| A | B |
| Task Analysis | The process of breaking down the task into functional behavioral units |
| Occupational Analysis | Broad term used to describe a systematic process of defining an entire job or job category |
| Jobs | Major divisions within a field |
| Tasks | About the size of a single instructional objective within a lesson |
| Duties | Logical subset of jobs |
| Steps | Operations required to accomplish tasks or jobs |
| Task elements | About the size of an enabling objective |
| Goal | Warm fuzzies |