2-day Workshop on

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Managing Software Requirements

                         with a special session on

Creating Effective User Stories for Agile Requirements
 

Bangalore: 24th and 25th July 2008 (Thursday and Friday)

Venue: Hotel Taj West End, Race Course Road, Bangalore   Schedule: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm

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Earn 14  PDUs
 

 

Binary Essentials Consulting is a Registered Education Provider of PMI, USA.   This course is registered with PMI and  PMPs can claim a credit of 14 PDUs for this course online at www.pmi.org

PMI-REP Course ID for this Program is : 2076-MSWR07
 
 

Workshop Objectives
 

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Participants will learn to build core-Competencies in Collaborative Consulting with Stakeholders to jointly evolve and Co-create Requirements for Software Solutions that would deliver lasting Customer Value and meet  the legitimate expectations of the Customers, Stakeholders and End Users  right the first time
 
 

 Who Should Attend

 
   
• Product Managers
• Project Managers
• Pre-Sales Tech Professionals
• Proposal Architects
• Business Analysts
• Software Architects
• Requirements Engineers
• On-site Coordinators
• Process Consultants
• ERP Consultants
   
 

 Workshop Fees
 



Rs. 12,400 per participant
plus 12.36  % service tax

 10% discount for two or more  participants attending from the same organization


 
 

Workshop Faculty
 

This workshop is moderated by our Managing Director, S.M.Kripanidhi.


Kripanidhi has over 29 yrs  experience, the last 20 years in the IT Industry. He has managed and executed over 35 software projects of size ranging from 20 to 200 man-months and has successfully managed the design and development of 6 software products.

In the last 6 years, he has conducted over 50 open workshops, over 300 in-house programs on Software Project Management,  Agile Methodologies, Software  Requirements Engineering,  Software Estimation and other Software Engineering and System Engineering Disciplines

He has been involved in extensive research and practice of various Agile Methodologies and coaches software teams implement these practices.

Kripanidhi has designed, developed and delivered customized programs for Centre for Technical Training (CTT),  Philips Research Labs, Eindhoven, The Netherlands for their software professionals and technical managers  worldwide.

He is also an accredited trainer for LogicaCMG to deliver their proprietary project planning and tracking module for their project managers worldwide.

Prior to his career in IT, Kripanidhi has served in the Indian Air Force as a commissioned officer for over 8 years and held senior positions of responsibility in Air Defence Control, Cryptography and Special Projects.

Kripanidhi is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Lead Assessor: ISO-9000 Quality Systems  , Certified Management Auditor, Certified Business Analyst  and a Trained Trainer
 
 
 
 

We present a comprehensive case-study driven interactive Workshop covering practical methods and techniques to Anticipate, Elicit, Evolve, Analyze, Elaborate, Validate and Document Customer Requirements in a Software Development Scenario.

Context Analysis, Conducting a JAD Workshop with Stakeholders,  Using Metaphors for Elicitation,  Discovering Usage and Misusage Scenarios,  Competitive Product Analysis and Benchmarking,  Ethnography based Requirements Anticipation,  FABBING Theory  (Features-Advantages-Benefits Mapping),  KANO Model Analysis for understanding Customer Expectations,  VOLERE Model for Requirements Analysis,  Voice of Customer QFD Model for Requirements Prioritization and SCENE-IC Model based methods for anticipating Implicit Needs,  will be some of the techniques covered in the workshop with hands-on exercises and simulated group assignments.

Co-creating Software Requirements Collaboratively with Customers,  has proven to be the most effective strategy in Agile Methodologies to deliver rich Customer Experience and Stakeholder Delight, faster, cheaper and better, right the first time, every time.  We will cover a special session on creating effective stories for Agile Requirements.
 
Workshop Contents
 
Software Requirements and Customer Value
• The Theory of Customer Value
• Understanding Customer Expectations and Customer Value Perceptions
• Identifying Stakeholders in the Value Loop
• The Rationale for Customer Collaboration and Co-creation
• The Theory of Co-creation of Customer Value
   
 Systems Thinking Approach in Software Requirements
• Context Analysis and Anticipating Value
• Identifying Stakeholders and their Priorities
• Usage Scenario Analysis - The SCENE-IC Model
• Competitive Product Analysis - Lateral Learning
• Superset Theory and Evolving Options
• Discovering the Implicits - Anticipating Performance Requirements
• Misuse Case Analysis,  DFSS,  FMEA  Approaches
• Discovering Value Options
• Balancing the Value Influencers - Technology, Features, Performance, Cost
• Preparation for Collaboration and Co-creation
• Feasibility Analysis,  Risk Analysis,  Option Analysis
Requirements Elicitation Approaches
• The JAD Workshop - Evolving the Requirements
• The FABBING  Theory (Features-Advantages-Benefits)
• Benefit Engineering - The 5G Model
• KANO Model Analysis for Understanding Customer Expectations
• The Metaphor Technique - Discovering the Implicits
• QFD- Approach,  Voice of Customer Analysis
Software Requirements Co-creation Road Map
• Context Analysis , SWAN Analysis
• Anticipating Customer Value Expectations
• Orientation Session with Stakeholders - JAD Workshop - Phase 1
• Presentation of Options
• Identifying Key Customer Needs -  JAD Workshop - Phase 2
• Validating Customer Expectations  -  JAD Workshop - Phase 3
• Co-creating Solution Architecture,  Understanding the Value Proposition
• Proposing the Solution Approach,  Proposal Architecting
• Implementation Strategy,  Approach for Customer Value Streaming
• Clarifying mutual responsibilities
• Collaborative Implementation of Solution Approach
   
Agile Requirements and User Stories
• Product Visioning in Agile Development
• Gathering User Stories:  Epic, Story, Feature, Use case,  WIsh-list
• Prioritizing Stories in Product Backlog
• Splitting Stories and Story Size Estimation
• Attributes of a Good Story in Agile Requirements
• Building the Acceptance Criteria for Stories
Hands-On, Group Exercises
1 Collaboration and Co-creation -Simulation Exercise
2 Context Analysis and SWAN Analysis - Group Work
3 Stakeholder Analysis - Group Assignment
4 FABBING - Hands-on Practice Exercise
5 Usage Scenario Analysis -  Hands-on Practice Exercise
6 Prioritizing Stakeholders - QFD VOC -  Hands-on Practice Session
7 JAD Workshop Phase 1 - Simulation, Role Play
8 JAD Workshop Phase 1 - Simulation, Role Play
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JAD Workshop Phase 1 - Simulation, Role Play

  
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Volere Shell - Hands-on Practice Assignment

  
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Misuse Case - Hands-on Practice Assignment

  
     

How to Register
 
 
  • For nominations, send us an email at team@binaryessentials.com requesting for a program registration form and guidelines. 
  • Completed Program Registration Form can be sent to us along with the payment cheque for confirmation of nomination.  Confirmation of nomination is  on first come first serve basis
  • To avoid last minute inconveniences, please reserve your seats well in advance.
  • Please feel free to call or email us if you need any more details or clarifications
 

Our Contact details
 

Workshop Coordinators:  Ms Malathi / Ms Deepa

Binary Essentials Consulting Private Limited
No.1,  Second Floor,  25th Cross, 21st Main,
Banashankari 2nd Stage,  Bangalore 560070  (India)
Phone:  80- 26716590,  80- 26716670
Mobile:  98452 00916
Email:  team@binaryessentials.com
Website:  www.binaryessentials.com

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