The Seminars in this listing can be selected in any combination to create a custom seminar for your site, containing only those topics which are of interest to you and your staff. Workshops and exercises are incorporated throughout the seminars.

Please keep in mind that the minimum seminar is one day.

Analysis and Design Seminars

JAD and Conceptual Modeling
JAD and Logical Modeling
JAD and Physical Modeling
Rapid Application Development Techniques
Estimating Techniques

JAD and Conceptual Modeling
Purpose:	This Seminar is designed to address how to use Joint Application Design (JAD) techniques and Data Modeling to speed the process of design and construction of an application.
Duration:	2 days
Contents:	Creating the Conceptual Design Joint Application Development (JAD) and Data Modeling Techniques What is JAD? Who Attends and Why JAD Rules Setting up for a JAD Running a JAD Session Deliverables What is a Data Model? Defining an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) The Basic Structures Cardinality Logical vs. Physical Rules of Normalization Results Creating the Conceptual ERD Identifying Primary Entities Identifying Primary Relationships Defining Conceptual Business Requirements and Rules Deliverable: Conceptual Application ERD

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JAD and Logical Modeling
Purpose:	This Seminar is designed to address how to use Joint Application Design (JAD) techniques and Process Modeling to speed the process of design and construction of an application, specifically taking a conceptual design through the logical design process.
Duration:	2 days
Contents:	Creating the Logical Design Creating a Logical ERD Asking the Right Questions Identifying Entities Identifying Relationships Determining Cardinality Diagramming the Answers Supporting Documents Knowing when the ERD is "Done" Documenting Business Processes and Business Rules Creating the Functional Decomposition Identifying Common Objects Describing Processes Defining Process Rules and Requirements Defining Process Interfaces Creating the Create Update Retrieve Delete (CRUD) Matrix Defining Entity vs. Function Defining Entity vs. Attributes Identifying Interfaces - Internal and External Defining Screen Requirements Deliverable: Logical Design Specification

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JAD and Physical Modeling
Purpose:	This Seminar is designed to address how to use Joint Application Design (JAD) techniques and Process Modeling to speed the process of design and construction of an application, specifically in the Physical Design process.
Duration:	1 day
Contents:	Creating the Physical Design Design ADABAS files Denormalize for ADABAS Identify Access Paths Review ERD and Application Design Check Concurrency Define Common Objects Screen Prototypes Deliverable: Physical Design Specification Developing a Data Conversion Plan Determine Amount of Data Validation Needed Determine Timing of Conversion Elapsed Time for Each Conversion Step Conversion Segments or Phases Determine if Conversion will be Parallel or Cut-Over Deliverable: Data Conversion Plan

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Rapid Application Development techniques
Purpose:	This Seminar is designed to address how to use Rapid Application Development (RAD) techniques to speed the process of design and construction of an application.
Duration:	3 days

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Estimating Techniques
Purpose:	This Seminar is designed to address how to ways to estimate the complexity of an application and the team which will be needed to Design, create and implement the application.
Duration:	1 day

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