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JAD Principles
How to Plan & Conduct Effective JAD Sessions

JAD Principles shows you how to replace endless and unproductive interviews with group work sessions in which issues are resolved, complete information is gathered, and critical decisions are made.  Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions, or Joint Sessions, have proven effective worldwide as group work sessions -- when properly planned and conducted.

JAD Principles teaches how to plan and organize the conduct of these sessions to improve the odds for their success.  This two-day seminar details how to pick the right people to include and how to prepare participants for their roles.  The program details all the critical elements for success and how to identify and handle session difficulties.

JAD Principles uses a combination of interactive presentation and class work to effect real knowledge transfer.  Exercises guide you step-by-step in the planning of your own Joint Session using standard worksheets.  You will participate in a JAD session and see how the approach works first-hand.

JAD Principles presents techniques that you can include in sessions to generate ideas, analyze problems, surface system requirements, and evaluate solutions.  You will see the techniques combined into session agendas that create key project deliverables.

What You Will Learn

  • When and where to utilize Joint Sessions to improve timeliness and effectiveness of projects

  • How to plan and organize Joint Sessions to produce the desired results

  • How to select the right players to have successful Joint Sessions

  • How to design a Joint Session game plan (Agenda) for a winning session

  • How to apply Joint Sessions in a variety of business and systems projects, including Systems Development and Business Process Improvement

Who Should Attend

  • Project Managers or Leaders

  • Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, Systems Designers

  • Anyone who wants to improve participation and communications on their projects, including IT Managers and Business Managers

Seminar Outline

Overview of Joint Sessions

  • What are Joint Sessions

  • Origins of Joint Session

  • Why Have Joint Sessions

  • Benefits of Joint Sessions

  • What Makes Joint Sessions Work

  • Example Mini-Session (Uses of Joint Session)

  • Exercise: Identify Candidate Joint Session

Joint Sessions Players & Participants

  • Roles

  • Authorities

  • Responsibilities

  • Qualifications

  • Exercise: Selecting Participants

The Process of Facilitated Sessions

  • Overview of the Facilitated Session Process

  • Define The Session

  • Plan The Session

  • Arrange The Session

  • Prepare for The Session

  • Conduct The Session

  • Complete The Session

  • Beyond The Session

  • Exercise: Session Definition

  • Exercise: Session Planning

Techniques for Facilitated Session

  • Brainstorming

  • Force Field Analysis

  • Pair-wise Comparison

  • Systems Modeling Techniques

  • Exercise: Choosing Techniques

  • Example Mini-Session (Data Requirements)

Application Development Methods

  • Joint Session in Systems Development (Planning, Analysis and Design)

  • Joint Session in Business Process Improvement

  • Exercise: Building the Agenda

Lessons Learned from Joint Session Experience

  • The Spectrum of Facilitation

  • How Joint Session Can Fail/succeed

  • The Right Facilitator

  • The Importance of Good Organization

  • Humor in Sessions