Vision Based Methodology™

Activity 1. Selling the Idea

______A Quick Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis

______The Four Step System Sales Process

Activity 2. Creating the Plan

______A Time Tested Planning Approach

Activity 3. Building the Team

______Selecting the Project Team Members

______(N/U) Matching Skills to Roles

Activity 4. Uncovering the Requirements

______Start the Vision Now

______Conducting Facilitated Sessions

Activity 5. Modeling the Business

______Model the Business Information Flows

______Model the Business Processes

______(N/U) Model the Business Information

______(N/U) Data Normalization

______(N/U) A look at Object-Oriented Modeling

______(N/U) Completing Business Analysis

Activity 6. Conceptualizing the System

______The Logical to Physical Transformation

______The Critical Technology Decisions

______Database Considerations

______Using UNIX

______The Key Transitions

______Time to Re-estimate!

Activity 7. Creating the Vision

______Creating the System Vision

______Race to the Database

______Create the Prototypes

______Conducting the Protyping Sessions

______A look at Object-Oriented Design

______Diagramming the Processing

______Adding the System Controls

Activity 8. Specifying the Vision

______Developing the Standards

______(N/U) Let's Get Physical

______Build a Library

______Program Structure & Action Diagrams

______Take it for a Test Drive

______Converting the Data: What, When , & How

______(N/U) A Planned Testing Approach

Activity 9. Constructing the System

______Organizing the Workflow

______Indexing and Uniqueness

______Developing Reusable Components

______Program Skeletons

______A look at Object-Oriented Programming

______Code Generation

______Testing, Testing, Testing

Activity 10. Reselling the Idea

______Documentation: Tell'um How to Use It

______(N/U) Training: Show'um How to Use It

______Conducting Acceptance Testing