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# Needs Assessment

Skills gap analysis, learning objectives, and target audience profile.

## Content Guide

Structure the assessment for curriculum design:

- **Current state** -- existing competency levels across target roles and skills
- **Target state** -- required competency levels with business justification
- **Gap analysis** -- quantified gaps between current and target with priority ranking
- **Learning objectives** -- specific, observable objectives following Bloom's taxonomy
- **Target audience** -- demographics, prior knowledge, learning preferences, and constraints
- **Intervention validation** -- confirmation that training is the appropriate solution

## Quality Signals

- Gaps are quantified using data (assessments, performance metrics, surveys)
- Learning objectives use observable verbs with measurable outcomes
- Training is validated as the right intervention, not assumed
- Stakeholder input includes learners, managers, and subject matter experts
