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ForceTen enables rich software simulation development, concurrent with software development to meet aggressive project schedule.

Company
The Petroleum Registry of Alberta is a central internet-based database for volumetric and infrastructure data related to Alberta's upstream oil and gas industry. It is also a communication tool enabling stakeholders to exchange accurate information quickly and efficiently. The Petroleum Registry is a strategic partnership initiative of the Government of Alberta and the province's entire petroleum industry (comprised of more than 600 companies and more than 3,000 royalty clients).

Problem
The Registry's training team needed to help more than 5,000 users become fully competent in using the Registry before new software was built, tested and released.

Solution
Given the large and dispersed group of Canadian and American users, an e-learning strategy was adopted early for training in the business processes and day-to-day use of the new Registry. The Registry training team acquired a Learning Management System and selected ForceTen as the vehicle for developing and deploying the content to the LMS. The key reasons for choosing ForceTen included its:

• web-based configuration
• software simulation capability
• rapid updating capability
• sustainability (change management abilities)
• dynamic delivery of content
• flexible structure that allows a broad team of subject matter experts and developers to participate simultaneously
• accessible environment for development by nonprogrammers

Result
ForceTen's rapid update capability and object-based content enabled the Registry training team to manage changes and updates to the training program as the Registry software progressed through its programming and testing stages. The first training modules were rolled out six months before launch and the full body of more than 60 training courses was released well in advance of the "go live" date. The training is a rich simulation, where users are 'mentored' through the same processes that they are presented with in the actual Registry software. ForceTen provides interaction, feedback and testing with all appropriate data fed back to the LMS for record keeping.