Estimating class:

This consists of three days of learning hos to use an internally-created tool for helping people come up with project estimates for different scenarios, differing platforms given the client's many possible needs.

To say that this is an intense training squeezed into three days is to sell it short. You see, its very intense, and the only thing going for most participants is the fact that they are familiar (or should be) with the client business and the Accenture way of doing projects.

When it comes to teaching this course in an ideal setting, one requires mastery of the tools - or at the very least, familiarity and understanding of how to use them, and why they need to be used.

I actually belong to the latter group of facilitator because I find it superfluous to study the tools further, specially since 1) I won't really be using these tool outside of Accenture, 2) I find no reason to use the tool, as I am not assigned to Accenture projects and 3) quality in the training is not really a necessity - these days its just a statistic. This is not to say that quality totally goes out the window, rather, its not a priority... hence my not putting the needed effort to master the tool. I'd say that this may be the root to my having a cavalier attitude to training in Accenture - thus just giving the minimum requirement.

That said, I get by... and still learn more of the tool whenever I conduct it one more time. Eventually, by sheer repetitive use or 'number of conducts' - I will get to be an expert with said tools given minimal preparation effort in learning it. But to really be an expert in its use? I'd have to use it in the environment it was designed for - and I don't see that happening. Maybe I should just decline teaching this. I don't see any reason (hence lack the passion) to really do learn it.