How Critical Will Training Be to Successful User Adoption During Your Next Go Live?

Take this self-assessment and find out. 

1.       How large a financial investment is your organization making in the new system?

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Not that much                                                                 Significant investment

 

2.      What’s the number of Users your Go Live will impact?

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         Not too many                                                                       A large number

 

3.       How many locations will be going live?

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  One or two                                                                                 Many

 

4.        How different is the new application from what Users are used to?

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    Very similar to                                                                     Very different from
what they’re used to                                                              what they’re used to

 

5.       How complicated will the new application be for most Users to learn?

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Very simple to learn                                                                  Pretty complicated

 

6.      Will Users be able to make the shift to the new application gradually or will it be sudden?

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 We will ease                                                                    We’ll pull the switch
 them into it                                                                 and the old system is gone

 

7.       Will your trainers be seasoned training professionals, or are you using Subject Matter Experts (SME’s), Power Users or on-the-job trainers?

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    Seasoned training                                                             Subject Matter Experts
       professionals                                                                   or on-the-job trainers

 

8.      How important is it that your Go Live is smooth?

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Not too worried about it                                                            Very important
                     

9.      If User productivity drops because Users aren’t confident using the new application when you go live, what would be the potential impact on the organization?

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 Not much                                                                                Big impact

10.   Do you care how much User support you’ll have to provide right after Go Live?

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         Not an issue                                                           Users need to be self-sufficient as soon as possible

                                                                                                                      

11.   Do you need Users to make full use of the features of the new application in order to see your ROI?

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           Not too worried about it                                                             Very important
                       

12.   Is rapid User adoption important?

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   Not too worried about it                                                            Very important

 

13.   Does it matter whether you have a good way to train new employees after go live?

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   Not too worried about it                                                            Very important

 

Add Up your numbers and click below to see where you stand!