Sometimes SMEs can cause problems for your instructional design project. But have you done everything you could to understand, communicate with, and involve your SMEs successfully? From years of experience, there are guidelines for working well with everyone on the design team-but you must include considerations for SMEs. Learn from the good and the bad examples presented, plus use the charts to help you plan for better ISD-SME relationships.

Subject matter experts are at the heart of many instructional design projects. Yet there seems to be a vacuum of best practices and approaches to working with SMEs. Develop plans for SME selection, communication, evaluation, and problem solving to ensure that tasks move along smoothly. No matter your level of experience in training, this book provides the basics of building a productive working relationship with SMEs.