What is Instructional Technology?
The Domain of Design
The Domain of Development
The Domain of Utilization
The Domain of Management
The Domain of Evaluation
Conclusion

Domain of Management
The domain of management includes four subdomains: Project Management, Resource Management, Delivery System Management, and Information Management (AECT, 2001). Each of these subdomains is concerned with planning, monitoring and controlling particular aspects of successful implemention of an instructional design project. Strictly speaking, Project Management is the set of behaviors used to oversee the logistical management of the instructional design and development project. In actual practice, the Instructional Designer seldom works alone to bring a project to fruition. Whether in needs assessment, objective writing, development of materials, or any other aspect of the project, the expertise and time of others will be needed. In Project Management, the Instructional Designer must gather talent, budget the talent's time, develop a timeline for completion of tasks, monitor and evaluate the timeliness and quality of work, and create a budget to cover costs of materials and labor, among many other tasks. Project Management is where the Instructional Designer takes off his educator's hat and puts on his businessman's hat.

Resource Management can be thought of as a part of project management more focused on the budgeting and justification of costs for personnel, material, time, and facilities (AECT, 2001) . Delivery System Management pertains to the needs of assuring the availability of satisfactory technical resources to implement the instructional design and development plan. This can include adequate hardware and software, and adequate technical support to learners and instructors to ensure smooth implementation and integration of the learning. Information management applies to the assurance that the systems used to deliver information to the learner, whether print, computer-based, Web-based, or other, is available to the learner when needed (AECT, 2001).

The influence of the Domain of Management is felt throughout an instructional design project. It is not a separate project undertaken after the design and development are done. This is graphically represented in Seels and Glasgow's Instructional Systems Design Model, wherein Project Management, represented by arrows at the top of the model, is shown to be active in all phases of the instructional design process, from analysis to evaluation.