How can ADVISOR Enterprise Help
ADVISOR Enterprise creates well designed training plans and highly effective training strategies that are efficient, and consistently up to date. Moreover, ADVISOR generates an audit trail for analysis and recommendations, ensuring compliance with various standards including CFITES, JSP 822, MIL-HDBK-29612-2A, AETC Handbook 36-2203, TRADOC Pamphlet 350-70-6, Australian Defence Model, AIA, S6000T, and EASA. ADVISOR has a proven track record and has been successfully implemented in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Singapore, and Brazil (Download ADVISOR Added Value). Key features: presented below:
Speed Collective & Individual Training Analysis as follows:
- Configure ADVISOR in line with needs – i.e., conduct mission, system, competency, and/or job task analysis.
- Automate Difficulty, Importance and Frequency (DIF) analysis to identify and prioritize tasks that require training.
- Define Knowledge, Skills, & Attitudes (KSAs) needed to perform each task.
- Identify training requirements by comparing desired to possessed KSAs.
- Generate compliant reports in single click. These include Master Task List, Master Training Task List, Job Task Analysis Report, Training Requirements Report, Formal Training Report, Qualification Standards Report, & more.
Simplify Media/Option Analysis as follows:
- Quickly identify & rate viable delivery options by mapping instructional design requirements for each objective to the capability of each media.
- Store common measures such as hourly rates of developers, instructors, & support staff; equipment, simulators, and facilities cost in templates to quickly forecast and compare personnel/resource and costs of viable delivery options over program life cycle.
- Generate compliant reports in single click. These include Objectives & Media Analysis Report, Cost Analysis Report, Training Plans, Qualification & Standards Report & much more.
Simplify the Management of Control Documents as follows:
- Track changes made by each user including what changes were made and when.
- Assign each analysis a version number and archive.
- Compare two versions of the analyses to identify all records (i.e., missions, systems, competencies, jobs, tasks, knowledge, skills, attitudes, etc.) that have been added, deleted, or modified.
Improve Training Efficiency, as follows:
- Identify viable delivery options for each lesson/activity within each course based on instructional requirements, content, audience & constraints.
- Forecast & compare personnel/resource requirements & costs of viable delivery media, to identify the most cost-effective options.
- Uncover & minimize training duplication – i.e., similar knowledge, and skills covered within multiple courses.
- Conduct what-if scenarios to assess the overall impact of various blends of delivery options based on planned courses/activities & throughput.
- Assess the potential impact of solutions on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), namely training effectiveness, training costs, & training time.
Forecast Training Costs & Personnel/Resource Requirements. This includes the number and type of developers, instructors, administrators, managers and support staff, equipment, simulators, extended reality, facilities, etc., needed for each location and time-period. ADVISOR forecasts costs, personnel and resources based on throughput, courses/activities length, number of trainees per lesson, personnel/ resources needed for each activity, and so forth.
Maintain Training Effectiveness over Life Cycle. As missions, jobs, equipment, policies & regulations change, the alignment of training with operational requirements gradually deteriorates. ADVISOR quickly uncovers the potential impact of changes to missions, jobs, equipment, systems, policies, and regulations on training courses/activities. By quickly realigning training with requirements, training effectiveness & efficiency can be preserved; & high performance maintained.
Hundreds of organizations have relied on BNH to simplify and speed training analysis, forecast and optimize training resources, improve resource allocation, produce audit trails to support recommendations and generate reports that meet the requirements of various military standards. With offices in Montreal and Vermont; and associates in Florida, Virginia, Texas and the United Kingdom, we continue to expand our services while remaining responsive to the needs of our clients. A list of satisfied customers is presented below:
Canadian Forces College retained BNH in 1999, 2001 and 2006 to assess the impact of extending the 9 month instructor-led Command and Staff course from 88 to 390 officers. ADVISOR revealed that a blended residential with web based delivery allowed the Canadian Forces College to use existing facilities with minor modifications and in-turn save $22 million in upfront costs for new school & residence extension and $6 million in annual recurring costs. Read more.
Netherlands Ministry of Defence used ADVISOR Enterprise to conduct Training Needs Analysis (TNA), Training Media Analysis (TMA) and develop Training Plans for multiple platforms including Tactical Airlift (C130H).
Republic of Singapore Air Force used ADVISOR Enterprise to conduct Training Needs Analysis (TNA), Training Media Analysis (TMA) and develop Training Plans for multiple platforms including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Royal Canadian Air Force retained BNH in 2010 to assess alternate delivery options for field ready aircraft technicians. In addition to identifying 140 hrs in Common Core & 135 hrs in Basic Electrical & Electronic training, ADVISOR revealed that blended instructor-led with interactive multimedia allowed the Air Force to reduce training time for ACS, AVN, AWS & AVS between 4% to 17% as well as reduce conversion costs while improving quality. Read more.
Royal Canadian Air Force retained BNH in 2014 to assess Training Options for the Rotary Wing (RW) Pilot Training Program. More specifically, analyze the three phases of the RW training (Grob, Harvard & B206/B412CF) to identify cost drivers and venues for improving training effectiveness and efficiency. ADVISOR revealed that infrastructure was the largest cost driver – accounted for 55% of training budget.
Royal Canadian Air Force retained BNH in 2013 to assess Airworthiness Training requirements for all Regulatory and Senior Design Engineer authorized positions and identify competencies required for each position as well as training needed to attain required competencies. Read more.
Royal Canadian Army retained BNH in 2012 to assess the financial impact of using Trainers at various training levels [individual to combat team] for Driver, Gunner, Crew and Troop Commander on LAV III, Closed Combat Vehicle and Leopard 2. ADVISOR revealed that budget, personnel and resources for 7 out of 12 courses could be reduced from 6% to 38%. Resulting in total direct & indirect savings of $49.3 million over 10 years.
Royal Canadian Navy retained BNH in 1996 to increase Training Development Officers (TDOs) awareness of the advantages and limitations of training technologies, and provide a systematic approach for identifying the most cost effective blend of delivery options for various platforms. A 3 day workshop along with a guide was designed and delivered across the country.
UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) officially declared ADVISOR Enterprise as the preferred decision support tool in Parts 1 & 2 of the latest UK MoD – Joint Service Publication 822 “Defence Systems Approach to Training – Direction and Guidance for Individual and Collective Training. This is part due to a 2016 Live Fire Review study by the UK Army that identified through ADVISOR £140 million in potential savings over a 10 year period.
US Army used ADVISOR Enterprise on multiple projects to identify the most cost effective blend of delivery options. Taught in both the SAT Basic Course and IMI Developer’s Workshop.
US Air Force Space Command used ADVISOR Enterprise on multiple projects to identify the most cost effective blend of delivery options. Read more.
US Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWC-TSD) licensed ADVISOR Enterprise in 2010 for analyzing the training requirements of Boeing Poseidon (P-8), and is being used by both Boeing and NAWCTSD staff to conduct/update mission analysis, job analysis, task analysis, learning objective analysis, media analysis as well as generate Lesson Designs Reports (LDR). Memorable quote ‘changes to Lesson Design Reports that would have taken days to complete, can now be generated within 20 minutes.’