Maintaining a manual paper based system for delivering DSE training and workstation risk assessment is frustrating and time consuming. Classroom training is disruptive and expensive and a paper based DSE risk assessment does not allow assessors to prioritise and target their follow up visits accordingly. The same amount of resource will have to be devoted to each employee regardless of whether DSE related concerns have been identified by their workstation risk assessment or not. Using an online system for managing the DSE training and risk assessment programme has become standard practise, but which is the right system for your business and how do you make a success of yet another potentially risky software project? Not all DSE training and risk assessment software is the same. The solutions currently available on the market vary hugely in terms of functionality, ease of use and effectiveness. Lack of foresight and planning coupled with poor advice and pressure