This article provides a brief review of the different models of needs assessments. It also provides a clear definition of needs and needs assessment.

This article provides a nice review of the literature and the various models which have been proposed to assess needs.

In this article, the author discusses learning needs assessment in the context of medicine. She discusses some of the informal ways in which physicians may identify their own learning needs.

This website discusses different aspects of an audience that a speaker should evaluate when giving a presentation. It emphasizes the importance of performing a thorough audience analysis, rather than delivering a self-centric presentation.