One of the keys to succeeding in information product creation is to break the process up into discrete steps. This frequently isn’t an instinctive reaction for the typical information marketer. Especially on the internet where small sized learning products are the norm.

However, it is extremely important to your ultimate success. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if you don’t do this you probably won’t succeed… even when you are starting out let alone as you move forward.

Your product creation system should do this for you if only to help you to understand the overall task.

But why?

In this article, I’m going to ignore chunking and focus on the practical aspects. That’s not to say that chunking isn’t important. It is. It’s important to understanding and to learning the process. But while you can use the same chunks as you move forward, long term your focus needs to be on the operation of the system not the understanding of it. Unless of course you are constantly training new people!

So why is chunking important to long term use of the product creation process? (Yes, I know systems design uses a different term for this process but I’m not teaching you systems design. So I’m going to use the word learning content designers use.)

The first reason that having individual discrete tasks is important is one of schedule estimation. Frequently it is very difficult to estimate how long the total task of creating a product will take. After all, the size and type of the products matters as does the number of products in your product funnel. And those are just the most obvious elements. However, estimating a discrete task is often much easier. The total can then be estimated as the total of the discrete tasks.

Secondly, scheduling a large task can be problematic. However, by segmenting the task into a number of discrete tasks, you gain a much greater flexibility in scheduling. Not only that but as your business begins to add people you are able to schedule multiple people to the product creation.

Finally, segmenting a large task into smaller discrete tasks allows you to have much better control over the product creation. This affects two different areas — status and quality.

By segmenting your process into discrete tasks you are able to schedule and record the progress at much more detailed level. As a result you are more in control of the status of the product creation. You know what everyone is doing. When they should complete it. And how much it should cost. You also know exactly what has been done.

You also improve your overall quality. Instead of waiting until everything is done you can check quality as you go. This allows you to immediate react to low quality products without absorbing their costs. This means that you have less rework and your rework costs less. And if the product is not going to meet its quality requirement you will know about it in time to stop the development, change the requirement or fix the product.

Home based business for moms sounds so appealing in today’s world. Those stay-at-home mothers would truly appreciate the existence of this type of business as they could avoid the daily commute and office politics. But, just like any other businesses, it has to fit with the skills and interests of the mother; else, it will fail. For instance, if a mother wants to be at home full-time with her children, then a child care center may be a good idea. She can raise her children while looking after other children. She can reduce the overall costs of caring for her children because she can perform child-care work while staying at home. However, child care work is not ideal for every stay-at-home mom.Fortunately, there are other opportunities available for anyone who is looking for a home based business for moms. Here are some of them:• Writing or editing. This is one of the business opportunities that can be fulfilled at home. As long as you have excellent writing and grammar skills, you can excel in this niche. If you are a highly skilled individual in this category, you can receive high hourly rates. But be wary of the stiff competition here. For that reason, you should hone your skills first before venturing into this type of business.• Medical transcription. This is another home based business for moms that you can try. This is great if you are a fast typist with extensive training in transcription. Since it is a medical transcription, you have to have thorough medical knowledge to make it easier for you to transcribe medical files.• Bookkeeping. This offers a steady income as long as you have the right education and experience. You should also gather a few regular clients to enjoy steady flow of income.But why should you choose to venture in a home based business for moms when you can take a job somewhere else? There are plenty of reasons this type of business is so attractive.• Family. With this business, you are able to take care of your family full-time while still earning a lot.• Less taxes. Starting this business allows you to enjoy large tax deductions. This will simply mean that you will have more money in your pocket.• Flexible. One of the best things about this type of business is the fact that you can arrange your own schedule any time you want. That means, you can be home when your child is sick or be with your kid for a field trip at school.Home based business for moms is truly a boon.

Are you one of the many today who are considering starting a successful online home based business but are fed up with all the misleading information scattered all over the internet? If yes, then you’ll this article might be of good use to you. The truth is, there are thousands of people out there who put out over-hyped ebooks, guides, and videos (on daily basis) in other to get you and others to buy from them. These people couldn’t care less if you succeed or not and are willing to go any length to make a sale.On the other hand, there are a a handful of successful and genuine marketers who are willing to take you by the hand and teach you exactly how they themselves have managed to build their own successful online home based business. These are the people you should be looking for and, believe me, they are not that hard to find among all the chaos surrounding the “online home business” world. How do you find them you say? Well, before I answer that, let me bring to your attention the importance of finding someone, a genuine mentor, who is willing to teach you his exact secret strategies without holding back. It is no doubt that who you learn your marketing techniques from in your early days of setup will determine how fast your online home  based business succeeds and how much time you take to become a pro yourself.To emphasize more on that statement, if you are fortunate enough to find a genuine mentor who is willing to hold you by the hand, or let you watch over his shoulder, while showing you the exact step-by-step methods both himself and others have used to succeed online then, your business will be thriving within months of setup because the learning curve will be less steep. On the contrary, if you are not lucky enough to find the good mentor like that described earlier, then your chances of making it out of the rat race is very slim and you will spend months, or even year, trying and testing guides that leads to no results. This way, you may end up spending loads of money and time with the end result being information overload and stress. Ok, now to answer the question asked earlier. Finding a good mentor is easy but can be tricky and risky at times. Basically, you need to trust your instincts through all the process. One way to do this is to search the Clickbank.com marketplace for “home based business opportunities”. You will find in there a number of products claiming they will show you exactly how to set up an online home based business in no time. Look for the highest ranked ones in that category and read through their sales pages. Then, ask yourself, is it convincing enough or is the creator just hyping their product? Do they provide step-by-step guides and videos (as videos make learning easy)? Also, ask, is the business module realistic enough and does it fit into what you want to build your home business around? If you answer yes to most of these questions then it is more than likely that is the one for you.It should now be clear how important a mentor is to any business and  who you learn from will determine how long it will take for you or anyone to build a successful online home based business. So, be very careful when buying a guide because, in so doing, you are picking who teaches you what and determining how much time your business will need to succeed.