Do you see room for improvement in your company? Maybe you just would like to see growth and need help figuring out where. Either way, Pierson Requirements Group can help.

Pierson is an IT company who’s mission is to help businesses of all sizes grow.

“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”

Pierson can help you realize your growth goals by taking your ideas and making them into practical plans for implementation.

Contact them so that you can have the same results as some of these clients.

“This was the best training I have received in my professional career!”

“Very informative. Corporate wide training classes should be instituted.”

“The instructor is great. Material is well organized and 100% relevant to my work. Its relationship to our company’s process is extremely helpful.”

“The instructor’s method of teaching is very interactive.”

“I highly recommend this training for other employees as well as Business End Users.”

“I would like to see all the other groups in IT trained in JAD and think the future success of our projects would be greatly improved by using JAD.”

The methodology necessary to make true change in a seamless and workable manner is often confusing and difficult to find. Pierson Requirements Group can make the entire process less of a hassle by breaking each step down in a way that is understandable and implementing each step when the time is right.

As stated on their website, they are committed to finding what in your company needs improvement and then giving you solutions that will promote the change necessary.

Contacting the offices will provide a one on one conversation that will become the first step toward your next step.

“Pierson can provide you with a customized methodology for Object-Oriented development projects using the notation of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and the Unified Process. This customized methodology can be placed on your intranet to serve as a handbook or guide for the software system development teams. This document defines the steps and phases that should be followed, technical modeling options, and refers to quality procedures which should be employed. In this methodology Pierson will provide your company with a repeatable process for:

• Using the notation of UML Modeling and Unified Process
• System Development Life Cycle deliverables
• Joint Application Development (JAD) activities and JAD Session agendas
• Rapid Application Development (RAD)
• Documentation templates

Best practices to be utilized throughout the Problem Statement, Requirements, Analysis, Design, Construction, Business User Final Acceptance and Transition phases of the system development life cycle.

Pierson can also provide your company with a methodology to evaluate and select a vendor for outsourcing and for evaluation and selection of software packages.”

Pierson Requirement Group is very good at what they do and one of the reasons is because they love it. This company’s entire success depends on the success of the company’s they train. They are a leading company in this type of analysis and training because of the passion they put behind it. Contact them today for all your business training needs.

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. 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. Instructor Led Classroom Training is also available for classes that require a face-to-face format to improve facilitating, requirements gathering and conducting effective meetings skills. All of Pierson’s training can be conducted on-site.

Simply put Pierson Requirements group is a company aimed to improve your company and ultimately your bottom line. They can be invovled in every detail of your business and get to the heart of any issues while showing you potunit fr growth along the way.

Don’t lie awake wondering how you can improve, let Pierson show you where you can be better and then train you with seminars!

In the ever competitive business world it’s emportant to keep your company current and on the cutting edge of what seminars and training courses are available. Online searching and reading can uncover a whole new level of expertise available at the click of your mouse.

Pierson Requirements Group offers a multitude of ways to do just that. This company will assess every single area of your business and find out if there are any gaping holes or even small leaks so that any problem is found and corrected as soon as possible. This may mean hiring more staff, letting some go, re organizing who does what and almost always involves more focused training. 

By taking the business analysis training courses offered at the Pierson Requirements Group website you are equipping yourself and your staff to be the absolute best in the specialized world of your field. Sparring no expense you will also utilize every penny of your investment for the most excellent training available.

1. Hallmark
2. Experian
3. Dell Professional Services
4. The US Department of Energy
5. the list goes on!

Some quotes on the JAD Facilitation and Methodology training provided by Pierson:

“The hands on experience and class discussions were great! The instructor was very effective and had a lot of knowledge to pass on – I like the learn-as-you-go setup. The class size was perfect- I would not recommend having more than 10 in any class. It was mentally stimulating – Also, the group feedback for each person at the end of a facilitation practice exercise was excellent.”

“This was the best training I have received in my professional career!”

“Very informative. Corporate wide training classes should be instituted.”

On any level of business companies can benefit from additional analysis and training courses.

A great business analyst can come into your company and review your processes and modes of operation and not only identify what you could be doing better but they can also translate those goals into workable training solutions for your IT department.

This will enable your company to run more smoothly and prepare for upcoming growth. Pierson Requirements group is a company that specializes in training courses for these positions. Someone within your current staff can sign up for the seminars and courses available online through Pierson and become an invaluable asset to your future.

Some of the courses available include:

Business Requirements Gathering and Writing Training Seminar - The seminar focuses on implementing the JAD requirements gathering process, writing requirements and how to be an effective facilitator. These are all required skills for the Business Analyst. The workshop provides an understanding of the project life cycle using Use Cases and UML and how to incorporate them into a repeatable process (CMM- level 2) at your organization. The seminar teaches the student how to build UML diagrams and write use cases throughout the iterations of the project life cycle for project planning, scoping, requirements gathering, design and testing.

Understanding the importance of someone who can identify issues within your company is the true key to success.

Training courses that target specific areas within your company are one of the components to a great and growing empire. If your small business wishes to grow beyond it’s current reach, Pierson Requirements Group can help you do just that.

They have specialized trainers and training courses so that your employees can be better equip to handle whatever your professional niche throws at them.

They have courses such as the two day seminar entitled ‘Agile Training’. The course aims to focus on training the product owners and business users how to be an effective testers. This class will:

• Provide an understanding of the different testing techniques and methods and when to use them
• Learn how to identify and write test scenarios and test cases using UML and Use Cases
• Learn how to quality check requirements documents and use cases
• Define a repeatable process for User Acceptance Testing

and much more! Each participant receives a handbook for later referencing and Pierson remains in contact with your offices  should further questions become pertinent. See a full class breakdown here.

