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Focuses on the concepts of how to conduct requirements gathering sessions and how to be an effective facilitator. The workshop provides an understanding of how to build and utilize activity diagrams and use cases for the discovery and testing phase of development.
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Individuals planning to facilitate, manage or participate in requirements gathering sessions and would like to implement the JAD process for the discovery phase of development. Those who will find this of value are: Facilitators, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Subject Matter Experts, Information Architects, Designers, Team Leads, Creative Directors, Creative Leads, Developers and Engineers.
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JAD Facilitation & Requirements Gathering Training Seminar using Use Cases - 3 Days
Description
The Joint Application Development (JAD) Facilitation Training Seminar, using a use case driven approach, focuses on how to manage and facilitate for JAD projects. The workshop provides training in facilitation techniques needed for gathering requirements and developing test cases. The seminar focus is:
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 | Project management and facilitation techniques |
| Training for use cases with agendas and scripts for facilitating |
| Practical experience in facilitating for requirements gathering |
Each participant receives a JAD Workshop Kit with sample agendas and scripts, a JAD Procedures Guide and a Seminar Handbook. Maximum of 10 students.
Objectives
The objectives of the seminar are to:
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| Provide an understanding of the JAD deliverables needed for requirements gathering |
| Supply sample agendas and scripts used to capture the JAD deliverables |
| Provide practical exercises for building agendas and facilitating the Problem Statement and Requirements Analysis models, diagrams and notations |
| Give each seminar participant the opportunity to facilitate specific agendas for a JAD project and be provided with feedback and an evaluation by the instructor |
Seminar Content
Day 1 am
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Introduction |
| Project Management for JAD Projects |
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Overview of JAD |
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Role of JAD in RAD |
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Timeboxing |
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JAD roles/responsibilities |
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Project Planning |
| Communication Techniques for JAD Projects |
Day 1 pm
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Facilitation |
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Facilitation skills |
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Managing conflict |
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Exercise- Active Listening Skills |
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Common people problems |
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Techniques for facilitating difficult groups |
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Presentation skills |
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Techniques for creative thinking |
| Project Planning and Strategic Planning Agendas |
| Building an agenda |
Day 2 am
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Exercise- Conducting a short meeting |
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Practice presentation skills |
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Group decision-making and consensus building |
Day 2 pm
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Exercise- Creative Thinking |
| Problem Statement- Building the Use Case Diagram and Management Perspective |
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Principles and terminology for Problem Statement |
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Constructing the Use Case Diagram (Project Scope) and Management Perspective |
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JAD Agendas, scripts and facilitation techniques |
| Case Study Exercise- Building the Use Case Diagram |
| Requirements Gathering and Facilitation Techniques |
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Principles and terminology for Requirements Analysis |
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Constructing the Activity Diagram (workflows) |
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Constructing the Use Case Model for Requirements Analysis |
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JAD Agendas, scripts and facilitation techniques |
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Case Study Exercises - Building Activity Diagrams (workflow) and Use Cases |
| Constructing Detailed Use Cases for Development and Testing |
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Agendas and scripts for focus groups |
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Case Study Exercise- Building Detailed Use Cases |
Day 3
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Case Study Exercise |
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JAD Process Simulation – each student creates an agenda and facilitates a workshop. |
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The student is given a written evaluation from the instructor. |
| Wrap up |
Instructor Profile
Joy E. Matthews is the cofounder and Vice President of Methodology Development and Training for Pierson Requirements Group, Inc. She is an experienced JAD facilitator with expertise in Object-Oriented Software Engineering and the JAD process. She is the co-author of Pierson's repeatable development methodology for Three-Tier Architecture projects using Object-Oriented methods and JAD. Joy is the author of the JAD Facilitation and Methodology Seminar using Object-Oriented Software Engineering, a use case driven approach. She is accomplished in Object-Oriented Requirements Analysis, Analysis and Detailed Design. She has facilitated and managed projects for all phases of the system development life cycle. Joy is also experienced in Information Engineering and Structured Analysis methodologies using the JAD process. She is the author of the JAD Facilitation & Methodology Seminar using Information Engineering and Structured Analysis, and the Process Modeling and Data Modeling Skills Workshops. Joy has trained and implemented the JAD process as a consultant and was cofounder of the JAD Department at Sony Corporation in the 1980's. Joy also was a Principal at General Electric Consulting Services. Some recent projects are the Department of Energy, Amica Insurance, Circuit City- Carmax Division, Experian and Waste Management- AETS. Ms. Matthews was previously Vice President of Management and Product Development for Donovan Data Systems where she directed the development and implementation of software systems for Coca-Cola, Kraft, Heublein, AT&T and several major advertising agencies. She supported these clients as an instructor and project manager. She developed and conducted technical training programs for system installations and new product releases. Joy has a M.S. from C.W. Post College, L.I.U. |
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