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Get Stephen Johnson’s detailed Learning Management System (LMS) RFP template that lays out the core elements that every LMS RFP should include. Simply contact Stephen Johnson for your free copy. I also provide vendor-neutral LMS selection advice and am available as a consultant to help you with any of your LMS selection, custom content development, off-the-shelf course ware selection, and other online learning needs. I’ve worked on projects for IHOP, Vonage, Key Bank, Dannon Foods, Cricket Communications, Republic Services, Carl’s Junior, and many more, and I am sure I can be of service to you and your organization as well.

LMS Selection Phases

When deciding upon which Learning Management System (LMS) is best for your organization, it is important that you understand your organization’s short and long-term goals and that you evaluate LMS systems based upon their proven ability to support these goals.  There are literally dozens of LMS vendors, all with competing claims of superior support, technology, low cost, and more. To sift through the hype, you need an LMS acquisition strategy that includes, among other things, a comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP). Other LMS selection phases include:

• Internal needs analysis (what features/functions do you require – an RFP template can get you started)
• Initial LMS Vendor List and Qualification (contact up to 10 vendors and ask them to complete your LMS RFP)
• Short List (evaluate the RFP responses and narrow down selection to top 3 vendors)
  • Ask for an “LMS Sandbox” to demo their product
  • Set up in-person or virtual demo meetings to evaluate product against RFP responses
• Make your selection

Learning Management System (LMS) Request for Proposal (RFP) Template Sample Image

Are you tasked with having to create new employee “onboarding” training?  Here are some high-level thoughts to help get you started:

• Interview Executive Management: What are the values, mission statement, goals, and other high-level concepts senior leadership want communicated to/instilled within new hires?
• Interview HR: What are the legal/regulatory requirements for communicating information to new employees (think compliance). Make a checklist of all the various key points and any tests users might have to take to show they know and/or understand each.
• Interview recent new hires: Ask new hires “What may have been missing from your training that would have helped you transition into your new role more quickly/successfully?”
• Interview top-performing employees: What are the key behaviors, skills, and knowledge points that every new hire should know on day one? What areas do you feel are weak in our current training and how can we train new people to become high-performing employees like you?

Follow a formal instructional design process like that listed on this blog: http://www.elearning-developer.com/topics/elearning-development/instructional-design/

Does your organization need help building out a high-quality eLearning development infrastructure, or are you looking to work with an outside eLearning development agency? Contact me at sjohnson @ mediamanagers.net – 866-501-5897 to explore ways we may be of service.