Software Engineering Institute

This report provides an overview of instructional systems design and its implications for analyzing curricula in the fields of information management and networked systems longevity. Measurable benchmarks for assessment of training and educational resources are offered in order to fully illustrate how to perform instructional gap analysis. This report also addresses issues of instructional approaches and metrics, performance objectives, educational measurement, and mission vs. learning objectives, and includes a selected listing of related coursework in the appendices.