Most lecture-based training only makes us aware of skills we do not have. The airlines have successfully integrated simulation-based training in the certification of their pilots before they ever leave the ground. That's a good question, and one that touches on a popular current topic found in the leading training magazines, of trying to measure a tangible ROI, or Return On Investment of an intangible process, learning. Although we cannot provide hard evidence via percentage numbers, etc. Click on the link below to view the whole article.
Repetition is the key to skill learning.
We have found that it takes three days of focused, intensive practice to make permanent changes in a managers' behavior. That's a remarkably short time in comparison with a manager's career. Our workshops are designed to provide the participants with hands on project management experience so that they learn to actually perform project management effectively and not just know project management. As such, they are not designed specifically to prepare students for the PMP exam, which only measures the person's knowledge of project management. This approach follows the Best Practices instituted by the PMI, and it is preferred by our clients and ourselves as it is not only methodology and tool independent, it will also not conflict with the client's methodology or tools already in practice within their organization.