Trainer

Definition

Trainer

the role that is played when a person trains members of the project team and other project stakeholders such as customer representatives and users

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Trainer is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Engineer
• Subclasses:
  • None

Responsibilities

The typical role-specific responsibilities of a Trainer are to:

• Determine training needs.
• Select training vendors.
• Develop training materials.
• Plan, schedule, perform, and report the status of training.

Trainers typically inherit the general role responsibilities from the role method component.

Expertise

To fulfill these responsibilities, trainers typically should have the following expertise, training, and experience:

• Deep knowledge of (and experience using) all topics taught.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience performing classroom training, workshop training, and mentoring.

Tasks

Trainers typically perform the following role-specific tasks in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Training Tasks:
  • Training Needs Assessment
  • Training Vendor Selection
  • Training Planning
  • Training Materials Production
  • Training Scheduling
  • Training Delivery

Trainers typically inherit common role tasks from the role process component.

Teams

Trainers typically perform these tasks as members of the following teams:

• Training Team

Work Products

As members of these teams, trainers typically produce all or part of the following work products:

• Training Work Products:
  • Training Needs Assessment
  • Training Vendor Assessment
  • Training Plan
  • Training Materials
  • Training Schedule
  • Training Status Report

Guidelines

• Trainers may be needed to train numerous audiences in numerous topics.
• This role typically inherits the common team guidelines from the roles process component.