Re: OT: When It is Done its Done - BAH!

Anthony,

      Although I agree with you, somewhat - I also think that products
should ship as "completed" products - and not positioned as
"unfinished / more to come later" training solutions.

      Now, in the case where a blueprint changes (like they are now
for 3 tracks) - there, typically, (every since I have been in this
business) are milestones / releases done to get content out to clients
quicker (in chunks as they're completed) so studying is not
interrupted due to lack of content - However - going back to my
reasoning - I feel it's misleading for a training company to say "our
products will NEVER be completed" - the "spin" should be probably
positioned as "if we find a better way of explaining something, or add
content to our FINISHED products, we will provide you with these new
enhancents or revisions". (similar to a patch on the Windows OS).

      I think the slam or comments you're referring to have to do with
the fact that "some vendors" will ship a product that's far from
completed - and never complete it....and these vendors attempt to say,
"come on, our products will NEVER be completed - and it's a good
thing!"....our customers are not stupid - and what really annoys me
(and MANY, MANY others) is when vendors attempt to put a marketing and
sales spin on their negative attributes or weaknesses....

Regards,

Wayne A. Lawson II - CCIE #5244
Founder, President & CEO:
- IPexpert, Inc.
- Proctor Labs, Inc.
- Platinum Solutions Group, LLC.
Mailto: wlawson_at_ipexpert.com
Mobile: +1.810.334.1564

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On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Anthony Sequeira <asequeira_at_ine.com> wrote:

> I saw a statement recently on GS that really shocked me. It was the
> fact that once a CCIE prep product is done, it is done. An exception
> was made I believe for things like typo corrections.
>
> Myself, and the other trainers here at INE, could not disagree with
> this more. One of the most exciting things about electronic
> (Internet-based) distribution of training content is the ability to
> maintain "freshness" and relevance of this material.
>
> Back when I was at the revolutionary, online training outfit
> KnowledgeNet, we loved to promote the frequent update of our Cisco
> content. The only problem was, with such an obscene number of
> titles, the only real updates were when Cisco decided to update
> their Official Curriculum. Sadly, KnowledgeNet was not "grey
> market". :-)
>
> At INE, we have embraced the concept of content freshness, and plan
> on updating most, if not all, content areas as needed. For example,
> while I just finished postings for the Self Paced CCIE R/S Written
> product, I already have plans for two additional interactive
> exercises on BGP that students have indirectly requested. While I
> did not deem these exercises needed for passing the written on my
> first pass, if it can help students master BGP, that is good enough
> for me!
>
> Well, as a learner on GroupStudy since 2004, I appreciate your
> patience regarding this OT post. Please unicast all hate mail to asequeira_at_ine.com
>
> :-)
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
> http://www.INE.com
>
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