The initial setup is not complex. It is straightforward. 

Cornerstone offer three portals for implementation. We configure everything on the pilot portal and once everything is signed off on the UAT process, we start moving things into production.

The setup is a walk in the park - it's possible to get it deployed in three weeks, assuming no business processes cause delays.

The initial setup of Cornerstone Learning is complex, but this is normal. The full deployment took approximately half a year as a standard deployment.

I wasn't a part of the deployment, but six to nine months is probably a decent time frame for its implementation. It also depends on how complex your organization is. We had two system admins who facilitated the ongoing support and maintenance of the product, as well as the evolution of the configuration of the product. You would probably need five to six additional resources for deployment.

In terms of maintenance, Cornerstone does release regular updates, and we have to ensure that those updates don't impact our existing configuration. It does take active maintenance. Additionally, we evolve the platform ourselves with the configuration options that Cornerstone delivers to meet our business needs. That's more about the evolution of the product, but some people might call that maintenance as well.

I have seen this solution set up many times and I'm not going to say that it isn't complex. In fact, it's very complex. However, I think that Cornerstone has probably made it as simple as it can possibly be.

Cornerstone does a really good job of educating their clients, impressing upon them that they need to be dedicated to this system because they're always improving and always updating. I am a very hands-on administrator and I actually serve as a volunteer client community expert who advises other Cornerstone clients on how to use the system.

It gets complex because some clients expect an out-of-the-box, ready-to-go solution and that's not the case. It can't be the case with software like this because it's made to be customized to your business. Sometimes, clients aren't prepared for that or aren't quite aware of that. As somebody who has visited many different companies to help them leverage the system, I feel it's simply that the clients don't truly understand that they need a dedicated person on the ground. They need a dedicated resource who is really going to learn about the system and know how to take care of it, long-term. Often, clients feel that it will just take care of itself.

Cornerstone Learning's initial setup was complex, but I don't see that as a downside. It was complex because there is a lot of customizing and a lot of settings that can be done in the setup.

The initial setup will easily take around two to three months.

It took approximately six months for us to fully implement Cornerstone Learning. However, this timeframe was not necessarily a negative reflection of Cornerstone Learning but how we were implementing it.

The initial setup was fairly simple in a technical sense. It was a breeze. The organizational realities and culture are somewhat more complex.

It was complex. That could be because of the way we used the system, but it was very complex.

A plus point of Cornerstone is that they give you the steps to deploy the solution for each module, which makes the process easier because you have the methodology. You just need to follow the steps, but it also depends on the client. You cannot follow the same process for all clients. So, you take the key steps of the methodology, and then you adapt it for your client.

The number of people required for deployment varies. Sometimes, you need more than 10 people. For instance, for a company here in France dealing with water and waste, we needed about 20 people for the project. It also depends on whether it is the first deployment. If it is the first deployment, you would need at least five people. You would need one to two junior consultants for implementation, and you would need others to better understand the need of the client and analyze the impact. Cornerstone is super, but it cannot do everything. So, you need to analyze the project.

The implementation can take a year and a half if you don't have anything else previously, or if you have another information system and you want to move everything to Cornerstone.

When we deploy Cornerstone, sometimes, we first deploy it on a small scale to see how they react. That's because we need to do change management for the users, but we can extend it to the whole company and business worldwide. The more we extend it, the more interesting it gets because we have a lot of information and reports regarding the whole company.

The initial setup of Cornerstone Learning is complex. The process took approximately six months.

I rate the initial setup difficulty level of Cornerstone Learning a four out of five.

The initial setup is relatively straightforward. The complexity will depend on the complexity of the organization, the requirements and the decision process at the client's site that can make it quite complex. If you go for a simple setup then you can do it relatively fast. For example, we recently installed with one client who wanted to just go live with a limited set of e-learning features than the essential. The setup features are about making sure that the training is visible and assigned to the right people.

It is a little bit complex because we have to do the SSO integration, but after the setup is done, the processes are very easy.

The initial setup was very smooth and easy, and deployment took between twenty and twenty-five days.

It was quite simple and straightforward.

The most challenging part of the implementation is understanding the customer requirements/objectives, if those are clearly elaborated and documented, implementation can be seamless and straightforward

The initial setup is straightforward.

It took three months to deploy.

I was not involved in the initial setup.