What’s in it for me: Which delivery mechanism? Please find below a list of Acuma's various delivery options.

Delivery mechanism	Description	Pros	Cons
Standard Public Schedule Course	Generic "off-the-peg" course on a training environment, delivered at Acuma offices	Allows delivery to be spread over time and location for different team members to attend the same standard course. No set up costs.	No opportunity to put course theory into practice in the realistic working environment. Some course topics may not be relevant.
Standard Private Course	Generic “off-the-peg” course on a training environment, delivered privately for a single customer.	Consistency of standard course delivery. No set up costs (if using Acuma kit).	No opportunity to put course theory into practice in the realistic working environment. Some course topics may not be relevant.
Fully Customised Course	Course contents as per standard course, but delivered privately on a realistic working environment.	Allows learners to put course theory into practice in the realistic working environment during the course, for earlier business benefits.	Very high course development and set up costs. Some course topics may not be relevant.
Fully Tailored Course	Course contents designed specifically to meet training needs, and course delivered privately on a training environment.	All course topics will be relevant.	Very high course development and set up costs. No opportunity to put course theory into practice in the realistic working environment.
Tailored Integrated Workshop	Course contents selected from a menu of available modules of learning, theory taught using generic environment, workshop practice on a realistic working environment.	Allows learners to put course theory into practice in the realistic working environment during the course, for earlier business benefits. All course topics will be relevant.	Limited course development and set up costs to combine the selected course modules, and to customise the workshop exercises for those modules.
Skills Transfer Workshops & Desk-side Support	Post-training support through a joint workshop, and/or one-to-one support at the desk, aimed at introducing the actual working environment and answering learners questions.	Allows consolidation of learning through proactive follow-up support. Encourages sharing of best practice. Helps learners to put course theory into practice in the actual workplace, for earlier business benefits.	Additional support costs.