Weekend Workshops- October '07
Practical User Requirements Engineering for Web Design and Software Development

Please note that the dates of this Weekend Workshop have changed from 21st and 22nd of October 2007 to 27th and 28th of October 2007 (in lieu of Dasserah Holiday on the 21st).

Please note that Fees and Last Dates of Registration for this Workshop have changed.

Introduction

Objectives
When
Where
Who should attend?
Course Content
Course Materials

Letter of Participation
Fees
Reservation & Registration
Outstation (non-Mumbai) Participants
Contact
Important Note

Testimonials

Feedbacks from our last Weekend Workshop (Practical Usability Testing - September 2007)...

Introduction

• Design incubator R&D Labs Pvt Ltd is a User Centered Design Research and Development company located in Pune and Mumbai. For more information on Design Incubator please visit this link: www.designincubator.com
• For more information on past workshops and training offered by Design Incubator, please visit www.designincubator.com/serv_design_training.htm
• Atul N Joshi is the CEO and Design Director at Design Incubator. He is the chief instructor at Design Incubator’s workshops. For more information on Atul N Joshi please visit www.designincubator.com/atul_joshi.htm  
• Design Incubator’s Weekend Workshops are designed for working professionals. These workshops are aimed at providing ‘just in time’ learning without having to sacrifice time from your work schedule. Design Incubator’s training aims at preparing professionals to perform by acquiring skills, sharing knowledge and empowering them with tools and techniques. These workshops aim at learning practical aspects of the User Centered Design lifecycle, one component at a time.

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Objectives
Objectives of this workshop are

• Learning the fundamental concepts in User Requirements Engineering
• Learning techniques and practical skills for conducting qualitative and quantitative User Interviews to mine data for user driven requirements
• Getting familiar with managing the gaps, conflicts and dependencies between Business Requirements, Technical Requirements and User Requirements
• Learning how User Requirements Engineering fits into your development process and how it can save unforeseen costs, time and efforts later in a software project
• Learning the how and why of using User Requirements Engineering to define Software Requirements

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When?
21st (Sunday) and 22nd (Monday) October 2007
Please note that this workshop is on a Sunday and a Monday
Dates have been changed to 27th (Saturday) and 28th (Sunday) October 2007.

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Where?
Seminar Hall,
Old Guest House,
I.I.T. Bombay,
Powai, Mumbai.

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Who should attend?
Participants attending these workshops are expected to have some awareness of User Centered Design processes. These workshops are intended to impart knowledge on an intermediate level. 
Following roles in I.T. companies will greatly benefit from this workshop:
Senior Managers, Delivery Heads, CTOs, Account Executives, Product Managers, Sales and Presales Managers, Business Analysts, Quality Assurance Teams, Interaction Designers, Brand Managers, Human Factors Specialists,  Information Architects, Software Architects and other development team members.
Bachelors / Masters level senior students studying Design, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Marketing, Software Engineering or Computer Science will benefit from this workshop. 

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Course Content

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Course Materials
Printed course materials will be provided to participants.

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Letter of participation
Design Incubator shall issue a letter of participation to all the participants.

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Fees

• Full fees for this workshop
  10,000 INR inclusive of taxes if reservations are made after 25th September 2007. Last date of registration for this workshop is 5th October 2007.
  
  The Early Registration Discount amounting to a total fees of 8,500 INR has been extended till the last date of registration (13th October 2007, or till seats last).
  
  Students can take advantage of further discount. Instead of the earlier 6000 INR, the fees for Students are 5000 INR.

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Reservation & Registration

• Participants can make payments by Cheque / DD in favor of Atul N Joshi. Please write your name behind the Cheque / DD (no PDCs please).
• If you are a full time student who wishes to avail of our student discount you are required to send us a photocopy of your valid College I.D. or a letter of introduction / bonafide certificate from your respective college.
• Send Cheques / DD and other details to the following address:
  Atul N Joshi,
  Building 33 / Apartment 402-  Evershine Millennium Paradise,
  Thakur Village,
  Kandivali East
  Mumbai 400101.
• Kindly send an email to atul [dot] joshi [at] designincubator [dot] com with the following information as soon as you send out your payments:
  • Your Name
  • Name of the company you are employed with / institute you belong to
  • Your designation
  • Workshops you would like to attend
  • A small description of why you wish to attend this workshop and your expectations from it
  • Cheque / DD number, payment date, payment amount and bank details
  • Preferred postal address, email address and phone number for further contact.
• Please note that payments should reach us before the stipulated time mentioned above to avail respective discounts.

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Outstation (non-Mumbai) Participants
Outstation candidates shall have to arrange for their own lodging and boarding. The following numbers of hotels in near by areas have been provided for benefit of outstation participants. Please note that Design Incubator does not garuntee nor recommend any of them. Please do conduct your own checks before booking any of them for your stay.
- IIT Bombay Guesthouse 022-2576 8946
- Host Inn International (Andheri Kurla Rd.) 022-2836 0105
- Stay Inn Hotel & PGA (MIDC and Powai) 9821383294
- Rodas Ecotel (Hiranandani, Powai) 022-6693 6969

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Contact
Please feel free to get in touch with Atul Joshi for any queries and suggestions regarding the workshop at atul [dot] joshi [at] designincubator [dot] com

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Important Note

• Design incubator R&D Labs Pvt Ltd shall try their best to ensure that the workshops shall be conducted at the pre-decided time and venue. However, Design Incubator R&D Labs does not guarantee that the workshop shall be conducted at the scheduled time and venue. 
• In the unlikely event of cancellation, postponement, change of time or change of venue, Design Incubator R&D Labs shall try to reach participants by email or phone numbers provided by them to inform them of the respective changes.
• In case Design Incubator R&D Labs Pvt Ltd initiates a cancellation of the workshops, full payments for the cancelled workshop shall be refunded to the participants.
• Participants wishing to cancel their reservation shall get a 75% refund of the payments, provided cancellations are made by them 15 days prior to the first day of the first workshop.
• No refunds shall be made if a participant cancels reservations less than 15 days before the first day of the first workshop.
• Please note that video recording and photography of the workshops is not permitted.

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Testimonials*

• "Atul is an excellent speaker. I always invite Atul for a talk in the CEP programmes that I organize in IIT Bombay, and the participants like his practical insights a lot. In our feedback system, 0 represents 'Not useful' , 1 is 'Good to know', 2 is 'Very useful' and 3 is 'This was great. Average ratings by participants across all sessions for the last course was 2.1. Atul's lecture was rated 2.3."
  Prof. Anirudha Joshi,
  Faculty of Industrial Design Center
  IIT Bombay
• “(Atul Joshi as a trainer is) Very professional and knowledgeable… I would recommend Design Incubator’s workshops to all departments of TCS”
  Dr. Madhuri Sawant (Ph.D.),
  Global Delivery Head,
  TCS
• ”Atul Joshi is a rare trainer who delivers usability and design knowledge by blending academic concepts and practical insights with equal ease. He makes his workshop interactive, enjoyable and an experience in itself, through his wit and humor. Atul's workshops are thought-provoking and leave us with a perspective which refines the way we look at everyday things.”
  Mr. Pardha Saradhi Mantravadi
  Sr.Business Analyst & Usability Specialist,
  Rave Technologies
  
  * Above statements are personal opinions of individuals and may not reflect the general opinion of the organizations they represent.

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