# Run a learning needs analysis

Identifies what a role or team needs to learn — and what isn't a training problem.

- Topic: Learning & Teaching
- Framework: RCTFVV
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/run-a-learning-needs-analysis

## Prompt

```text
Role: Act as a capability building lead conducting a learning needs analysis.

Context: Team or role in scope: [SCOPE]. Business goal and the performance it depends on: [GOAL_PERFORMANCE]. Evidence of the current gap (metrics, manager input, observations): [EVIDENCE]. What has been tried: [PRIOR]. Constraints: [CONSTRAINTS].

Task: Produce: the specific performance gaps (current vs required, with evidence); a root-cause read for each (skill / knowledge / motivation / environment / process) - be explicit that not all gaps are training problems; recommended interventions split into learning and non-learning (process, tools, incentives, management); and a prioritised plan by impact and feasibility.

Format: Sections: Performance gaps | Root causes | Interventions (learning / non-learning) | Priorities (table). ~450 words.

Verification: Flag every gap where the evidence is thin, and every case where training is unlikely to fix the real cause.

Validation: Challenge as a sceptical business sponsor: which recommended item would actually change the metric, and which is training for its own sake? Cut the latter.
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## What to fill in

- SCOPE
- GOAL_PERFORMANCE
- EVIDENCE
- PRIOR
- CONSTRAINTS

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