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Joint Application Development (JAD) is a facilitated workshop that shortens the duration of early IT project activities while delivering better results.


	Encourages out-of-box thinking
	Creates consensus among stakeholders
	Reduces required re-work
	Increases common understanding of results

Interactive JAD adds in-session creation of deliverables by a session analyst to the powerful collaborative JAD concept.


	Provides additional level of quality control
	Increases ownership of the results
	Enhances participant productivity
	Delivers requirements document earlier

Electronic JAD uses current collaboration technology for virtual JAD sessions.


	Allows availability based scheduling of key players
	Reduces travel time, costs, and risks
	Breaks project into audience specific session segments
	Enables multi-tasking while ensuring participation


	To acquire or improve on JAD facilitation skills, check out our related public or in-house seminars.


	Whether you JAD, i-JAD or e-JAD click here for samples of results-focused sessions.


	If you don't have time for formal training try our e-mentoring service

If you would like us to evaluate your project's JAD potential, please fill out our request form.

A JAD consists of 5 Phases:

Joint Application Development (JAD) enables a group of people to grasp complex issues quickly and make informed decisions.

The core component of JAD is a structured, facilitated workshop that focuses on creating specified deliverables based on the group's input.

It is an effective tool for planning a project, designing a solution, defining requirements, or any other process that requires consensus-based decision making across functional areas.

Pre-session Planning

Evaluate the project
Create preliminary agenda
Determine deliverables for the working session
Enable participants to prepare for the session

Pre-work

Gather information from colleagues
Clear schedules for the working session
Refine the session agenda
Finalize pre-session assignments

Working Session

Create the deliverables
Generate common understanding
Achieve consensus on decisions
Generate ownership of results
Identify open issues and questions
Create action items

Follow-up

Resolve open issues and questions
Follow-up on action items
Re-evaluate project

Wrap-up

Review results of follow-up items
Evaluate the JAD process
Discuss "lessons learned"

Two Different Types of JAD

Interactive Joint Application Development (i-JAD) adds a top-notch session analyst who creates the deliverables visible to all participants during the session. Since the final deliverable is created and critiqued immediately by all project stakeholders, i-JAD delivers the final result even faster than a conventional JAD - and with higher quality.

Electronic Joint Application Development (e-JAD) uses current collaboration technology from simple email to advanced web application sharing to reduce the time needed to execute critical business analysis activities. Getting all stakeholders together via the Internet is the next best thing to being there - and it saves travel cost, time, and associated risks.

uninterrupted 2 - 10 day working session
input of each participant is captured in real-time
evolving results visible using LCD projector
interim deliverables distributed on paper
final deliverable reviewed immediately by all participants

Interruptible 2 - 8 hour audience-specific work segments
evolving results visible in shared application
interim deliverables distributed electronically
better access to information at your workspace
lower overall session costs

How We Make a Difference!

We offer JAD facilitation teams that have extensive experience in helping people think outside-the-box.

Our teams help your group understand and achieve consensus on the critical business requirements before design decisions are made.

We promote cross-functional sharing and foster better understanding of other people's problems and concerns.

The documented results of each activity are the building blocks the group needs to create future deliverables.

To achieve this, each team consists of two people, a facilitator
and a session analyst. Each needs specific, complimentary skills.

		Team building
		Consensus building
		Conflict resolution
		Agenda creation
		Motivation and empowerment
		Problem recognition and solving
		People focus

		"Real-time" document creation
		Business analysis techniques
		Methodology knowledge
		Expertise in the tools used
		Work under time pressure
		Quality control
		Task orientation




		We also offer training to help your people
	become proficient in doing JAD's. For facilitation training, check out Facilitating Productive JAD Sessions Facilitating Productive JAD Sessions Session analysts can improve their skills by attending Business Analysis, Requirements Definition, and Testing Techniques

	For a free project evaluation, fill out our request form

	and we will get back to you within one business day

	We offer several standard JAD configurations that can be applied as-is or serve as a bases upon which to build

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