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Challenge: Production Efficiency

Building simulations took a lot of time and energy from many different people. Designers created scoping documents. Content developers created content in text documents. Programmers wrote code and created prototypes. Each group did their work in a different program or document and forwarded it on to the next. As work got translated from one form to another, delays and miscues occurred. There was no systematic way for the project as a whole to effectively reuse information, so each project had to reinvent each wheel. This resulted in a lot of rework, and created an even bigger nightmare when changes needed to be made - not only did authors have to make the change, but they had to hunt down every instance where it occurred.

EB’s Solution: EB addressed these production inefficiencies by developing a sophisticated, web-based environment that allows instructional designers, content developers, subject matter experts, and trainers to work together on the project. There is no translation from one form to the other. There are no programmers required. EB’s tool captures scoping, content, and code. Prototypes can be built frequently, simply by pressing a button. Content is captured in databases to make refinement simple, and to enable authors to re-use content (such as coaching) freely. Plus, the tool incorporates an efficient production methodology that ensures the right decisions are made at the right time. This eliminates the need for re-work.