If your company or organization wants to develop "in house" modeling expertise, you will generally find that PivotPoint can accelerate your progress by providing a complementary mix of training and mentoring services. For example, many of our clients begin by training their staffs with one or more introductory workshops, followed with basic mentoring services, followed by advanced workshops, followed by more advanced mentoring services.

However, we recognize that some large organizations may need to train large numbers (hundreds) of technical staff in Model-Driven Engineering technologies, and may want to train their own Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)for this purpose.

What is the Train-the-Trainer program?

PivotPoint's Train-the-Trainer program can help your organization develop internal Model-Driven Engineering training capabilities in two ways:

1. License PivotPoint MDE workshop training materials so that you don't need to develop your own course content.
2. Train your internal Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to teach the MDE workshops for which you are licensing training materials.

Organizations interested in applying for our Train-the-Trainer program should meet the following requirements:

• Select a PivotPoint MDE workshop in which your staff have previously participated for Train-the-Trainer.
  • There is no point in considering this special program if your staff is not already convinced that PivotPoint's training techniques and materials are effective and superior to those of the competition.
• Your organization must have a large number of technical staff that you want to train.
  • Train-the-Trainer is generally cost effective only if you have a large number of staff that you want to train (typically in excess of 200).
• Your organization must have available candidate trainers who are both skilled modelers and trainers.
  • In general you should have 6+ technical staff who have already aced the relevant workshop previously and also have solid teaching skills.

Train-the-Trainer Workshop Approach and Content

PivotPoint applies the same standards for subject matter expertise and teaching skills to your candidate instructors as it does to its own instructors. All Train-the-Trainer candidates will participate in an intensive 5-day workshop that consists of two parts:

• Part 1: Developing and Refining Subject Matter Expertise
  (2.5 days: Monday morning - Wednesday midday)
  • This is a compressed version of the MDE workshop that you organization has selected, where the candidate instructors will be taught by a master instructor and will have full access to Instructor Notes for all slides.
• Part 2: Developing and Refining Teaching Skills
  (2.5 days: Wednesday midday - Friday afternoon)
  • Adult learning theory
  • Corporate training methods
  • MDE training techniques
  • Conflict and issue resolution
  • Access to PivotPoint SMEs

Customization: All of our workshops can be customized to meet your specific team and project training needs.

Venues: Train-the-Trainer workshops are available onsite or at PivotPoint training facilities.

Scheduling and Cost: The Train-the-Trainer program is highly selective and should be scheduled at least two months in advance. The costs for the Train-the-Trainer program are dependent upon the number of trainers you want to train, and the number of technical staff you want to train.

If your organization meets the requirements described above, and you would like more information about our Train-the-Trainer program, please call us or email us to discuss details and receive a custom quote.