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Description

Training Engineering: Analysing Needs, Designing the Programme and Measuring Results

Build a training programme that answers a genuine business need rather than a vague request

  • 0.29 days — 2 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • All levels
  • Up to 6 participants

Requests rarely arrive in a usable form: a department asks for communication training without the underlying problem ever being defined. The programme is then built on intuition and measured only by participant satisfaction. The capabilities expected in the field remain unchanged and the budget is committed without measurable return.

These two hours address the engineering of the programme itself rather than the design of individual sessions covered in the instructional design module. Request analysis, specification brief, choice of delivery formats and evaluation framework are addressed in that order. Each participant works on a real project brought from their own organisation.

Learning objectives

  • Analyse a training request down to the underlying performance problem
  • Define the capabilities expected at the end of the programme
  • Write a specification brief that a provider can work from
  • Select delivery formats and programme architecture according to constraints
  • Define evaluation indicators before the programme starts

What makes this programme different

The session covers the programme and its governance and leaves session scripting to the instructional design module
Each participant works on a genuine request brought from their own organisation
A specification brief is started during the session rather than simply described

Programme

1From Request to Real Need

Framing the Right Problem

  • Reformulating the sponsor's request
  • Distinguishing a capability problem from an organisational problem
  • Gathering the field data available
  • Defining expected capabilities and observable criteria

2Designing the Programme Architecture

Choosing Rather Than Accepting

  • Selecting delivery formats according to audience and constraints
  • Sequencing of stages and overall programme duration
  • Balancing group sessions with on-the-job application
  • Budget, timelines and internal resources available

3Specification Brief and Evaluation

Making the Programme Manageable

  • Structure of a training specification brief
  • Selection criteria and comparison of proposals received
  • Levels of evaluation and associated indicators
  • Tracking the transfer of learning to the workplace

Who is it for

Learning and development managers and training project officers as well as human resources managers and consultants who design training programmes.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.