Price

Course fee - member: £956.25 + VAT
Course fee non-Member: £1125 + VAT Exam fee: £130 (exam is optional)

Includes lunch and course materials. Fees quoted are for non-residential delegates. Please contact 0161 242 2121 for residential costs and in-house courses options.

Overview
Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), Rapid Application Development (RAD) and incremental prototyping have been in use as development methods for many years. The fundamental purpose of RAD / DSDM is to produce working systems, which are delivered with high speed, high quality, and low cost. DSDM is one approach to building and maintaining computer systems, which combine effective use of tools and techniques, incremental prototyping, and tight project delivery timescales.

This course explores in detail the DSDM Life-cycle comprising five phases: Feasibility Study, Business Study, Functional Model Iteration, Design & Build Iteration and Implementation, plus Pre-project and Post-project
phases.

The Nine Principles of the DSDM method, the Critical Success Factors and the DSDM Suitability Risk List are examined.

User Involvement is crucial, as is Team Empowerment, both are covered in detail together with practice in eliciting flexible requirements and the prioritisation of these, using the 'MoSCoW' approach.

Timeboxing and the use of Facilitated Workshops , intrinsic features of DSDM, are considered extensively. Prototyping and the Prototyping Cycle are investigated in detail.

The Implementation of systems and Configuration Management in DSDM are examined as are the issues of Estimating, Quality Assurance and Testing

Professional Qualification
Delegates on this course are offered the option of taking the DSDM Foundation Examination. This aims to measure whether a candidate would be able to act as an informed member of a project management team using DSDM within a project environment supporting DSDM. To this end they need to show they understand the principles and terminology of this framework. The examination consists of a 1 hour written examination with 60 multiple choice questions. The examination fee is £130 plus VAT.

Syllabus Overview

DAY 1 (09.30-17.30) (+ Informal evening work)
Welcome and coffee/tea on arrival

Introductions to DSDM
Course objectives, format and timetable

9.00-10.00
INTRODUCTION to DSDM
Course objectives, format and timetable

10.15-11.15 SESSION 1
Approach, Principles and CSFs of DSDM
DSDM and RISK

11.15-12.15 EXERCISE 1
Suitability / Risk List

REVIEW

1.15-2.15 EXERCISE 1a
Introduction to Case Study (Group work)
Establish Project Objective
Check Suitability Risk List for Case Study

2.15-3.15 SESSION 1 (continued)
The DSDM lifecycle and DSDM Products
Quiz
Principles and lifecycle

3.30-4.30 SESSION 2
DSDM Roles, Skills and Team Structures

4.30-5.30 EXERCISE 2
Roles & Skills
Determination of teams

HOMEWORK
Complete team roles questionnaire

DAY 2 (09.00-17.30)

9.00-10.00 Session 3
Facilitated Workshops

Exercise 3
Workshop Preparation

10.15-11.15 Exercise 3
Workshop: Project 'Kick Off'' and Requirements Capture (45 mins)
Obtain agreement to project objective and team roles; capture high level requirements

Workshop Review

11.15-12.15 Session 4
Modelling Techniques

1.15-2.15 Exercise 4
(Group work)
Create Context (Scoping)
Diagram for the Required System
(1 diagram per group)

REVIEW

2.15-3.15 SESSION 5
Requirements Definition and Prioritisation

EXERCISE 5
(Group work)
Prioritise requirements

3.30-4.30 SESSION 6
Timebox Planning, Prototyping and Estimating

4.30-5.30 EXERCISE 6
Create a VISIBLE Timeboxed plan using
prioritised requirements

WORKSHOP PREPARATION

DAY 3 (09.00-16.30)
9.00-10.00 EXERCISE 6
WORKSHOP : Presentation of Plan (15 mins each) (1 plan per group)
Obtain agreement to plan and resources needed

WORKSHOP REVIEW

10.15-11.15 SESSION 7
Project Management Considerations (Team
Dynamics, Quality, Testing CM and Maintenance)
Team roles Questionnaire requirements

11.15-12.15 SESSION 8
Negotiation

1.15-2.15 EXERCISE 8
Workshop Preparation

Workshop Re-Planning (30 mins)
Create a new project plan to deal with a problem

2.15-3.15 WORKSHOP REVIEW
Review highlights and lowlights of negotiation

3.30-4.30 DSDM SUMMARY

More details, including dates are available on the NCC Membership website