Training Presentation Development Time Ratio

[Chris Bautista]

I'm looking to benchmark development time ratios for
developing a one-hour training presentation. The PPT
would include audio scripting of every slide and script
text would be pasted into the notes section of the PPT
for accessibility purposes.

We have developed two such presentations. One has taken
us approximately 60 hours to create for a one-hour
presentation. The other took us approximately 15 hours
for a 30 minute presentation. That puts us somewhere
between a 30:1 and a 60:1 ratio.

Responses from any other user experiences would be
appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Bill Foley]

Personally I think that is sort of high. Mine run in the neighborhood of
8:1 to 15:1 ratio. Of course it would be more towards the bottom for a 3 -
4 hour presentation and towards the top for only an hour presentation.

Just my thoughts!

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[Chris Bautista]

Just to be clear, are you speaking about a training
presentation that you might not be a SME (Subject Matter
Expert) for? Also, the type of presentation we are
speaking of would be recorded and available online for on-
demand learning, not for live presentations. Woud you
still contend ratios of 8:1 and 15:1 in this instance.

For the record, I'm leaning toward cutting our ratios,
but I have Instructional Designers lobbying for an
increase. Thanks for your fast reply. It was much
appreciated.

 

[Pdek]

I really thinks that this depends on what type of training you are doing.
Is there a non-PPT version of the training to base the PPT presentation on?
Is this high-school level (procedures and definitions)
or something at a higher level.
Who is preparing the presentation - programmers or people who know the
subject?
Do you have a basic format that you start with (or demand?)
Is the training designed to be used once or twice, or is it
designed to "last forever?"
I'd be happy to hear about these details for you and for other people
who do training presentations. Sixty hours prep time for each hour training
seems quite high, but I can certainly imagine situations where it is not
enough.