Predictive Evaluation Book

How to Evaluate Training using the Predictive Evaluation Model

At last, an answer to the question that had bedeviled trainers for decades: how do you make the business case for training? Dave Basarab’s book Predictive Evaluation enables you to effectively and accurately forecast training’s value to your company, measure against these predictions, establish indicators to track your progress (and make mid-course corrections if needed) and report the results in a language that business executives respond to and understand. It’s an approach that can be used for any sort of training program, in any setting, whether planned, newly implemented, or long-established.

Predictive Evaluation

  • Outlines a definitive process for determining the effectiveness and business impact of training.
  • Works with any training program in any setting and at any stage of development.
  • Contains a how-to guide filled with worksheets, examples and other tools.

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Praise for the Book

"By utilizing Predictive Evaluations, my organization has been able to measure and prove the specific value of our training, as well as define the ultimate bottom-line business outcomes. Through this model, we are enabled to enhance our training during the design and delivery phases to optimize and gain the desired results. This book is a must read for anyone looking to analyze the cost/ benefit and justify training for an organization!"

Melodi Ramirez Tripp Director Engineering Planning & Administration BNSF Railway Company

Success Stories

Dave provides clear and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions on how to make sure that all your good Needs Analysis and effective Instructional Design are put to use in service of having the desired impact on your organization. He describes specific processes to be sure that the right data is uncovered, the details are specified and external factors impacting value are recognized and considered.  He provides detailed guidelines on how to collect and analyze data related to adoption of new skills, knowledge and behavior. This book will help anyone struggling to show the value of training, before the training has been implemented and after.

Christy Pines, Manager, Learning Services Corporate Human Resources Division
Cannon USA