Post course testing reveals this type of training is significantly more effective than traditional classroom training. The advantage escalates dramatically with scale. The dominant approach used in the software industry today to deliver training is on-site instructor based training. This method requires an expert to deliver a standard curriculum of training on each module in the system. The average number of modules a senior trainer can master is four to six.
Many enterprise systems contain twenty to thirty modules.
Training in each module is normally broken up into three sessions. Each session normally lasts three days. In the first session, the objective is to teach the students how to set-up the system to meet their needs. The second session is designed to train the end-users, after the data conversion has taken place. This type of training is used in three situations, initial system training conducted during system implementation, training new employees when there is turnover in the organization and to re-train personnel who were not able to grasp the fundamentals during the initial training.