Contact Pierson today and watch how they can make your company faster, more efficient, and better at everything.

Business Analyst Training is a way of targeting learning for exactly what your employees need. Pierson Requirements Group is a company who will provide business analysis training courses either on or off site to aid you in making your company as effective as possible. In order to take your business’ services to the next level you have to pinpoint your weaknesses and then create training classes and software to strengthen those areas.

Their Joint Application Development (JAD) which is used as a way to bring together the teams your company uses to design technical and creative aspects and the realities of the business world to create a round-table type discussion forum workshop to find out exactly what is needed in your field and make sure that your software is going to cater to those needs. This process saves time and money that is valuable during the upstart of any business.

They aim to cover every area of:

• project management
• business analysis
• system specification
• and more

Trusting a company like Pierson to have your best intrests in mind is the key to a good working relationship, Pierson will answer any questions you or your staff may have before, during, and after your analysis begins. Find out if the methodology used by Pierson is something your company can benefit from by contacting them today.

Business Analysts are responsible for facilitating requirements analysis, requirements validation and business process improvement.  Below are some qualities and traits of a good Requirements Lead and Business Process Improvement Facilitator that a Business Analyst should develop to be effective.

·        Communicates well

·        Processes ideas from people

·        Shows a natural interest

·        Listens well

·        Maintains control

·        Empowers the group

·        Handles uncertainty

·        Is quick to connect with the group

·        Focuses on the business not their own solutions

·        Communication skills

§         Negotiating

§         Group dynamics

§         Listen/draw conclusions

·        Business Savvy

§         Running meetings

§         Systems Analysis & Design

§         Relates well to people

·        Management skills

§         Project Management

§         Manages people’s expectations

·        Reputation

·        Impartial

·        Devoted to the process

§         Understands and constantly sells the process

Pierson Requirements Group provides training in effectively leading requirements and business process improvement initiatives.  Some popular classes for improving the Business Analyst facilitation skills are the Business Requirements Gathering & Writing Seminar using JAD, Use Cases and UML Techniques and the Business Process Management Facilitation.   

To learn more about training that is available for these collaborative techniques and methodologies click on Pierson’s Requirements Group’s agendas for JAD Facilitation & Requirements Gathering using Use Cases and Business Requirements Gathering & Writing Seminars.

Collaborative Requirements Gathering Sessions for Agile Projects

The definition of an application’s business requirements is an iterative process.  The main purpose of the JAD sessions is to capture consensus based business requirements and provide the developers with a good understanding of what the business wants the system to do.  JAD sessions should create documents describing the business activities and system interfaces by utilizing use cases and business models.

JAD Requirements Analysis Session-Activity Steps:

1.   Build the High Level Activity Diagram

2.   Develop the Use Case requirements by identifying the following:

·         Further document the software requirements by identifying the main flows, alternate flows, exception flows, business rules, and design constraints.

·         Prioritize the use cases and requirements lists.  These are later used for the iterative release strategy.

3.   Create the State Diagrams for GUI design and/or a Requirements Storyboard

4.   Site Maps (Storyboards) and screen inventories can also be developed

5.   Identify the business objects and their relationships for each use case. The steps for building the Domain Object Model are as follows:

·         Identify the “real world” objects

·         Identify the associations to the other objects

·         Identify the multiplicity

·         List the attributes and operations associated with each object

6.   Build a glossary of definitions – actors, use cases and business objects

JAD Focus Groups

Iterative development requires that further analysis be done on user requirements to support each incremental release.  This requirement is addressed by having JAD-like sessions (focus groups) that build on the results of the requirements sessions.  The purpose of these focus groups is to drill down the requirements into a high-level design solution.  These focus groups are made up of the technical project team and business subject matter experts. 

JAD Focus Group Analysis (High Level Design) Session- Activity Steps:

1.  Provide a detailed definition of the use cases created in the requirements analysis phase.  The use case should describe the details of the user interaction with the system and have the associated screen shots or paper prototypes.

2.   Build use case views for each use case to show how the objects are used in the use case.

3.   Build the sequence diagram for use cases with more complicated workflows and refine the domain object models.

Pierson Requirements Group, Inc. provides the project teams with Agile Modeling Techniques for Collaborative Solutions — check out the class agenda

This is a good article to review on this subject.  http://www.startupcto.com/processes/business-vs-technical-requirements

Joy E. Matthews is the cofounder and Vice President of Training and Consulting Services for Pierson Requirements Group, Inc., (www.piersonrequirementsgroup.com), founded in 1990. She is an Information Systems Specialist with expertise in implementing Iterative Development and Joint Application Development using many development tools.  She is accomplished in business modeling and facilitation techniques.  She has participated in all phases of Information Engineering systems development and Total Quality Management projects.  She has successfully completed Business Process Re-engineering, Information Strategy Planning, Business Area Analysis, Functional Area Analysis and Business System Design projects for a number of organizations and is a certified facilitator.

Joy trains the latest in UML and the use case methodology using JAD.  She is an expert in JAD and UML best practices and industry standards.  She is the co-author of Pierson’s repeatable development Methodology for Multi-Tier Architecture projects using Object-Oriented methods and JAD.  Joy is the author of the JAD Facilitation and Requirements Gathering Seminar:  A Process for Implementing Object-Oriented Projects. 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 the author of the following seminars:  Requirements Gathering & Writing Seminar using Data Techniques, JAD, UML and Use Cases, Business Analysis Seminar, Requirements Gathering & Writing Seminar using JAD, Use Cases and UML, User Acceptance Testing Seminar, Requirements & Specifications Seminar, Facilitated Session Leader Seminar, Learning Use Cases and UML Seminar and Writing Requirements That Work Seminar. Joy can be reached at jmatthews@piersonrequirementsgroup.com