Tasks to implement LMS?

For setup purposes the easiest will be to use the bundled up solution by Bitnami...that will basically save u time on installing dbase systems etc...http://bitnami.com/stack/moodle

I have setup one at home, still testing though

While Bitnami stacks are very interesting and extremely helpful, I'm not sure it's suitable for a production setup unless you are an experienced Linux admin. Bitnami - being the ready made, general purpose stack that it is - has everything set up for you, from ports to passwords, to security settings. I think you understand where i am getting with this (I prefer to build my systems from the ground up - but that's just me). It takes longer, sure, but you can document everything you do, during setup, which is invaluable to a production instance.

During previous years, I have had the pleasure of testing, supporting, and implementing various LMS's. If there is one thing i learned from all this screen time with all that software, it's probably this : be really aware of the server load you'll be facing, at all times. Since you will start off with more than 200 CBT's from day 1, I'd assume you'd be expecting a good amount of traffic. In such cases it is highly recommended to do some load testing before you move all of your content into moodle.

Also try not to view Moodle as free. While true in theory, you will find that down the line Moodle is far from it, as is the case for every LMS. It is also important that your client knows that as well, so make an effort to include possible costs he may be facing later on (maintenance, support, bandwidth, 3rd party commercial plugins, bridges etc).

Good luck with your assignment.

Hope this helps,

Alex

Jerson, I'm not sure where this falls in your "buckets" but I think use cases are critical - they help define what users will actually do in the system which helps with configuration and UAT (and also product selection, but it sounds like you're past that point!).  I  haven't worked with Moodle but have done LMS implementations with other products, and the ones with bad (or no) use cases at the beginning of the project seemed to be the most rocky.

Also, for what it's worth, I've heard Moodle can be a bit of a bear if you're not really familiar with it.  I believe there are quite a few people on this forum who are pretty experienced withit, maybe they can give you some Moodle-specfic input.  =)

@KennethG and Alexandros - I've actually downloaded the bitnami MOODLE application to test it out and get myself familiar with it. I'm familiar with wordpress and although very different, they have similiar "flows". And I don't think that the load will be very much, There are only a handful of employees that will ever take a course at a time (mostly new trainees).

@ Sheila - Yes we are past that point, my Project Manager just tasked me with coming up with the tasks it would take to convert their current training system (which is none really) and to have MOODLE up and running. I've only spent about 2 weeks on messing around with MOODLE but I think I have a handle on it. 

Thanks for the info everyone.