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The Information Architecture Group offers a number of courses based on Best Business Requirements Practices™.

Specifying Client Requirements (SCR) Create the most accurate, complete, and clear business specs you have ever seen by applying practical techniques for gathering and documenting user requirements quickly and easily. This two day course teaches analysts the IT industry's best practices, and more importantly, how to apply them on their systems development projects.

Defining Software Requirements (DSR) How do you deal with ambiguous, unstructured, and incomplete user requirements? These two days deal with the extension of Business Requirements incorporating the conceptual design and technical architecture requirements. Learn simple and quick modeling techniques and steps that will 'bridge the gap' between the analysis of requirements and the design of the system.

Data Warehouse Requirements Analysis (DWR) Don't get caught in the trap of implementing a data warehouse that doesn't meet the client's needs. Data Warehouses can be an extremely valuable asset but need to be designed correctly. Learn project-saving techniques unique to specifying Data Warehouse and decision support system requirements. This two day seminar covers specific modeling and analysis techniques that focus on how to develop complete, and clear specifications with, and for, your Data Warehouse clients.

Creating a Request for Proposal (RFP) Learn the inside tricks and techniques to preparing a request for proposal that reflects the true business requirements and will result in vendor responses that can actually be used to evaluate and compare solutions. This one day "how-to" course explains the essential components of the RFP and lays out the specific steps to take to produce the deliverable in a matter of days vs. weeks. (Prerequisite: SCR)

Maintenance Requirements Analysis (MRA) Eliminate the frustrations of trying to enhance or maintain your legacy system with outdated, inaccurate or non-existing documentation. This two day course will show you how easy it is to define and document specifications for maintenance & enhancements related projects. The techniques taught are transferable and appropriate for use with any development platform, type of project, and development methodology. (Prerequisite: SCR)

Facilitating a Requirements Discovery Session (FRDS) Learn and practice the facilitation skills and communication techniques for conducting productive requirements meetings and obtaining and defining requirements interactively with your users. After this three-day workshop,  participants can expect to lead subject matter experts through the definition of their requirements -- with practical questioning, facilitation and analysis techniques that manage the unique dynamics of typical user meetings. This workshop focuses on the application and use of proven best practices from the fields of Software Engineering, Joint Application Development (JAD) and Business Modeling within a user requirements meeting. (Prerequisite: SCR)

Writing Business/System Specifications (DOC) If you are frustrated by inconsistent, incomplete, unprofessional or unusable specifications -- or are simply in need of guidance on how to easily produce practical, accurate & readable specs, this may be for you. This is a two-day course on capturing, writing and completing quality requirements specifications, based on industry standards. Participants will build on the systems analysis best practices from the 'Specifying Client Requirements' course. In this hands-on workshop, they will learn and practice documentation and modeling techniques using standard templates, worksheets and checklists. (Prerequisite: SCR)

Options and Pricing:

1. Hold an economical Corporate In-house Session at your facilities.

2. Register for a seat at a Public Session offered in your area.

2 day SCR Session $995 /person

2 day DSR Session $995 /person

4 day SCR/DSR Session $1,790 / person    $200 SAVINGS 

What Some Participants Have Said

"This is an extremely practical approach. Clients will not only understand the methods,
and get useable results but can actually enjoy it."

"This course is a real eye-opener. It is the first time I've seen a method
that shows, with confidence, how to start and complete
gathering the correct user requirements."

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