One of the most basic design issues trainers need to consider when designing a course is how much effort to invest. Some instructional design assignments are for new, high-impact, high-visibility projects, while others are minor revisions to long-standing programs, and the level of instructional design effort needs to be adjusted accordingly. In this webcast—inspired by the all-new second edition of ATD's bestselling book Training Design Basics, author Saul Carliner introduces a three-tier framework and suggests how to adjust instructional design efforts to the needs of the assignment. In this webcast, you’ll learn to: \* Differentiate among platinum, silver, and bronze projects. \* Adjust the effort planned for a project to the level needed by the class you’re teaching.