When a request for training lands in your inbox or comes up in a meeting, one of the first questions you’re likely to hear is “how long will that take to complete?”

It’s not always such an easy question to answer. There are so many steps involved in the creation of training and so many speed bumps that could potentially slow things down along the way.

But when you’re right at the beginning of a new training project, it’s still possible to provide an estimate of how long your learners will have to wait until a new course is deployed. This initial time estimate will also help to set expectations with your stakeholders and provide them with an understanding of typical timelines for new training solutions.

With this template, you’ll be able to:

• Improve your training project scheduling by predicting the number of hours it will take to complete any given training project
• Customize the calculations to your specific learning design processes
• Improve your team’s relationship with business partners by setting clear expectations 
• Identify which areas of the training development process are costing you the most amount of time