Brandon Hall inventariseerde de top-10 van eisen, die potentiele kopers aan een leercontentmanagementsysteem (LCMS) stellen.
Dat lijstje ziet er als volgt uit:
1. Rapid content development tools approachable by novice developers
2. Support for both e-learning and print-based content
3. Standards-conformant e-learning content
4. Support for Word and PowerPoint legacy content
5. Interoperability with our specific LMS
6. Hosted solution
7. Knowledge management capabilities
8. Support for geographically dispersed development team
9. Turnkey solution including both LCMS and LMS (single source)
10. Dynamic pretesting, adaptive learning
Brandon Hall heeft net weer een nieuw rapport uitgegeven over het kopen van een LCMS.
Belangrijke aandachtspunten in dat rapport:
* How content is created by each LCMS system
* What kind of built-in authoring capabilities exist in each LCMS
* Which third-party tools are interoperable or preferred
* Pre-testing, skill-gap analysis, and adaptive learning capabilities provided
* An overview of workflow management capabilities in each LCMS
* Highlights of the learner interface and other learner-centric information
* Standards and specifications compliance information
* Extent of built-in LMS functionality
* Essential system requirements
* Pricing guidelines, including estimates for Year 1 and Year 3
* How each vendor implements their product