Pierson Requirements Group (www.PiersonRequirementsGroup.com) offers business analysis training to companies seeking a more efficient approach to software development.

Stamford, CT – March 18, 2009 – Companies no longer have to suffer poor return on investments (ROI), or accept costly redesign efforts as the norm in software development. Business analysis training and JAD training classes from Pierson Requirements Group help members of management and staff work together to avoid the most common pitfalls in requirements planning to maximize efficiency and ROI.

“The problems most companies have with software development are due to poor requirements rather than coding,” says Pierson Requirements Group Partner, Joy Matthews. “Developers know how to code but the business requirements are most often incomplete and don’t effectively communicate the business needs. The lack of effective requirements gathering and writing leads to 82% of the software re-design and maintenance efforts causing companies to waste millions of dollars a year on ineffective software implementations and lost product to market opportunities. [Our] customers have found that it is a 200:1 cost savings to find defects in requirements rather than in the maintenance phase.”

Pierson provides hands-on training in requirements gathering and writing, testing, and project management with an interactive approach. The business analyst training classes are designed to improve project performance by teaching project teams how to work together to implement industry standards and best practices.

The methodology is so effective that customers of Pierson Requirements Group have reported that $12,000 - $15,000 business analyst training classes have produced a $144,000 to $192,000 ROI in a year. According to Matthews, “Surveys of Pierson’s customers have found that the use of a Collaborative Requirements Approach saved 25% to 33% of time over the entire project, or three to four months out of a year-long project.”

Pierson offers training classes or seminars in business requirements analysis, UML and business modeling, QA testing, project management, requirements gathering and writing, JAD facilitation and requirements gathering, and more. The company also offers mentoring and consulting services for more direct involvement in clients’ software development projects.

About Pierson Requirements Group

Pierson is an Endorsed Education Provider of the IIBA- International Institute of Business Analysts and a member of the BABOK review board.  All of Pierson’s courses can earn PDUs with the Project Management Institute (PMI) and CDUs with the IIBA.

Pierson Requirements Group has been the leader in requirements training and testing training using industry best practices for 18 years and is often recommended by Gartner to its clients. What makes Pierson’s training unique and successful is that the training classes conclude with a simulation using the deliverables throughout the PLC.  A real life customer’s project can even be used. The training is 1/3 lecture and 2/3 hands on exercises so that the trainees are ready to go after completing the class and equipped for success with a full toolkit of checklists, a procedures guide, agendas and scripts. The primary objective of the training is to provide the participants with the knowledge and experience to implement a repeatable requirements gathering and writing process using UML and helps prepare those who want to take the IIBA Certification Exam.  Participants of Pierson’s training are provided with a certificate of successful completion of the training.

For more information about Pierson Requirements Group or business analysis training, please visit www.PiersonRequirementsGroup.com or contact Walter Pierson at 203-322-1606.

Contact:
Walter Pierson, President
Pierson Requirements Group
Phone: 203-322-1606
Email: wpierson@piersonrequirementsgroup.com
Web: www.PiersonRequirementsGroup.com