Hello Libbi,
Yes, I have thoughts regarding the Development Tools classes; as a matter of facts, being a Programmer/Analyst and having already taken 5 out of the existing 15, I have a LOT of thoughts about them. In order to have your developers acquire MINIMAL interoperability skills, they need:
A The Foundation, which is
-System Fundamentals
B The Basics, which is:
-Both Report Writing
-Both Dev Tools classes
-Design Batch Applications
-Maintaining C Business Functions,
C The last step in their training-path:
-Table Conversion, and, finally
-Interoperability Solutions.
If I were you, I would look into having the training offered @your office place & as continuous as possible. You'll discover that it will be:
a - less costing for your company (transport & accommodations expenses for the trainer ONLY), and
b - definitely more efficient, having the training done within your Dev Environment instead of the poor brain-washed Standalone (which is SO far from your REAL OW setup, and which is used - sometimes -as an excuse to avoid dealing with REAL issues).
c - a unique opportunity to have the trainer discover ACTUAL issues your system configuration has, and you ignored
Warm regards,
Adrian Chimirel
PS Should you require any further thoughts, do not hesitate to let it be known, and I'll be glad to share them, all.
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