As you continue to move through the instructional design model, you should be seeing a pattern of how everything connects back to your instructional goal. The development of good instructional objectives is key to designing instruction – they tell you and the learner what it is that is expected of them.
What impact do you think that improper analysis of the learners and the learning environment can have on the development of performance objectives and ultimately the instruction? What role does motivation (look at the ARCS model website) play in the development of objectives? What are you seeing in your own instructional analysis?