eLearning Courses
The eLearning Advantage
Process Impact's eLearning courses present the same content as shown in live seminars led by Karl Wiegers, except that Karl isn't there in person. These courses play in your Web browser in the form of Flash movies, with studio-quality audio synchronized with the animated slides. Purchase CDs for individual training (non-floating license; one user only), or purchase a site license to have multiple users of the CD or to install the courseware on your Intranet for unlimited internal use. These courses duplicate as closely as possible the live seminar experience. Benefits of eLearning include:
- Individual training costs considerably less than for attending instructor-led seminars.
- A site license is far less expensive than holding multiple on-site training sessions.
- Learn at your own pace, as your schedule permits.
- Study just the topics and modules you're interested in at the moment.
- Review certain topics to refresh and update your knowledge.
- Bring new team members up to speed quickly.
- Avoid travel costs and time out of the office; no multi-day commitment.
- Train small numbers of people at a time; no need to fill an on-site class.
- Provide the same training content concurrently to team members in different locations via your Intranet.
- Share portions of a course with managers, customer representatives, developers, and testers.
System Requirements: Web browser with Adobe Flash Player plug-in and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Customer Comments on eLearning Courses
"I have been immersed in the training course AND IT IS WONDERFUL. I'm obtaining my money's worth, in fact, many times over AND saving tons of time. The modules collect succinctly in one place what I need to know to attack with confidence the writing of use cases." The feedback from the team members has been overwhelmingly positive and we saw immediate results in the peer reviews conducted for the current project functional requirement and design documentation. The preparation work and role-based reviews contribute to a more constructive meeting. The analysts and developers have found several key defects, which they were able to correct early in the SDLC, so that coding and testing were not impacted." "We found the Process Impact eLearning courses very professional and engaging training. Most of all, they come with quizzes and practice sessions that stimulate discussion and accelerate learning. We also found the well-organized modules helped us to tailor and modify the courses for different organizations in our company. The module format allows us to conduct convenient 'brown-bag' lunch time training classes and refresher sessions." "Thank you very much for the extremely high quality production of your seminar." "I found your presentation style very personable, as if you were in the same room, talking one-on-one. This makes it all the more enjoyable to learn." "Excellent! Not only the content, but also the CBT [computer-based training] works fully as intended, and has an excellent and friendly design." "Just wanted you to know that I'm very happy with your 'In Search of Excellent Requirements' seminar. I think it's very well organized, and the content is very good. Good value!" "I want to thank you for all your help and eTraining we used to develop our methodology. It has worked wonders so far. Thanks again for the awesome material!" "I like your eLearning material. Your teaching is good, and the eLearning style is good for me, a non-English native speaker, that I can repeat places I need easily." |
In Search of Excellent Requirements |
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Process Impact's most popular seminar is available in an eLearning version on CD. In this comprehensive introduction to requirements engineering, Karl Wiegers presents considerably more information than is contained in a typical 2-day live seminar. The course is based on Karl's book Software Requirements, 2nd Edition, one of the most popular books in the field of requirements engineering.
Course Description and Outline See course menu and preview two modules View system requirements and license terms"In Search of Excellent Requirements": By the Numbers
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Pricing and Ordering Information
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CD and single-user license: $395 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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3-Pack of CDs and single-user licenses: $995 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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Express shipping for CDs: $20 |
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To order a corporate or government site license: $7,495 |
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Exploring User Requirements With Use Cases |
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Use cases are one of the most powerful techniques for understanding user requirements, by shifting the emphasis from a software system to the tasks users need to perform with the help of the system. This eLearning course is based on Process Impact's popular 1-day live seminar.
Course Description and Outline See course menu and preview one module View system requirements and license terms"Exploring User Requirements With Use Cases": By the Numbers
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Pricing and Ordering Information
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CD and single-user license: $225 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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3-Pack of CDs and single-user licenses: $595 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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Express shipping for CDs: $20 |
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To order a corporate or government site license: $3,995 |
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Writing High-Quality Requirements |
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This self-paced workshop focuses on the nitty-gritty of writing different kinds of software requirements information: functional requirements, quality attributes, business rules, data definitions, and so on. Other modules address use cases, peer reviews, documenting project scope, and creating alternative views of the requirements. This eLearning course is based on Process Impact's popular live seminar. NOTE: Previous buyers of any Process Impact eLearning course get a 20% discount on this course.
Course Description and Outline See course menu and preview one module View system requirements and license terms"Writing High-Quality Requirements": By the Numbers
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Pricing and Ordering Information
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CD and single-user license: $225 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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CD and single-user license: $180 (for previous eLearning buyers; upgrade credit toward site license still applies) |
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3-Pack of CDs and single-user licenses: $595 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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3-Pack of CDs and single-user licenses: $475 (for previous eLearning buyers; upgrade credit toward site license still applies) |
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Express shipping for CDs: $20 |
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To order a corporate or government site license: $3,995 ($3,200 for previous eLearning buyers) |
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Access an Order Form (if not using PayPal) |
Software Inspections and Peer Reviews |
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The software industry has known for decades that inspections and other types of peer reviews are among the most cost-effective ways to remove defects from any software work product, not just code. This eLearning course is based on Karl Wiegers's book Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide. It's an enhanced version of Process Impact's 1-day live seminar on this topic. The course describes how to perform reviews and inspections, the business benefits they can provide, the interpersonal and cultural issues involved, and how to install a review program in your organization.
Course Description and Outline See course menu and preview one module View system requirements and license terms"Software Inspections and Peer Reviews": By the Numbers
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Pricing and Ordering Information
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CD and single-user license: $225 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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3-Pack of CDs and single-user licenses: $595 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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Express shipping for CDs: $20 |
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To order a corporate or government site license: $3,995 |
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Access an Order Form (if not using PayPal) |
Project Management Best Practices |
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Managing software projects is difficult under the best circumstances. You can reduce the difficulty and improve your chances of success by applying known industry best practices for software project management. This course presents 30 such best practices (recognizing that "best" is situational). The course also includes our popular "Project Initiation Handbook," a $30 value. This course will be valuable for both new and seasoned software managers. Think of this as Project Management 102. It covers many practices that managers generally only learn through painful experience.
Course Description and Outline See course menu and preview a module View system requirements and license terms"Project Management Best Practices": By the Numbers
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Pricing and Ordering Information
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CD and single-user license: $295 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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3-Pack of CDs and single-user licenses: $795 (100% credit toward a site license within 90 days) |
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Express shipping for CDs: $20 |
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To order a corporate or government site license: $5,495 |
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Access an Order Form (if not using PayPal) |
Software Requirements: An Executive Overview
Do you need to educate busy managers or your business partners about the key concepts in software requirements engineering and help them understand why solid requirements are fundamental to project success? This eLearning course presents a condensed summary of requirements definitions, major practices for requirements development and management, and ways that emphasizing requirements can actually accelerate software development. The business value of investing in better requirements and better requirements processes is explained. Data shows the benefit of selected requirements practices. Consider facilitating a presentation of this seminar to your senior managers and key user representatives to help them understand why this is such an important topic.
The eLearning version of this seminar consists of 4 modules totalling 95 minutes in length:
- Introduction to Requirements Engineering (25 minutes)
- Business Impact of Better Requirements on Projects (20 minutes)
- Good Practice Summaries (45 minutes)
- Closing Thoughts (5 minutes)
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CD and unlimited use site license: $250 |
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Express shipping for CDs: $20 |
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Last Modified: Monday, 05-May-2008 16:17:33 EDT