Training Courses
This page provides information
about the training courses that we offer. If you do not see the
course that you are looking for or you would like to consult us for
customized
training using your own data please
contact us. Our rates are very
competitive and we can quickly get your training up and running.
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Armstrong-Smith Consulting offer the
following standard training courses at our training center in
Nashville, TN:
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These standard courses are held at
the Hampton Inn hotel near
to the
Nashville airport, which will make for easy arrivals
and getaways. Please make sure to mention that you are taking an
Armstrong-Smith Consulting class so that you receive a discount for your
stay. We can even book your accommodations should this be
requested. Priced at only $395 per day, we hope you will agree that our
prices are extremely competitive. Interested?
On-site Courses and
Installations
Armstrong-Smith Consulting offer the following on-site training courses
and help with installations and upgrades:
| C o u r s e |
Duration |
| Discoverer Delta training
from 3.1 or 4.1 to 10g |
0.5 days |
| Discoverer Plus and Viewer
- a first look |
0.5 days |
| Discoverer End User
Introductory through Advanced |
3 days |
| Discoverer End User
Introductory through Intermediate |
2 days |
| Discoverer Administration |
2 days |
| Discoverer Workshops |
0.5 days |
| Installation of 10g
Desktop and Administration Editions |
3 hours |
| Installation of 10g
Application Server - Discoverer stand-alone |
4 hours |
| Installation of 10g
Application Server - with Infrastructure, Portal and
Discoverer |
2 days |
| Upgrade from 3.1 to
4.1, or 4.1 to 9.0.2, or 9.0.2 to 10g, or any patch
application |
please ask |
Class Hours
All-day courses typically run from 9:00
am to 4:30 pm, with a one-hour break for lunch, and two 15-minute
breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Our trainer
will be present from 8:00 am and remain on site until 5:00 pm each day
to allow for set up time in the morning and allow users time for additional
questions or to help users complete their class exercises.
Workshops and delta training classes run mornings from 8:30 am to noon, and afternoons from 1:00 pm to
4:30
pm, with a single 15-minute break per session. Our trainer will be present
30 minutes prior to the start of each workshop, and will remain for an
additional hour at the end of each day to allow time for individual questions
from anybody in your organization, not just those who were present during the
workshops.
Workshops are designed for experienced end users and administrators and give
attendees the opportunity to pick our brains. We wrote the book - so
who better to ask!! These ad-hoc sessions are aimed at helping your users
make the most of Discoverer. Users should bring to class whatever
problems, issues or difficult worksheets that they would like to see resolved.
Fees
for on-site training and consultancy, or remote consultancy and support
|
T y p e o f c o u r s e |
F e e s
(u p t o s i x a t t e n d e e s) |
A d d i t i o n a l a t t e n d e e s
(m a x 1 2) |
|
Standard or Customized Training |
|
regular |
$1800 per day |
7 to 12: $50 per person per class |
|
|
|
13 to 18: $175 per person per day |
| |
|
D e l t a T r a i n i n g |
|
single session |
$1100 per session |
$40 per person per session |
|
two or more consecutive sessions |
$900 per session |
$40 per person per session |
| |
|
C o n s u l t a n c y, I n s t a l l a t i o n s, a n d U p g r a d e s |
|
on-site at your location |
$125 to $140 per hour |
|
|
remote consultancy from our location |
$115 per hour |
N/A |
| |
|
W o r k s h o p s |
|
single workshop |
$1100 per workshop |
$40 per person per workshop |
|
two or more consecutive workshops |
$900 per workshop |
$40 per person per workshop |
| |
|
|
We are confident that you will find our course offerings extremely
attractive, especially if you consider that you will be trained by
one of our expert trainers.
Note:
All-day courses include pre-packaged course materials which will either be
brought by the trainer or shipped in advance at no extra cost to you. The
discount for delta training or multiple workshops only applies if all of the
training or workshops are
scheduled within a single site visit. Installations and upgrades will generally
be all-day affairs with our expert on site from 8:30am each day until done.
Simple installations and upgrades should take one day, with more complex
requirements taking between two and three days. Contact us to get
the ball rolling.
End-User Layer used in
training
All standard end-user courses are done using
an End User Layer based on the
Armstrong-Smith Global Widgets
database as used in the Oracle Discoverer 10g Handbook. The administration
course uses the Global Widgets database and teaches users how to build the EUL that is used in our book.
Generally, we use your own data during
delta training and workshops, mingled with the occasional use of the
Global Widgets data as used in the Oracle Discoverer 10g Handbook. In order to maximize the
effectiveness of the delta training, Armstrong-Smith Consulting recommends
that delta sessions be restricted to experienced users of the older version. In order to maximize the
effectiveness of the workshop training, Armstrong-Smith Consulting recommends
that workshops be restricted to specific functional areas or departments.
For example, why not have a workshop for your order entry users, and then take another
one for your fixed asset users, with a third one specially for your finance
users. When on-site we can even conduct one-on-one sessions for those users who
cannot leave their desk to attend formal classroom training.
If you want
customized courses designed around your own database we are happy
to work with you to make this happen. You should budget for approximately
2
days of on-site work per day of customized training.
Customized Training
Armstrong-Smith Consulting is one of that
rare breed of companies that will customize its training to handle
your needs. Because we know that you are unique we will either customize
one of our existing courses or create a brand new Discoverer
training course to meet your exact requirements. When we have finished
and delivered the training, you will own the material and we will hand
over to you all of the original documents that we created on your
behalf. You can then either take over the training from us,
handing it to your own training department, or you can have us deliver the training on your behalf. We will go anywhere in the world,
your wish is our command.
Whether you are using Discoverer 3.1, 4.1, 9iAS or 10g,
whether you are using standard mode or Apps mode, and whether you are
using Desktop, Plus or Viewer
makes no difference to us. We have experience and training material for all
versions of Discoverer.
Our costs for customizing vary depending
upon the course that you want us to customize or create on your behalf and the number
of day's training that you request. We will need to spend approximately two days
on-site with you for every day of customized training that you request and three days for
every day of brand new Discoverer training that we create especially for you. To
accomplish this we will send two consultants to your site. The on-site cost for each day of
such customizations is a very affordable and realistic $2,000. As an
example, we can customize our complete
three-day end user training course in just four days at a customized cost to you
of only $8,000. To this you will need to add the fees to actually give
the course, $5,400, making the total cost for customization and delivery
of our ever popular three-day end-user course only $13,400, plus
necessary traveling expenses.
At Armstrong-Smith Consulting we do not
charge excessive fees that milk you for every penny you have. We
want to work with you again in the future and so we only charge what we
need to charge, nothing more. We are confident that you will not get
this quality of service and training anywhere else at this price and
invite you to contact us for more information or call us at
(931) 284-4284. Upon request, we will gladly
provide you with the names of references from several of the many companies
that have used us in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
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