Joint Application Development (JAD)
• Joint Application Development (JAD) is a process that accelerates the design of information
technology solutions.
• JAD uses customer involvement and group dynamics to accurately depict the user's view of
the business need and to jointly develop a solution.
• Before the initiation of JAD, requirements were identified by interviewing stakeholders
individually.
• The ineffectiveness of this interviewing technique, which focused on individual input rather
than group consensus, led to the development of the JAD approach.
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Joint Application Development (JAD)
• JAD offers a team oriented approach to the development of information management
solutions that emphasize a consensus based problem-solving model.
• By incorporating facilitated workshops and emphasizing a spirit of partnership, JAD enables
system requirements to be documented more quickly and accurately than if a traditional
approach were used.
• JAD combines technology and business needs in a process that is consistent, repeatable, and
effective
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Generic JAD Life Cycle
• Planning/Definition
• Preparation
• Design Sessions
• Finalization
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Planning/Definition
To complete the Planning stage, perform the following tasks:
• Designate the executive sponsor.
• Establish the need for the system.
• Select team members for the definition component.
• Define the scope of the session.
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Preparation
To complete the Preparation stage, you must perform the following tasks:
• Schedule design sessions.
• Conduct orientation and training for design session participants.
• Prepare the materials, room, and software aids.
• Customize the design session agenda.
• Conduct the kickoff meeting.
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Design Sessions
To complete the Design Session component of JAD, you must perform the following
tasks:
• Review the project scope, objectives, and definition document.
• Identify data, process, and system requirements.
• Identify system interfaces.
• Develop a prototype.
• Document decisions, issues, assumptions, and definitions of terms.
• Assign someone to resolve all issues.
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Finalization
To complete the Finalization component, you must perform the following tasks:
• Complete the design documents.
• Sign off on the design documents.
• Make a presentation to the executive sponsor.
• Demonstrate the prototype.
• Obtain the executive sponsor's approval to proceed.
• Evaluate the JAD process.
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JAD participants and roles
• Project leader
• Top management
• Managers
• Users
• Systems analysts and other IT staff members
• recorder
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JAD participants and roles
Project leader
• Project leader develop an agenda, acts as facilitators, and leads the JAD
session
Top management
• Provide enterprise level authorization and support for the project
Managers
• Provide department level support for the project and understanding of
how the project must support business functions and requirements
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JAD participants and roles
Users
• Provide operational level input on current operations, desired changes, input and output
requirements, user interface issues, and how the project will support day-to-day tasks
Systems analysts and other IT staff members
• Provide technical assistance and resources for JAD team members on issues such as
security, backup, hardware, software, and network capability
Recorder
• Documents results of JAD sessions and work with system analysts to build system models
and develop CASE tool documentation
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JAD PROS
• Allows for simultaneous congregation and alliance of excessive information.
• Produces huge amount of valuable information in short period
• Immediate resolving of differences with suitable assistance
• Provides forum to explore multiple points
• The decision makers are all present.
• The facilitator keeps the group focused on the goals.
• Differing views are handled immediately.
• Most errors are caught in the Analysis and Design stages.
• The system design reflects the user's desires.
• Issues are resolved quickly.
• Assumptions are documented and understood.
• The process tends to gain momentum, not lose it.
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Making JAD Successful Participation Rules
The following are general rules under which JAD participants should operate:
·Gain agreement.
·Agree on a time limit rule for disagreements.
·Establish the executive sponsor as the decider.
·Require mandatory attendance.
·Stress that all participants are equal regardless of job code.
·Require open participation.
·Allow only one conversation to occur at a time.
·Respond to ideas, not to people.
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JAD CONS
• Takes excessive amount of time for planning and scheduling
• Requires significant investment of time and effort
• Calls for highly trained experts, which is tough to find
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