Questions about purchasing GTD Mastering Workflow Interactive, our eLearning course
The course covers the five phases of mastering workflow: collect, process, organize, review, do. Each section includes character-based story for learners to stay engaged in the experience, short videos from David Allen explaining the best practices of each of those five phases and interactive exercises for participants to practice what they've just learned. There is also a rich resources section with PDF's of GTD articles and setup guides to assist the learner outside of the course. We've also included our popular GTD-Q assessment for learners to measure their current control and perspective. The intention of the course is to give users the essentials of mastering workflow, as well as practical, hands-on tips tricks and strategies to build their first draft system.
The course content and GTD approach are applicable to any tool or system. In this course, where the learner is guided through building their first draft system, they are coached through the tools that will serve them best. Where possible, we've included specific setup guides for the most common tools our clients have installed including Outlook, Lotus Notes and setting up paper planners. If you would like any customization of the course to match your specific tools, please contact us to scope that for you.
In general, because the course is only one-hour of an online experience, much of the content is presented in a much more condensed format than it would be in a classroom course. We choose to cover the essential components of each of the five phases.
For some companies where cost and scalability are a primary focus, they may choose to offer this new interactive course only. Others, may choose to continue to offer both. The interactive course is not a complete replacement for the classroom course. It is primarily based on the four-hour introduction to mastering workflow course, so it does not
cover everything a full one day GTD class would cover.
- Processor: 1.0 GHz or faster (1.2 GHz or faster recommended)
- Operating System: Windows® XP or Vista (Sorry, the NinthHouse LMS where the course is hosted is not yet compatible with Mac)
- RAM: 256 MB (512 MB recommended) for Windows XP; 1 GB (1.5
GB recommended) for Windows Vista - Network Connection: 10BASE‐T Ethernet (or equivalent wireless) network interface with bandwidth supporting 200 kbps. An active internet connection is required at all times. NOTE: Actual connection speeds depend on many factors and are often less than the maximum possible; this may affect performance.
- Sound Card: 16‐bit sound card with speakers and/or headphones
- Monitor: 1024 x 768 resolution with 16‐bit color depth
- Web Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer v6.0 or higher only. JavaScript, Active X, and cookies must be enabled; "pop‐up blocker" software must be disabled or programmed to accept
pop‐ups from app.ninthhouse.net and quickcheck.ninthhouse.com. - Adobe® Flash™ v9.0r124 or higher
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher
The course is hosted on an online Learning Management System (LMS) by our partner, PDI Ninth House. As long as your learners have a consistent broadband connection, they will access the course through a secure website that will store their work and track their progress.
Yes, the course is designed for those that are new to GTD as well as those who may have familiarity with it already.
The course price is based on a per-person subscription basis and is typically around $250 per learner for a year of unlimited access to the course and materials. Please contact us for more specific pricing details and options.
Yes, the course is only available for purchase in groups of 20 or more licenses.
No, the course is not available for individual purchase. There is a 20-person minimum for purchasing this course. We encourage individuals to learn GTD through our public seminars, audio products and GTD Getting Started series on GTD Connect. We are so sorry, but we do not plan to release this course for individual purchase.
Yes, we are happy to support government and non-profit agencies with a 10% discount on the license fees.
To purchase the course, please email us, or call 805-646-8432.
We can serve as front-line Help Desk for your learners enrolled in the course or you can serve in that role. That will be determined in the purchase process.
Yes, just as with a GTD classroom course, we highly recommend the Getting Things Done book for all of your users who take this course. The GTD book is still the most comprehensive "textbook" for all of the components of GTD and will be an excellent resource for them.
Yes, that is available as a customized option. Please contact us to scope that for you.
No, as long as the minimum technical requirements are already installed, the course will be accessed through a secure website.
Unfortunately no, these are the minimum requirements and are not adjustable. The course will not operate on machines that do not meet these minimum requirements and we cannot provide technical support on machines that do not meet the requirements. To check if your systems will run the course, please go through the QuickCheck.
There is no workbook for or hard copy materials that will accompany the course however, there are many materials that users can choose to print from the course, if they choose, to assist them in implementation. For example, the mindsweep they do in the course can be printed, as well as any draft lists they create. We have also made our popular Setup Guides for Outlook, Lotus Notes and paper planners available to users
of this course in PDF format that can be saved to their computer and/or printed.
We designed the course to be stand-alone without any required classroom piece. However, the course can be combined with any of our instructor-led options, such as custom Webinars, telecoaching or personal coaching.
Even graduates of the classroom course can find this course helpful as a refresher of the essentials of Mastering Workflow.
No, this course is designed to be taken from a desktop PC only.
So sorry, not at this time. We love Mac too, but it's just not available at this time for this course. Our development partner, PDI Ninth House, will let us know if their LMS expands to include Mac compatibility.
So sorry, not at this time. Our development partner, PDI Ninth House, will let us know if the course requirements expand to include other browser compatibility.
Yes, this course is licensed per individual for a 12 month subscription basis. The logons are unique and tracked on the course LMS. If you put purchase 40 licenses, than only 40 unique logins can be created.
Licenses are not transferable once the user logs onto the course (regardless of course completion).
Yes. The course will be sold and a 12 month subscription basis to allow users to master their skills over time and access the rich Resources Library.
No, not at this time. Please let us know if you require the course in another language and we would be happy to scope that as a customization option.
No. The course designed to be self-paced. Learners can enter and leave the course at any time and the course will track what progress to pick up where they last left off.
The actual online course experience is approximately 1 hour. There are approximately 8 to 16 hours of additional out of course implementation exercises users can choose to do. Just like the Getting Things Done book or classroom sessions, we've tried to make the course as robust and comprehensive as possible giving users the experience of learning about GTD and implementing their first draft system.
Some users may choose to simply watch the course online and go through some of the exercises and consider their participation complete. To get the full implementation benefits though we do recommend that users carve out some time following the course to put it in practice. Eight to 16 hours is an estimate for anyone implementing GTD through any of our courses or materials. For some it will take less, and for others it may take more.
We are happy to do an online tour for you of the course, or provide you with a short-term evaluation account. Please contact us to inquire about an evaluation account.
Mastering Workflow Interactive is a stand-alone course, with a defined outline and curriculum following the five phases of workflow. GTD Connect is an online membership program, with a wide variety of learning tools, social networking tools and new content to assist people in maintaining and mastering their GTD implementation over time.
It can be but is not required or included in the per seat licensing. It would be an excellent complement to the Interactive course though.
Since we do not do that for our instructor-led course, this Interactive version is not setup to qualify for Continuing Ed credits or completion certificates.
Your company help desk is your first line of support if it's related to your equipment. If they have not been able to resolve your issue, or it's about the course, please contact our GTD Interactive Team. We will respond within one business day.
E-mail: gtdinteractive@davidco.com
Phone: 805-646-8432
