On-Site
Training Only
Length:
2 days
Number of Participants: Up to 20
Materials: Notebooks and handouts provided
About
This Seminar
Rapid
Application Development (RAD) is becoming the most prevalent
method of systems development, and RAD has evolved dramatically in
recent
years. This seminar moves beyond basic RAD approaches and
introduces
some
of the latest and best practices in systems development today.
What's
Happening
Today's
applications require short development cycles and interaction with
customers throughout. Requirements-gathering is ongoing and
reflects the
realities of constant changes in technology and market demands.
RAD was
just the tip of the iceberg. Today, Adaptive Development,
Extreme
Programming (XP), Refactoring and other RADical departures from
traditional
waterfall methodologies are essential to the success of
software
development. Change is not only inevitable but desirable as well,
and this
seminar is designed to help you leverage change to produce
high-quality
systems that are customer and market driven.
What
Makes This Seminar Unique
This
seminars centers around the essential methods, and skills required
to
achieve successful implementation of software products designed to
meet
the ever-evolving requirements of customers in today's volatile
technology
and
market environments. Rapid application development today looks
very
different from the early days of client server. Through exercises,
case
studies, and an off-line mini-lab simulation, participants will be
able to
experience the "do's, don'ts, and gotcha's" of working
in the RAD
development. In addition participants will learn the latest and
best current
thinking
about RAD and other adaptive development processes.
What You Will Learn
- Understand
and apply an adaptive development lifecycle
- Develop
products that are more customer driven.
- Respond
effectively to change using adaptive, evolutionary processes
- Understand,
plan, and apply a timeboxed project management approach
- Build
effective development teams
- Select
tools and techniques to enhance your team's productivity the quality
of your solutions
Who
Should Attend
- System
planners, developers, and business analysts seeking better ways of
delivering quality systems to meet the needs of their customers.
- Web
developers
- Executive
sponsors, key business clients and subject matter experts involved
in the specification of quality systems
- Quality
assurance specialists
- Testing
coordinators
Seminar
Outline
Unit
1 - RAD Overview
- Why
RAD?
- The
Decade of the 90's
- RAD
Environments
- Goals
of Rapid Application Development
- Why
do projects fail
- Waterfall
Philosophy
- RAD
Philosophy
- RAD
Lifecycle
- The
4 secrets to keeping your customers engaged
- Project
Initiation Workshop
- Focus
Groups
- Continuous
Application Engineering
- Timeboxed
Project Management
Unit
2 - The RAD Project - Getting It Started
- Selecting
a RAD Project
- Dedicated
Teams
- Purpose
and Goals
- RAD
Lifecycle
- Initiation
Critical Success Factors
- Project
Initiation Workshop
- Roles
& Responsibilities
- Project
Objective Statement
- Measures
of Success
- Adaptive
Development
- Adaptive
Life Cycle
- A
Different Way to Plan
- Why
Measure?
- Project
estimating
Unit 3 - The RAD Project - Still
Getting It Started
- Focus
Group Participants
- Recruiting
Customers
- Focus
Group Facilities
- Anatomy
of a Focus Group
- Focus
Group Day
- Analyzing
Change Requests
- Prototyping
vs Focus Group
- Customer
Focus Group Benefits
Unit
4 - Managing the project
- Focus
Group Results
- Revising
a Cycle Plan
- Requirements
Management
- Definition
of Quality
- Quality
"Tolerances"
- Risk
Management
- Project
Control Panel
- Managing
Keys
- Monitoring
- Technical
Reviews
- Technical
Review Benefits
- Configuration
Management
Unit
5 - What's left?
- Managing
Extremes
- Harnessing
Emergent Order
- Speed
& Change
- Speculate-Collaborate-Learn
- Planning
vs. Speculating
- Complex
Adaptive Systems
- Optimization
- The Old Science
- Adaptation
- The New Science
- Extreme
Projects
- The
Transition Zone
- Adaptive
Development Components
- Lab:
A Mini-RADical Project
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