Thanks Jacko,
I appreciate your responses...
I'll let you know how it progresses.
Cheers,
Kev
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Guest repliedIf you go down the route of buying, create a functional specification from your client, create a checklist from it (don't give the spec itself to the idiots) and get the salesman to sign it with a promise that his software will meet most of your criteria (I'd put up with an 80% match but no less) or your money back.
My old company threw £000's on software that didn't work.
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Guest repliedJust to show you that they know feck all about TRAINING, Incubus. You're looking in the wrong place.
They all have delusions of grandeur and so call themselves "HR software" :lol
But just for a larf here are a few names for you..
Snowdrop
Alchemy
Vizual....
If you find any that will actually do the job that the salesman promised ("definiately in the new version...") let us know..... :lol
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Guest repliedThanks Jacko,
I'm beginning to think development of a product from scratch is the way forward...
There are some out there but designed for HR depts to train their staff.
I don't know that you'll get one for under a grand - the business logic is quite complex (for my client anyway)...
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Guest repliedAll commercial packages are sh ite, created by techies and sold by salesmen who don't know their arses from their elbows. This is because they've all been spec'ed by morons who have never been in training and don't know the first thing about requirements.
And they're all hideously expensive.
The best software I've seen and used was written by my old training manager in dBase II.
It ain't rocket-science. It just requires a calendar teaming up with resources and personel databases and an email interface.
BUSINESS OPORTUNITY:
If you can create a package and flog it for less than a grand you'd corner the market guys.
HTH.
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Guest started a topic Commercial Training Department SoftwareCommercial Training Department Software
Chaps,
I'm looking for a piece of software for a potential client to manage their commercial training operations - course bookings online, venue/staff rotas, modular progression, etc...
Any ideas of any? Searches on the 'net haven't returned anything as yet...
Ideally opensource would be good, but an off-the-shelf package would also be OK?
Cheers in advance,
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