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Analyze
Clarify audience, existing content, performance goals, delivery requirements, and project constraints.
Instructional Design Consulting
Instructional design support for training that has to work.
PCG helps teams clarify the learning problem, organize SME knowledge, define measurable objectives, design practice, and build training around learner action rather than information dumping.
30+years in learning design
1000+learning products built
105+combined team years
When this makes sense
When this page is for you
- You have subject matter experts, source material, or training goals, but the learning path is not clear yet.
- You need help turning information into objectives, scenarios, practice activities, assessments, scripts, storyboards, or a course plan.
- You want the training designed around what learners must do after the course, not just what the organization wants to explain.
Problem
The business problem.
Many training projects begin with too much content and too little structure. Without an instructional strategy, courses become long, passive, and hard to retain.
Best-fit audience
Internal L&D teams, subject-matter experts, HR departments, universities, associations, software companies, and training organizations that need a clear learning architecture before production starts.
Primary outcome
A clearer training plan that connects audience needs, business goals, source content, activities, feedback, assessments, and the final delivery format.
How PCG can help
PCG can support discovery, SME interviews, learning objectives, content mapping, storyboards, scenario design, assessments, and review-ready documentation.
Ways to work with PCG
Use PCG for front-end analysis, course planning, SME-to-training translation, storyboard development, learning design review, or help rescuing a stuck project.
Visual example
Training should show the work, not just describe it.
A strong course uses screens, examples, decisions, feedback, and practice moments to help learners understand what to do next.
Services
What PCG can handle.
Instructional design work starts before development. PCG helps define what learners need to do, what content belongs in the course, and what should become practice instead of explanation.
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Design
Map the course structure, objectives, interactions, assessments, media, accessibility needs, and review path.
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Develop
Build and revise the training assets in the appropriate tool, format, and LMS-ready package.
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Launch
Support QA, publishing, LMS testing, stakeholder review, learner delivery, and post-launch adjustments.
Common work included
- Needs analysis and audience analysis
- Learning objectives, competency mapping, and content organization
- Storyboard, script, interaction, and assessment design
- Review of existing courses with modernization recommendations
Relevant portfolio
Work similar to this.
Browse examples that connect this service to real client work.
What clients have said
A relevant client comment.
“His work is high-quality and I was proud to present my course to my students and colleagues. He was able to find creative solutions.”Peter Poullos, MD — Stanford University Medical Center
What makes this work well
What makes this work well.
Good instructional design depends on the audience, the work learners need to perform, and the source material available at the start.
Typical deliverables
- Needs analysis and audience review
- Learning objectives and course maps
- Storyboard, script, activity, and assessment design
- SME interview support and course review recommendations
What we need from you
- Current source material or a rough content outline
- The learner audience and what they need to do differently
- SME availability and review expectations
- Launch timeline, LMS requirements, and any accessibility needs
Good fit
- You have complex content that needs structure
- You need help turning SME knowledge into learner action
- You want a clear design plan before production starts
Not a good fit
- You only need cosmetic slide cleanup
- The content owner is not available for review
- There is no defined audience, outcome, or business goal
FAQ
Common questions.
Can PCG consult without building the whole course?
Yes. PCG can provide analysis, design documents, storyboards, assessment plans, course audits, or review support without owning full production.
Can you work directly with SMEs?
Yes. PCG can interview SMEs, extract critical knowledge, organize raw content, and convert it into usable learning structure.
Do you design assessments?
Yes. PCG can create knowledge checks, scenario decisions, performance-based activities, rubrics, and LMS-ready assessments.
Need this type of training product?
Send the service need, learner audience, source materials, timeline, and LMS requirements. PCG can recommend a practical production path.