Joint Application Development

It brings together business area people
(users) and IT (Information Technology)
professionals in a highly focused workshop.

A JAD session is

• Very focused
• Conducted in a dedicated environment
• Quickly drive major requirements and interface “look & feel”

JAD Purpose

• To define the project
• Design a solution
• Monitor the project until it reaches completion

JAD Scope

• Cover the complete development life cycle of a system.
• For large-scale projects, it is recommended that the project be approached incrementally, and that separate JAD’s be used for each increment.

Who is involved in a JAD?

• Sponsor
• Business Users
• Real End Users
• Systems Analysts
• Development team

Roles of JAD Group Members

Record Keeper Responsibilities:

• take accurate and thorough notes during the meeting
• ask for clarification on points if anything is not clear
• summarize and condense the notes after the session
• ensure that the JAD leader and project sponsor or other relevant people
• proof and edit the notes prior to publishing
• publish the notes for all current members of the team and for any other interested parties
• keep a history of the notes for the benefit of any members who join the team in mid-project
• remind the group if they contradict earlier decisions and make sure they know they are in contradiction.

Timekeeper Responsibilities:

• makes sure the meeting begins and ends on time
• helps the meeting stay on time for each topic on the agenda
• reminds the group that they need to end a discussion in order to have time in the final minutes of the meeting

Roles of JAD Group Members

Typical Client Responsibilities:

• describe the sequence of events in a business process as it affects their office
• describe the decisions that have to be made in a business process
• define the information that the process has to deal with
• define what is critical vs. what would be nice for the first version of the system
• bring up any problems that exist in the current process or any opportunities for making it more efficient
• research policy questions when a new business procedure is being proposed
• analyze if there are any obstacles to success in the current environment of their office for implementing the new system
• create test cases for testing
• run test scripts on the cases
• give the developers feedback on the usability and accuracy and effectiveness of the system in an organized, documented way
• help prepare documentation on how the system works from a client’s point of view
• help prepare and implement training for other clients

All Team Members have the following responsibilities

• Commitment to the team
• Regular attendance
• Actively listen
• Actively participate
• Identify concerns
• Brainstorm ideas
• Recommend solutions
• Agree upon a design by consensus
• Assist with project duties

Why do we need to know about JAD?

• Ask the client what they want.
• Client signs off/verification on specifications
• Build and deliver the system according to the specifications.
• The clients says they want something different.
• Discover the true underlying problem.
• Don’t assume that one person ever knows everything about a problem

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