Short answer: A partner that runs Odoo training courses, university programmes and hackathons gives clients three things: the chance to hire people who already know Odoo, faster training for your own team, and confidence that the partner will stay in the market for the long run. Deep Vision has run 4 hackathons, 3 seminars and an online Odoo course, and Odoo is taught with Deep Vision at 3 universities to 300+ students a year.
When business owners choose an ERP, they usually look at the software and the price. Two or three years later a different question appears: who will run the system, who will train the next new hire, and where do you find someone who knows Odoo? This article looks at what a partner that builds an ecosystem through Odoo training courses, universities and hackathons actually gives a client, and how you can check it. For many companies, finding people with Odoo skills turns into one of the hardest parts of the project, so it pays to think about it early.
If you need the basics first, start with our beginner's guide to using Odoo.
What is the Odoo ecosystem and why does it matter to a client?
The Odoo ecosystem is the people and knowledge around the system: certified experts, graduates who have studied Odoo, training courses, an interface in your own language, and the community.
The stronger the ecosystem, the lower the risk for the client. The reason is simple: the system runs for years, staff change, the business grows. If few people in the market know Odoo, every new hire has to be trained from scratch, and every change depends on a single partner.
The talent question shows up in the numbers too. BCG found that 70% of digital transformations fall short of their objectives, but companies that get six key factors right raise their odds of success from 30% to 80%. One of those factors is high-calibre talent, and only one in four organisations cleared that bar (BCG).
What do Odoo training courses and university programmes give a client?
There are four practical benefits:
- Easier hiring. Graduates who studied Odoo at university enter the job market. Finding an accountant, warehouse clerk or analyst who already knows Odoo becomes more likely.
- Faster training. A partner with course materials and teaching experience trains your staff systematically, rather than giving a single presentation.
- An in-house expert. A key user inside your company can handle simple questions without calling the partner.
- Partner stability. A team that has invested in education for years is unlikely to leave the market suddenly. For your system, that means long-term support.
Training quality affects results directly. According to Prosci, projects with excellent change management met or exceeded their objectives 88% of the time, compared with only 13% for poor change management (Prosci). Training is a core part of change management.
How should Odoo training be organised inside your company?
A good training plan is drawn up at the start of the project, not the week before go-live. It usually includes these steps:
- each department picks a key user who works with the project team throughout;
- role-based sessions run in a test environment using real documents: sales, warehouse, accounting and management separately;
- each role gets a short guide and a list of frequently asked questions;
- during go-live week, the partner's team supports users on site or online;
- a follow-up session is held after the first month, because real work raises new questions;
- a training routine for new hires is written down, so knowledge stays in the company.
A plan like this is a small-scale ecosystem: knowledge lives in the company and its documents, not in one person's head. Ask your partner for exactly this kind of plan as part of the proposal.
How can you check a partner's education activity?
Test any partner with these questions:
- Is there public information about the seminars, courses or hackathons the company has run?
- Does it partner with universities, and how many students do those programmes reach?
- How is training for the client's staff planned: for whom, in which language, how many hours?
- What materials remain after training: guides, videos, a test database?
- How is training for future new hires organised?
- Is there a programme to prepare an in-house key user?
- How many odoo.com-certified experts are on the team?
- How well does the partner know the Uzbek interface and terminology?
If a provider describes training as "we'll show you around for a day after go-live", treat it as a warning sign. The system will launch, but staff will not use it fully.
Another sign: the team has only programmers, with no consultant or trainer who can explain business processes. A programmer can configure the system, but cannot always explain to an accountant or warehouse clerk how to do their daily work in Odoo. Training is a separate skill, and you should see it in the partner's track record.
How does Deep Vision contribute to the Odoo ecosystem?
Verifiable facts only:
- 4 hackathons, 3 seminars and an online Odoo course have been run;
- Odoo is taught with Deep Vision at 3 universities to 300+ students a year;
- the team did Odoo's Uzbek translation: in the Odoo 19 source code, 360 of 376 Uzbek translation files credit Deepvision (Amon Olimov, Jonibek Yorqulov), and about 97% of 60,618 strings are translated;
- Deep Vision is an official Odoo Gold Partner, and our odoo.com partner page lists 7 Odoo-certified experts across versions 17 to 19;
- client retention is 89%, against the Gold minimum of 80% (Odoo requirements).
In addition, Odoo holds events in Tashkent up to 3 times a year (for example, the Odoo Roadshow or Business Show). These events widen Odoo knowledge and connections in the market and let business owners see the system live.
What does this mean for a client? Training on your project is delivered in Uzbek or Russian and organised by role, and the interface is in a language your staff understand. More on the Uzbek interface is in this article. A company overview is on this page, and our delivery steps are on the Odoo implementation page.
How much should education activity weigh in choosing a partner?
On its own, education activity is not a deciding criterion. Look at it alongside other signals: tier in the odoo.com directory, references, cases with numbers, support quality. The full list of criteria is in our guide to choosing an Odoo partner. But when two offers are otherwise equal, a partner that invests in education is usually more reliable in the long run: it grows the market itself and keeps developing its own team.
One more practical point: if you plan to strengthen your own IT department with Odoo skills, a partner connected to education programmes can also help you find candidates.
Frequently asked questions
Who are Odoo training courses for?
Students, staff who work in Odoo, and the people responsible for the system inside a company. On client projects, training is organised separately for each role.
How long does it take to train staff on Odoo?
It depends on the roles and modules. Key users are usually trained before go-live, and others learn through them and from the guides.
Is training available in Uzbek?
Yes, in Uzbek or Russian. The Odoo interface is also available in Uzbek, translated by the Deep Vision team.
Can we hire university graduates?
Students who have studied Odoo enter the job market every year. If you have an open role, tell us about it.
How do hackathons benefit a client?
Hackathons surface new specialists and give them hands-on Odoo experience. That increases the number of qualified people in the market.
Sources
- Deep Vision in the Odoo partner directory
- Odoo partnership tiers and requirements
- BCG: increasing the odds of success in digital transformation
- Prosci: the correlation between change management and project success
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