SumTotal Systems and Wendy’s Corporation Present Best Practices for Implementing an Effective LMS Solution

How Pilot Testing a Learning Management System (LMS) Can Help Ensure Roll-out Success

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jun 29, 2009 – SumTotal® Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), the market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, will present a live webinar, “A Good Old-Fashioned Pilot Test: Wendy’s Demonstrates the Value of Early Feedback in an LMS Implementation,” at 1:00 pm Eastern time on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.  The webinar will examine how usability and pilot testing can be used to enhance a learning management system (LMS) implementation. 

Featured Speaker:  Coley O’Brien, National Director, Operations Training for Wendy’s

When: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 1:00 pm Eastern time

Summary: For Wendy’s Corporation – one of the country's largest quick-service restaurant companies – ensuring the success of its LMS rollout meant first getting feedback from Wendy’s crew members and managers across the country through formal usability and pilot testing. Before rolling the learning solution out to approximately 45,000 employees in 1,400 restaurants that are multi-lingual, multi-generational and with varied levels of technology experience, Wendy’s conducted a series of tests to assess usability, feasibility and impact. As a result, the company was able to streamline the implementation, increase user adoption by engaging employees in the process and reap maximum benefits.

What Viewers will Learn:
During the webinar, presenters will share Wendy’s process for conducting usability and pilot testing with a broad target audience spanning a wide geography and using multiple test leads.  Specific topics to be discussed include:

• Why Wendy’s chose to conduct formal usability and pilot tests prior to implementation
• How Wendy's conducted testing with a geographically-dispersed pilot audience
• How Wendy’s harnessed test feedback to enhance their LMS implementation and custom e-Learning course development

About SumTotal Systems, Inc.
SumTotal Systems, Inc. is the global leader of strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions that provide organizations with a new level of visibility to help make more informed business decisions and accelerate growth. Recognized by industry analysts as the most complete solution, SumTotal provides full employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, from a single provider for improved business intelligence. The company offers customers of all sizes and industries the most flexibility and choice with multiple purchase, configuration, and deployment options. We have increased the performance of the world’s largest organizations including Sony Electronics (NYSE: SNE), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN [ADR]; London: AZN), Amway (KUL:AMWAY), Seagate (NYSE: STX), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG).
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