ROI & Cost Benefits/Metrics
Dividing Requirements Into Iterations For A Staged Delivery
JAD/Iterative Approach to Requirements Management
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Pierson's training provides a framework for project teams that promotes development iterations throughout the life cycle of a project using a RAD/Agile software development approach. RAD/Agile requirements gathering and design techniques, agendas and scripts to provide project teams with easy implementation are included in Pierson's JAD Facilitation & Requirements Gathering Training Seminar: A Framework For Implementing Object-Oriented Projects using RAD/Iterative Methods - 4 to 5 Days. This course provides intensive hands-on training in industry standards and best practices for iterative software development projects.
Pierson has training courses no matter what methodology you use:
- Agile
- Object-Oriented
- Structured Analysis
- In-house methodology
All Pierson’s training classes can be customized at no extra charge to align with your in-house methodology and templates.
Object-Oriented Methodology
Pierson's development methodology can be purchased to provide your organization with:
- work steps
- inputs and outputs
- templates
- JAD agendas, tips & techniques
- roles and responsibilities
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Data, UML & JAD Techniques
Pierson also offers JAD and Business Analysis training which focuses on a data approach
using such techniques as data modeling and dataflow diagramming combined with UML, use cases
and JAD techniques for the project initiation, requirements gathering and analysis/design
phases of software development projects. Pierson's Requirements Gathering and
Writing Training Seminar Using Data Techniques, JAD, UML and Use Cases - 4 Days is an intensive
class for learning how to develop effective business requirements for Data Driven and
Data Warehouse Projects.
Agile Requirements Gathering & Iteration Planning
Agile Modeling Techniques for Collaborative Solutions
Acceptance Testing
Conducting Effective Collaborative Meetings
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Business Analyst TrainingBusiness Analysis, Requirements Gathering, JAD and User Acceptance Testing
Specializing since 1990 in helping companies realize a 30 - 50% time and cost savings for business requirements definition and testing by implementing a repeatable process through project team training, mentoring and methodology development. Pierson provides:
- On-Site Training and Virtual Training
- Customization of all training at no charge to align with your company's lifecycle, templates and terminology
Key Skills for the Business Analyst & Business Systems Analyst
Pierson's training for eliciting, analyzing and recording business system
requirements is unique because it combines use cases and UML modeling techniques
and facilitation skills with an iterative and waterfall development approach.
Several different types of business system requirements training are
offered to satisfy your company's development environment needs.
- Business
Process Modeling Skills - How to build business process models
for business process improvement initiatives and when to use them. How
to build business process models for business requirements definition
and functional specifications for software development projects.
- Process Improvement -BPM Techniques, IDEF, Process Mapping, Gap
Analysis
- Software Development- Context Diagram, Process Decomposition, Process
Flows, UML Activity Diagram with swimlanes, Data Flow Diagrams, Matrices
- Data
Requirements Skills- How to build and define detailed data requirements
for software development projects and when to use them.
- Facilitation
Skills - How to conduct collaborative meetings using JAD
Sessions, Focus Groups, brainstorming, storyboarding, consensus building
techniques, decision making techniques, group dynamics and meeting management
skills.
- User
Acceptance Testing - How to quality check requirements,
write UAT strategies/plans, identify and write UAT scenarios, how to
be an effective tester, methods and techniques used for UAT, test execution
and usability testing techniques.
- Use
Cases and UML - How to create and when to utilize use cases and
the UML models for scoping, business requirements, functional specifications
and design. Excellent training for Agile Development Teams.
- Agile
Requirements Gathering - Identifies what techniques would be appropriate
for agile projects and how to build business and design models in an
agile project setting.
All classes are offered on-site and virtually and can be customized upon request.
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Training Schedule or call 203-322-1606, or Contact
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Contact Us
Pierson Requirements Group Inc.
71 Michael Road
Stamford, CT 06903
Phone: 203-322-1606
Fax: 203-329-0173
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 NEW Virtual Instructor-Led Training is a time efficient and cost effective way of delivering training to individuals and groups of attendees without travel. When we use Web Conferencing instead of traveling, we use less gasoline and we reduce our impact on our environment. Web Conferencing is a green technology.
Web conferencing training includes hands-on case study exercises and instructor one-on-one mentoring of exercise deliverables. Pierson now offers live synchronous virtual classroom delivery for the following classes:
User Acceptance Testing
Business Requirements Gathering & Writing Seminar
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 Instructor Led On-Site Training is available for Business Requirements Gathering & Writing, User Acceptance Testing, Use Cases, UML and Business Modeling skills.List available classes.
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 Earn PDUs - The Project Management Institute (PMI) has approved Pierson's training classes for earning PDUs. Pierson will provide you with the documentation required to earn PDUs with PMI.
 Pierson trains U.S. Census Bureau in Requirements Gathering and Writing and JAD Facilitation for the 2010 Re-design project.
 Pierson trains Microsoft in JAD Facilitation and Business Requirements Gathering and Writing techniques.
Pierson provides training for Business Requirements Gathering & Writing using JAD, Use Cases and UML, User Acceptance Testing and Use Cases & UML for the Technical Teams.
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Pierson provides more business analysis and facilitation seminars. Click here for a list of classes.
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