What's Going On!

Here's a quick update about some of our recent activities:

Fran is working hard on managing the update of five CPIM certification prep courses for APICS, the Association for Operations Management (CPIM is short for Certified in Production and Inventory Management). This is a major certification in the operations industry. She is working closely with a group of subject matter experts who are writing and reviewing the content. Fran’s role is to manage the project, coordinate the instructional design, compose graphics, and ensure product quality. Last week, she brought together, online, a number of subject matter experts from around the country to review the outline for the new Strategic Management of Resources course (the capstone course for the series). The SMEs were pleased with the concept of including more case studies and interactions she has planned. This project will run through September of this year.

Currently, I am designing a quality assurance course. It appears that we may beat our completion deadline by about three months! (We'll provide a more formal project description later when we have the client's permission.) We can say that this one has seven modules that include material about a state of the art QA simulation application, a very nice real world case study that brings together all of the course content, and some great back-on-the-job implementation aids.

We just heard that the FHWA (Federal Highways Administration) is planning to host a the effective communications course we adapted for online presentation. This is a nice blend of Web conference training (real-time instructor facilitated online) and Web-based training (online self-study). It's an exciting program with real-world and proven applied techniques that culminates in a fun role play with online breakout groups.