Training Vendor Assessment

Definition

The training vendor assessment is the training work product that documents the results of assessing the training vendors and their offerings.

Objectives

The typical objectives of the training vendor assessment are to:

• Determine the availability and quality of relevant training courses and their materials
• Support the training vendor selection task

Benefits

The typical benefits of the training vendor assessment include:

• With proper due diligence, the best training vendor and courses can be selected.

Contents

The typical contents of the training vendor assessment include:

• Training Needs Summary
• For each Training Vendor:
  • Vendor Overview
  • Training Offerings:
    • Course Name
    • Course Duration
    • Course Contents
    • Course Strengths and Weaknesses
    • Course Relevancy
• Conclusion
• Appendices:
  • Major Issues
  • TBDs
  • Assumptions

Stakeholders

The typical stakeholders of the training vendor assessment include:

• Producer: Training Team
• Evaluators:
  • Technical Leader
• Approvers: Project Management Team
• Maintainers: Training Team
• Users:
  • Training Team
  • Project Team

Phases

• Business Strategy: Completed
• Business Optimization: Completed
• Initiation: Completed
• Construction: Maintained
• Delivery: Maintained
• Usage: Maintained
• Retirment: Archived

Preconditions

The training vendor assessment typically can be started if the following preconditions hold:

• The training team is staffed.
• The endeavor has started.
• The training needs assessment task has been performed.

Inputs

Training vendor assessments typically have the following inputs:

• Work products:
  • Training Plan
  • Training Needs Assessment
  • Vendor marketing materials (course descriptions, sample training materials)
• Stakeholders:
  • Training Vendor Representative

Guidelines

• The training vendor assessment can be summarized or incorporated (typically by reference) in the training plan.

Conventions

Training vendor assessments are typically constrained by the following conventions:

• Content and Format Standard
• MS Word Template
• XML DTD Template
• Inspection Checklist

Examples

• Example Training Vendor Assessment