The instructional development process consists of two phases: (1) basic inputs and component design, and (2) production. Inputs involve the collection of information about project selection and content issues, and component design is the structuring of content before proceeding to operational design modification. Production activities refine each content area by considering topic, construction, objectives, instructional resources, content design, trial evaluation, and revision. This speech examines the instructional development process with illustrations from a competency-based music program developed at Syracuse University. (EMH)