Turn a training request into an evidence-based learning plan before production begins.

Who it is for

Sponsors who have received a request for a course and need to know what should actually be built
L&D leads deciding between building, buying and reusing existing material
Agencies scoping a learning engagement before committing to a proposal or fixed price
Procurement and programme teams who need a defensible specification before going to market
Product and technical teams whose training request is larger and less defined than it first appeared

Problems this solves

The request arrives as "we need a course" with no defined outcome behind it
It is unclear whether training is the right response, or whether the problem is process, tooling or supervision
Subject-matter experts disagree on what matters and no one is arbitrating
Estimates are unreliable because scope has never been written down
Review cycles never close because objectives were never agreed at the start
Two vendors quoted wildly different numbers because they were each answering a different brief

This engagement ends with a written plan, not with production. The plan is usable by any capable team, including your own.

Discover — Establish the performance problem, the roles and audiences involved, the constraints, and what already exists. Interview stakeholders and subject-matter experts. Identify where training is not the correct intervention and say so.
Architect — Write the learning plan: objectives tied to observable performance, audience and prerequisite definitions, a curriculum map, a recommended format for each objective, assessment approach, and a production specification with effort and sequence.
Validate — Review the plan with the sponsor and the subject-matter experts, resolve conflicts on the record, and obtain sign-off on objectives before anyone estimates production.
Improve — Agree what would trigger a revision of the plan: a change of system, regulation, role definition or audience.

Production is a separate decision. If IETERNUS builds it, the plan is the brief. If someone else builds it, the plan still works.

The build decision has not been made yet and there is room to define scope properly
The sponsor accepts that some requests are not training problems
Stakeholders and subject-matter experts can be convened for structured sessions
A written specification is needed to brief vendors, an internal team, or a budget approval
Objectives need to be agreed before anyone commits to a production schedule

Objectives and a storyboard are already approved — production can begin without this step
The plan is wanted as endorsement for a decision that has already been taken
Delivery is required within weeks and there is no time for analysis before build
The scope is organisational design, HR strategy or change management beyond learning
The requirement is LMS selection, configuration or platform advice

Where this sits: Build — turn fragmented knowledge into complete learning systems · All services

Learning topic: Instructional Design

Tell us what must be learned, what source material exists, who the learners are, and where the project is blocked.