I'm preparing for my part of an upcoming session at DevLearn on LMS selection as part of The Learning Management Systems Symposium . Especially what am I missing, what will be useful for an audience of corporate learning folks who are contemplating LMS selection, what won't be useful (and I should delete). So, first, what am I talking about: How to Conduct a Successful Learning Management Systems (LMS) Selection I'm going to prepare for this in a slightly different way. I'm going to create notes in my blog as a series of posts as I think about what I'll

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Selecting an LMS is a challenging task and that’s just because it takes care of an important business function and needs to work well. The web today holds a great deal of information on how to select an LMS, LMS Selection tools, directories of leading LMS systems, sample RFIs, and a whole lot of other very useful and handy information. However it is equally important for the decision makers to More so, the don’ts leave a deeper impression! It is not an IT system purchase.

Just to close the loop on my series of posts that I created as part of preparing my presentation: LMS Team Size and Time LMS RFP LMS Selection Presentation Reformulated LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers Thanks again for the input. Here's the presentation on from slideshare: | View | Upload your own Other posts on LMS: Learning Management Systems (LMS) Gotchas Tracking Without an LMS LMS Dissatisfaction on the Rise

I saw a post by Bryan Chapman discussing how long it takes to select an LMS. And he and I do a lot of LMS selection and implementation work. I put out some of that data in my post - LMS Team Size and Time - Wow 23 Months! Clearly, there is some disconnect between Bryan's timeline of entire I've known Bryan for quite a few years - more than 10. And I think we are both pretty good at it.

Continuing on from my earlier posts: LMS Selection Presentation Reformulated LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process From several comments and from looking at my list of issues, I realize that writing a good LMS RFP is challenging and it's easy to make lots of mistakes. LMS RFP Resources John Theis wrote a dissertation on the contents of 25 RFPs submitted to an LMS vendor. Again - I would really welcome: Links to good templates or example RFPs. Suggestions on what else should go in here.

2007 - I've created a series of posts around Learning Management System (LMS) Selection: LMS Selection Presentation LMS Team Size and Time Learning Management System RFP LMS Selection Presentation Reformulated LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process I thought I had previously wrote about this, but I realized when I was posting Learning Management Systems (LMS) Gotchas that I'd not previously talked about the results from participating in the eLearningGuild's Learning Management System research report .

As responses to a recent post where I listed f ive things not to do while selecting an LMS I received a couple of queries about using an Open Source LMS, customizing it to suit the requirements and if it is advisable to do so. There were also questions around the best approach to use an open source LMS and on how to estimate the amount of maintenance such might require on an ongoing basis. This post is for people exploring an open source LMS as an option either for a new LMS setup or for a switch-over . A

Continuing on from my earlier posts: LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process Great suggestions from everyone. As I walk through different parts of the selection process, I'll ask for things that members of the audience have encountered for those who have gone through it. Topic #1 - LMS Dissatisfaction - Don't Do It! LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers LMS Dissatisfaction I've decided that Wendy's suggestion of asking for participation along the way is a great way to go. Thanks Wendy.

As I discussed in my post LMS Selection Process , I'm preparing for my part of an upcoming session at DevLearn on LMS Selection as part of The Learning Management Systems Symposium . In my previous post I presented my high-level LMS Selection Process . So, this post simply captures thoughts around who should be involved in the LMS Selection. I'm preparing this by posting my thoughts and notes prior to creating my slides with the hope of getting feedback. Thanks to everyone who has already contributed.