Visualization strategy
Mar 27, 2012
Hi all,
I am creating an e-learning course on the Job Task Analysis tool. On one of the screens, I have to depict the benefits of the tool. I want to do somthing different...but I am unable to come up with something. Any suggestions?
In the past, I have used the following approaches, which I am reluctant to repeat one more time:
- Bullets with images
- Grid containing text and images
- Text appearing on a whiteboard
- Text appearing on a signboard
- Text appearing on a google map, and so on
6 Replies
Hi Shweta,
can you explain more about your topic - what tool are you referring to?
could you maybe do a Prezi-style zoom/pan review of a larger diagram? with callouts or voiceover or something?
When I think of a task analysis tool, I think of a worksheet that lists out the tasks in rows and then in columns, are assigned ratings related to frequency that it's performed and its level of impact if done wrong. Multiply, possibly with by other factors to get a composite score. It's a systemic approach to finding out what should be priorities for the department.
You could create an activity that lets users play with those factors to see how changing one thing impacts the composite score, and that task's rankings.
If you wanted something more conceptual, how about a a weight scale, and stuff gets dropped on it representing the different types of factors and their weight. Sort of punny, but there you go.
Can you share the list of benefits? Maybe with that we can come up with something visual to represent them...
Thanks for all the replies.
Meg: It is a Job Task analysis tool used to identify the duties/tasks performed by employees within the organization. Zoom/pan supported by text labels seems like a good idea but will not apply in this case as the tool is basically an excel sheet wherein you fill all the data based on your analysis.
Minh-Triet: I liked the idea of a weighing scale. The only problem is that all benefits have to be weighted equally so this approach will not apply here.
Michael: The benefits are:
You could use members of your tpop (target population) holding signs that say what the benefits are. You could try a video too. I like going with a youtube look and feel some times. It helps to lighten things up if you think the style of presentation is boring or dismal.
hhmmm, maybe think of it as a story - like here's Ned and his lack of job-task-analysis tool - he struggles with (insert benefits) each time XYZ happens... Meet Charlie, who uses the tool... etc. etc. I like the video idea or even character animation or photo series... :)
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