[Casper] Do We Need The JumpStart

[James Partridge]

On 19 Jul 2007, at 14:51, Keith E Gatling wrote:

> So far, I've been seeing a lot of responses from relatively large  
> organizations - public school systems, universities, etc - with  
> what I'm assuming are pretty big budgets. Is there anyone out there  
> from a small independent school, who can share their experience and  
> recommendations with us?

Ha! How I wish it were so. I can't go into figures, but my budget for  
this kind of thing is tiny (this is UK Higher Education, after all).  
We had to look long and hard at whether the costs of the JumpStart  
course would be offset by the benefits of going on the course. In the  
end we decided that it was worth the risk because we had been  
impressed with the support that JAMF had offered us in the early  
stages of our work with Casper, and by the quality of Casper itself.  
Once we were on the course it soon became clear that that was the  
right decision.

If I had tried on my own to get to the same point that I did after  
the 3 days of the JumpStart course the total cost of my time would  
have easily exceeded the cost of the course. Whether you have a big  
budget or a small one that is a compelling argument.

James


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