Students will gain insight into the critical importance of requirements gathering as the foundation of good systems analysis and design.
This course describes the Business System Life Cycle and presents practical ways to gather system requirements and analyze user needs. The student will practice techniques for interviewing end users of the system to drive out system requirements. Students will gain insight into the critical importance of requirements gathering as the foundation of good systems analysis and design.
While all stages of the Business System Life Cycle are discussed, the emphasis of this course is on the planning and analysis stages, with special attention focused on techniques for gathering system requirements.
Building Positive Project Customer/Stakeholder Relationships is a two day, instructor-facilitated, learning course designed to help project team members better develop and maintain stakeholder relationships.
In this course, participants will be introduced to fundamental and advanced stakeholder management techniques that must be applied in the project environment. After an introduction to the better practices for each learning unit, course attendees will apply these principles via relevant individual and team exercises. The course will cover the following team participation aspects:
- Characteristics of Teams
- Onsite, Virtual, and Matrix Teams
- Project Organizations
- Stakeholder Identification and Analysis
- Project Vision and Mission
- Stakeholder-Project Alignment
- Project Communication Skills
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Tracking and Reporting Performance
- Risk Tolerance
- Conflict Management and Resolution
- Dealing with Change
The course is designed to re-introduce essential project management processes followed by hands-on application of skills using both a course case study and a project simulation tool.
This instructor-led, simulation-based, training class is for experienced project management practitioners who wish to apply and enhance their project management skills. The course is designed to re-introduce essential project management processes followed by hands-on application of skills using both a course case study and a project simulation tool. Participants will take a realistic project from inception (initiation) through completion (closure).
Depending on customer requirements, this can be a 2 or 3 day class.
Upon completion of class, participants will be able to understand and make informed decisions related to Cloud computing.
This course introduces Cloud computing concepts and key technologies. The workshop explores the evolution of Grid and Cloud computing, and provides the students with the understanding they need to make informed decisions relating to Cloud computing. Additionally, this course includes a survey of Cloud security, and capacity planning.
This workshop will explore the power, dynamics, and practical value of building trust and teamwork.
For most of us, teamwork is a part of everyday life. Whether it’s at home, in the community, or at work, we are often expected to be a functional part of a performing team.
This workshop will encourage participants to explore the different aspects of a team, as well as ways that they can become a top-notch team performer.
Learn how to develop a personal brand and take responsibility for your destiny.
- How are you perceived at work by others?
- What is your reputation in meetings?
- What would you say to a Senior Executive to introduce yourself?
These are all very important questions and yet seldom do we proactively think about them.
Learn how to create a positive and accountable workplace culture, conduct effective meetings and establish your leadership style.
First Impressions: 85% of our success in business is a direct result of our personal and soft skills, while only 15% can be attributed to our education and experience. Our first impressions and mingle-ability are extremely important because they are formed in less than three seconds and it takes a lifetime to overcome a bad first impression.
The leader with executive presence has poise, self-confidence and authenticity, and commands the respect and attention of others. It is important to know how others perceive us because that impression filters everything else that others think about us. All too often we tend to judge ourselves by our intentions, yet we judge others by their behaviors. What commonly happens is that the gap between what we intend and what our behaviors reveal can often be misaligned resulting in our diminished effectiveness.
This session will include videotaping and feedback, although, it is not to be confused with a course on presentation skills.
This 5-day course is designed to enable participants to design and develop XML applications. It is composed of 3 days XML application development and 2 day of Using XML with Java, which addresses the role of XML within the Java platform as well as important issues to consider when designing and developing applications with Java and XML. The eXtensible Markup Language is a subset of SGML developed by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) for exchanging self-documented structured data over the Web. Widely adopted by the major software vendors, XML has now become an essential tool for the integration of applications and workflow.
This course is designed to explore the more advanced features of CICS. Participants are exposed to functions not widely understood, yet necessary in today’s large mainframe environment. Particular attention is paid to some of the more helpful advanced screen handling techniques of CICS. Topics presented on CICS Recovery Facilities directly affect all CICS programs. Practical examples are given throughout the course.
This course provides comprehensive information about the capabilities of the .Net Framework, Visual Studio tools, and the C# programming language. Students will learn to create applications and libraries using C#. The course assumes the student has little to no programming experience. This course is lab-intensive and is designed to bring the student up to speed quickly.
