Comparison of instructional system development (ISD) with systems engineering from the training system perspective

Instructional system development (ISD) is a process which has been used for development of training courseware. Systems engineering is a process which has been used for systematic development of training device hardware and software to support the courseware. The recent expansion of the training system concept to encompass the full life cycle of training for aircrew and maintenance personnel within a weapon system has brought about an integration of the traditional ISD process with the systems engineering process. This integration has brought team members from seemingly different disciplines together, resulting in some confusion and unnecessary discord. The authors' purpose is to resolve this confusion by comparing the ISD process with the systems engineering process from the training systems engineering process from the training system perspective. The authors conclude that one process is really a derivative of the other.<>