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E-mentoring: Technology for Effective Skill Building

E-Mentoring offers personal guidance to augment or replace classroom training. Stand-up instruction is a cost-effective method for presenting new skills and techniques. In-class exercises give participants an opportunity to explore new methods under controlled circumstances. Unfortunately, unless you happen to need the exact set of techniques presented the day after your class, you will have forgotten much by the time you need them.

Follow-up in the form of e-Mentoring ensures that you will still have access to the instructor's guidance when you need it in real life. The combination of instruction and e-Mentoring allows you to learn new skills in a non-threatening classroom setting and apply them under pressure with the expert beside you all the way.


	Benefits of e-mentoring
		focus on applying a technique to your specific situation
		JIT (Just-in-Time) skill-building support
		you gain expertise while delivering a tangible result
		no set agenda but flexible to go where you need to go
		learning process can be chunked to fit your schedule
		instant gratification
		constantly up-to-date knowledge from the experts

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E-mentoring: Just-In-Time Training for Requirements Engineering Tasks

The primary purpose of business system analysis is to develop requirements that define a desired solution. Our e-mentoring will help you:

1	Figure out what to ask, whom to ask, how to ask, and how to recognize a good answer
2	Plan, prepare and execute information gathering sessions, from 1-on-1 interviews to JAD sessions
3	Analyze an existing situation to identify and define business problems
4	Capture, depict and analyze what business data represents and how it is used
5	Gather, define, and verify requirements that the subject matter and technical experts can understand and use
6	Develop, document, and execute an appropriate testing strategy and plan

Comparison of Learning Methods

Instructor-Led Classroom Seminars

e-Mentoring

Self-study (CBT,
WBT, e-learning)

Fit to individual learning style

Targets group, not individual

Mentor's responsibility is to identify your style and adapt the training

Has to be programmed in advance and is rarely done due to high cost

Timeliness of training

Has to be scheduled in advance; difficult to coordinate with project work

Mentor and you determine needs and schedule

Offers some guidance in when to learn what but you have to recognize your own needs

Probability of completing the training

High due to commitment and cost of seminar

High due to personal commitment to and direct support from mentor

Low, very high drop-out rate without rigorous controls

Currency of information on topics covered

Lag time subject to courseware development time

No lag time since mentor's job is to stay up-to-date and transfer current knowledge

Longer lag time due to high cost and development time; not suited for fast knowledge turn-over

Focus of material covered

Brings topics in relation to field; excellent for breadth of coverage

Learning process is based entirely on your needs at this point in time

Introductory courses offer broad focus; individual segments cover specific topics

About Our E-Mentors

A mentor is available to help you evaluate your current situation, critique and give you positive feedback on what you have done, help you select the most probable success route, ensure compliance with industry and organizational standards and guidelines, and map your skill-building progress.

Everyone has a personal learning style, meaning how he/she assimilates new knowledge easiest and most effectively. Beyond being experts in business system analysis, our mentors are aware of learning style differences and adjust the knowledge transfer process to fit the needs of each student. Building skills has to fit your schedule, not ours.

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