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Project Management and E-Learning: MORE is Worse
By Lou Russell
Originally distributed August 2006 on LearningCircuits.org
Article excerpt - "E-Learning projects are different than traditional learning projects. In general, the key word that describes this difference is MORE. An e-learning project is actually two projects: a software project combined with a performance enhancement(‘training’) project. That means MORE scope, MORE stakeholders, MORE risk, MORE duration, MORE budget pressures, and MORE opportunities for communication to fail.
An e-learning project is actually two projects: a software project combined with a performance enhancement (‘training’) project. That means MORE scope, MORE stakeholders, MORE risk, MORE duration, MORE budget pressures, and MORE opportunities for communication to fail."
With Training Department's system of self authoring your able to control and limit the pressures and communications to 3rd party developers. We provide a tremendous support system and are very adept at getting your project underway but once you're comfortable authoring, adminstrating and tracking your online employee training system you can control everything. You can continually make additions to your training catalog without additional charges. $10 per month per user is your cost, no going back to a developer for a quote on adding your next module.
In addition to these common project risks, e-learning projects are plagued by MORE. Software (IT) projects have a great deal of uncertainty. Any programmer will tell you that developing software is a great deal like going out to your garden in the early spring: you’re never really sure what’s going to come up.
We are able to avoid the pitfalls of developing software as our systems are entirely online. No software design, development, purchasing or updating. We have already done the difficult part and have replicated it over and over to thousands of users. We don't have those costly surprises that plague software based e-learning platforms. Our process and technology gives our customers a reliable, secure online training system that is very adaptable as your company changes with industry changes. More on our online training product features.
In e-learning projects, assuming you already have an authoring system, you minimally add the following stakeholders:
- LMS (Learning Management System) manager
- e-learning developer (authoring expert)
- graphic designer
- web manager (hosting)
- security analyst (firewall)
- hardware technician.
Again simple is better when tackling something as complex as employee training systems. With our training system your only requirements are a content author, an adminstrator, and an internet connection. No IT interaction, no hardware to maintain, no need for hosting, or creation of graphics. If you're unable to create your own courses we do have that option available as well as a complete library of existing business management courses available.
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Lou Russell is president of Russell Martin & Associates, and author of Project Management for Trainers. Contact her via www.russellmartin.com.