of the proposed training module. This approval is
important for at least three reasons. First, this ensures that
resources allocated to the subsequent phases, Development,
Implementation, and Evaluation, have approval at the
appropriate organizational level. The investment of resources
- particularly in the Development phase - will be substantial,
and knowledge workers, be they program developers,
instructional designers, software engineers, or whomever,
are in no position to make the management decision about
resource allocation. Second, Quality Unit approval ensures
that the proposed training module meets the organization's
quality criteria. Finally, there are a number of points where
training implications of the proposed module - the training
audience, the course length, etc. - can have a profound
impact on business lines, and again, this impact must have
