This
course teaches the Analyst as a JAD Facilitator to manage and facilitate
interactive requirement analysis and specification work sessions with all the
key participants. It teaches the facilitator how to plan a JAD schedule and
sessions, how to manage the expectations, the issues, and how to extract the
requirements from the participants and turn them into a formal models and
specifications.
The
JAD Facilitator is the bridge between the Business Managers and Users and
the Technical Experts and Developers. He needs to use a language that is clear
and that everyone can relate to. He acts as a communicator and a translator.
The course teaches when to facilitate and when to intermediate and how to
establish / restore good communication between all the participants. The
Facilitator is taught how to lead the sessions in a positive and constructive
manner and how to collaborate closely with the Project Manager.
A significant
amount of the time on the JAD course is spent in practical
application of the theory. This re-enforce the theoretical JAD concepts, and to
allow the course participants to experience the leading of a JAD session in a
non threatening environment. Additional positive spin-offs occur as a result of
the practical orientation of the course, these include:
Prerequisites: IIM, BEN or ASS1
Duration:
3 Days
Attendees:
System Specifiers, Business Analysts, JAD Facilitators/Managers.
