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Sam Walton, the founder of the extremely successful retail chain Wal*Mart wrote “10 Rules For A Successful Business’, this article outlines great basic ways to get and keep your workplace running and running well.

Among his well thought out rules are Rule 7: Listen to everyone in your company and figure out ways to get them talking and Rule 10: Swim upstream. These two rules are part of what make his company remain making a profit well after he passed away and even in some of the most horrible economic climates.

At Pierson Requirements Group they too believe in listening to everyone in your company and can help you to ‘find a way to get them talking’. In their User Acceptance Testing Seminar they aim to train management to do just that.

The objectives of this seminar are to:

  • 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
  • Understand the roles and responsibilities of the Business Analyst in UAT and where UAT fits in the SDLC
  • Provide practical exercises for quality checking requirements documents, using testing techniques and methods, writing test scenarios, creating UAT plans and strategies and writing detailed defect reports
  • Perform usability testing techniques and formal acceptance reviews for better customer satisfaction

Contact Pierson Requirements Group to schedule your next seminar today!

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Pierson Requirements Group, Inc. has trained Microsoft project teams in JAD Facilitation using Use Cases and the Unified Modeling Language (UML).  Pierson has also provided training to the Program Managers at Microsoft in Business Requirements Gathering & Writing using JAD, Use Cases and UML.

For more information please contact wpierson@piersonrequirementsgroup.com or call 203-322-1606.  Check out the website for www.piersonrequirementsgroup.com.

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Pierson has trained and mentored the U.S. Census Bureau Re-design division on their templates, requirements process tools and methods.  Pierson has trained all the project teams including the Project Managers, Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Technical Managers, Programmers and Branch Chiefs in the new Re-design requirements gathering and writing process.

Click on the course name to view the course content.   Business Requirements Gathering & Writing using JAD, Use Cases and UML.

For more information please contact wpierson@piersonrequirementsgroup.com or call 203-322-1606.  Check out the website for www.piersonrequirementsgroup.com.

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The term outsourcing has become on that people feel negatively about. However as a business owner the concept is hugely profitable and helps the global economy.

Simply put the idea is that you can put some of your call centers and the like in countries where labor is cheaper than it is here in the states. The families able to procure employment from American businesses in poorer areas are able to make far and away more than what other families in the area are. By providing jobs you are truly changing the face of people who have been impoverished for as long as most can remember.

The Pierson Website explains:

Pierson Requirements Group, Inc. has divided the services into three phases of tasks. The phases are preparation, workshop and follow-up.

During the Preparation Phase, Pierson Requirements Group, Inc. will include the following activities:

  • Interviews and orientations of key stakeholders (SMEs) from each business unit to review and uncover seed material and identify project issues for the session
  • Teleconference and on-site interviews to review the current documentation practices and templates used for business requirements
  • Review of sample documents for a similar project
  • Planning the session logistics, deliverables and agenda with the project team
  • JAD Facilitator and JAD Documenter prepare the JAD Documentation to be used in the session

Contact Pierson Requirement Group for a full and complete explaination and the steps toward making this type of situation a reality.

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A system analyst is someone within a company who researches problems, makes plans for a solution, and deals with the intricacies of developmental plans for meeting business or other requirements. A well trained analyst should be familiar with several different types of approaches to problems. Also they should be familiar with a variety of programming languages, operating systems, and different types of hardware and software to be used within a company.

” Because they often write user requests into technical specifications, the systems analysts are the liaisons between vendors and IT professionals. They may be responsible for developing cost analysis, design considerations, and implementation time-lines.” - Web Definition

The Pierson Requirements group aims to get your analyst to the top of his or her game by providing the best possible approach to all of these areas of expertise. They have training courses such as  a 2 day course entitled ‘Project Management Training’.

The Introduction to Project Management class offers training in the basic skills that a Project Manager would use to effectively manage an IT Project. The participants will learn how to scope and plan projects for IT initiatives. The seminar focus is on:

  • How to be an effective project manager and what skills are required
  • How to define the project vision and scope
  • How to create and manage an effective project plan
  • How to manage the project communication process
  • Each seminar participant receives a Seminar Handbook with sample templates, checklists, procedures guide and a solution set.
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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.

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The Pierson Requirements Group has been a consulting and training company since 1990 and they’ve helped many businesses realize their potential by using practices to uniquely steer your company down the road to success. Their business analysts can help you take your idea from inception to full fruition in a clear and concisely planned way which will aide the smooth running of your ship.

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. Sparing no expense you will also utilize every penny of your investment for the most excellent training available.
Some of the companies that have benefited from the business analysis training courses are:
  1. Hallmark
  2. Experian
  3. Dell Professional Services
  4. The US Department of Energy
  5. the list goes on!
By utilizing their business analysis training courses you can learn the best business practices for whatever your plan needs to get started. They offer seminars on Agile Projects, Acceptance Testing, JAD Techniques and many many more. Their Consulting services includes mentoring, methodology,process analysis and improvement and even outsourcing facilitating.
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Pierson’s customers have found that they are able to capture 93 – 95% of the business requirements functionality by using a collaborative requirements method and by creating and validating paper prototypes with the business community.

Pierson has conducted studies with Hallmark, Amica Insurance, CarMax, Staples and the U.S. Department of Energy. The following time and cost savings were found:

  • 25 – 50% of time saved for requirements gathering
  • Use of a collaborative requirements approach saved 25% to 33% of time over the entire project or 3 – 4 months out of a year long project.

Pierson’s customers have all found that it is not just a cost savings but also getting it right the first time which decreases redesign. Redesign is very costly for companies. Pierson’s philosophy is also to strive for consensus based requirements in order to provide a key measure of success for better customer satisfaction.

You may find this informative also.  http://www.it-financeconnection.com/enterprise-systems/roi-success-through-business-anaysis/

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