Divided into easy to use components, ADVISOR provides answers.

Media Selection

Based on course content, training audience, environment and evaluation; ADVISOR determines the feasibility of using alternate methods/media, and the effectiveness of various options. Not only is all the information at your fingertips, the program ensures that you will not overlook critical factors in selecting delivery.

Development Hours

Once the courseware, technology and human variables associated with the development of the course have been identified, ADVISOR can accurately estimate the number of development hours required for each hour of CBT. With this information, you can easily observe how the change in one variable (quality of animation, for example) can affect the development time.

Training Cost Analysis

This, the most powerful component of ADVISOR, can accurately determine the cost of training delivery—whether by instructor, print, tapes, interactive or distance learning. Going beyond the obvious, ADVISOR takes into account such cost variables as annual maintenance, contribution to overhead, opportunity lost, travel, administrative/ support costs and numerous others. You can see the cost of training as a total or by trainee. ADVISOR goes one step further by presenting this information with easy to read, and customizable, charts.

A Training Strategy Decision Support Tool

ADVISOR, a decision support tool, helps you select the most cost-effective method/media [i.e., print, tapes, classroom, computer based training, electronic performance support systems, audio/computer/video conferencing and others] or combination for the delivery of a training course/program; and determines how technology can improve the quality and reduce the cost of training. Results are presented in easy to follow charts to effectively communicate analysis as well as reports to support and document the decision process. 

"The most compelling aspects of the software (Advisor) are the abilities both to play with the numbers, looking at a range of situations in the sponsor's presence and to have the results presented in a readily comprehensible format. In this way, the sponsor begins to gain insight into why one training strategy makes more sense than another and to understand the very significant financial impacts of 'time away from work to train' and 'travel to training costs.'"

Training With Multimedia - Vol. 2. No. 12 - 1997