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How to Plan Prepare and Manage Acceptance Testing User acceptance testing without a test plan is similar to taking off without a flight plan. If you dona ™t know what needs to be done to responsibly validate that an information technology solution meets the defined business, stakeholder, solution, and transition requirements, you place the project (and potentially your organization) at risk. This online business analyst testing course  more...

How to Find and Build Test Cases from Business Requirements Test cases are situations taken from real life that will put a new or modified information technology solution through its paces. Business test cases should be designed to find existing errors and to increase your confidence in the applicationa ™s ability to survive the real world of production. The key to a successful suite of test cases is to use a wide variety of methods to discover and  more...

How to Define and Document Use Cases A business use case diagram is a visual tool that shows interaction between the environment and an evolving information technology solution. A single business use case is a textual tool for representing how individual end-users and other involved parties or systems (collectively referred to as "actors") will interact with the proposed system. Knowing why you need a business use case, when it  more...

How to Build Business Data Models Business data represents the atomic level of information systems. It forms the basis upon which everything else depends. In a very real sense if you get the business data right, the rest will follow. If you get the business data wrong, the system may never recover. In order to get the majority of the business data right, it is essential to have a picture of the data in form of a business data  more...

How to Write Effective Business Requirements Writing effective business requirements is a critical skill for subject matter experts who represent the business interests on an IT project and for business analysts. The challenge lies in defining business needs in the form of business requirements, stakeholder requirements, solution requirements, and transition requirements that other audiences will interpret as intended and use to design the  more...

How to Analyze Sets of Business Requirements Understanding the business requirements in the manner in which they were intended can be a very challenging proposition. If the requirements are going to do their job well, they need to be understood by several target audiences, namely the business community, the technical community, and the developer/ tester community. Each of these groups needs to be able to read the business requirements and  more...

How to Build Business Process Models Business processes are what organizations do. Whether documented or not, whether designed or not, whether understood or not, nothing gets done until someone (or a the systema ) does it a that is what business processes are all about. They are a combination of business operating procedures, business rules, business data, and supporting technology. Yet, many business processes are undocumented,  more...

How to Analyze and Improve Business Processes Business process analysis is one of the most critical business analyst skills. It is the activity that uses business process models for improving business processes without putting your project a or your organization a at risk. This online business analyst workshop assumes you know how to create business process models (context, data flow, activity, and swimlane diagrams) and builds on that  more...

3DS MAX Online - Lighting and Rendering with Photometric Lights This online course will take you through the process of lighting your scene using photometric lights in 3DS MAX & Design 2010. In this course you will learn how to set up and configure lighting for your scene, learn the parameters associated with photometric lights and use IES data to enhance the realism of the lights in your scene.  more...

3DS MAX Online - Rendering with Mental Ray For most forms of animation, rendering an image the the most critical step in the process. This online course will take you through the various options available when using Mental Ray to render in 3DS MAX & Design 2010. You will learn about the options available for optimizing render time and image quality, using indirect illumination and working with several new features available in release  more...

3DS MAX Online - Mapping Techniques Whether you are building a tank or a brick wall, placement of texture maps is critical to the appearance of your finished model. Learn to use the tools and interface in 3DS MAX 2010 to apply texture maps to objects in your scenes. You will learn how to use the UVW mapping modifier, and the Unwrap UVW modifier in order to apply custom mapping to objects in your scene.  more...

3DS MAX Online - Fundamentals of Modeling 1 Modeling is the foundation for creating your world inside of 3DS MAX. This online course will take you through the use of the modeling tools and interface you will use to build objects and scenes. This course will take you through the creation of spline objects, using the modifier stack, and editing spline objects.  more...

3DS MAX Online - Fundamentals of Modeling 2 3D Modeling allows you to create anything your imagination can dream up. This online course will take you through the use of the modeling tools and interface you will use to build objects and scenes. This course will take you through the creation of 3 dimensional primitive objects, the use of proboolean and introduce basic poly modeling techniques.  more...

Maya Online - Fundamentals of Maya Based on the Autodesk Maya fundamentals standards, this course provides an introduction to Maya 2009, one of the favorite animation tools of Hollywood. Autodesk Maya 2009 is a powerful program that can be challenging to learn and master. This course provides an introduction to Autodesk Maya 2009 that will help new users make the most of this application, and expand the abilities of existing,  more...

3DS MAX Online - Fundamentals of 3DS MAX Based on the Autodesk 3DS MAX fundamentals standards, this course provides an introduction to one of the most popular 3D animation programs on the planet. Autodesk 3ds Max Design is a powerful program that can be challenging to learn and master. This course provides an introduction to Autodesk 3ds Max/ Design 2010 that will help new users make the most of this application, and expand the abilities  more...

Online Training We have taken our proven methodology from the live classroom environment to the virtual classroom with our new E-learning curriculum and online delivery style. Live or recorded, online training is now available for open enrollment and private groups with specific training needs. E-learning courses for Microsoft Office include Excel Basics, Charts, PivotTables, and Formulas and Functions.  more...

Authoring with Arbortext Editor - DITA Edition (Tutoring) A customized version of the "Authoring with Arbortext Editor - DITA edition" course, this mentor-led, one-on-one, individual instruction is tailored to the needs of the student and focused on their individual, personal skill development. This course emphasizes hands-on experience, interaction between student and mentor, in a tutoring-like environment. Although the course is compressed, you  more...

Photoshop Complete - Online This 3-day course provides a thorough overview of the interface, the tools, the features, tricks, and tips for using Photoshop CS4. The course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.  more...

Photoshop Advanced Print and Photography - Online This 2-day course provides a thorough overview for experienced users who wish to further their effectiveness on Photoshop. The course trains photographers and designers how to catalogue their work as well as how to enhance their photographs. Because this class is aimed mainly at Photographers and artists who work with photographs, we have included Lighroom and Camera RAW in the lessons. This  more...

Photoshop Web and Video - Online This 2-day course provides a thorough overview for experienced users who wish to further their effectiveness on Photoshop. This class is aimed at the Photoshop professional who needs to enhance their knowledge to work with web and video images more effectively. The course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.  more...

InDesign Complete - Online Adobe InDesign software speaks the language of professional designers, delivering unparalleled creative freedom, productivity, and precision for designing superb pages. It works seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, providing a single integrated design environment that doesn't interrupt your creative process. InDesign even opens Quark XPress and Adobe PageMaker files, so you can  more...

Illustrator Complete - Online Adobe Illustrator CS4 software is an essential design tool for anyone who needs to express ideas visually in print, on the Web, and in any other medium. This course provides a thorough overview of the interface, the tools, the features, tricks and tips for using Illustrator CS4. The course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.  more...