Recipe for Success With Enterprise Virtual Worlds

The Masie Center, a think-tank focused on enterprise learning and knowledge, and Forterra Systems agreed in the spring of 2008 to provide a "3D Sandbox" for members of The Masie Center's Learning Consortium to explore their learning use cases in a virtual world. The Sandbox used Forterra's On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (OLIVE) software platform that enabled members to prototype and pilot their learning use cases quickly and with minimal effort. The balance of this whitepaper describes the use cases for Accenture and ACS Learning Services, the results of their efforts, the lessons learned, and the "Recipe for success" going forward for new organizations who are considering how to convert their interest in virtual worlds to tangible field pilot programs that deliver business results.