I have been laboring …writing my dissertation chapters for the last seven months. My topic: What Factors Enable Collaboration between the SME and the IDD teams?

I recently came across an article I wrote this past February on building a team for game development, which headlined in the Training Conference daily newsletter called Game On or Game Over for Online Training. I defined the four critical components to effective management of immersive learning simulation (ILS) projects:

1. Defining a culture.
2. Setting goals.
3. Building a team.
4. Managing time, cost, and quality.

Upon further reflection, this article really can be applied to most highly interactive development projects.

I’ve been following responses to a question on LinkedIn’s eLearning Guild group about working with subject matter experts, or SMEs. Here is my response to some of the ideas other group members posted: