There are many tool vendors and consultancies that offer Model-Based Engineering training services. Why should you choose PivotPoint training services over the competition? The short answer is that PivotPoint offers you premium training services at competitive prices that can be customized to meet your project and team training needs. In particular, you can choose your preferred modeling language, your favored modeling tool, as well as an optional modeling framework, and we will show you how they all can be synergistically combined to efficiently generate precise and concise system architecture blueprints. Consider the following training differentiators:

• PivotPoint workshops are authored and taught by Model-Based Engineering experts with 10+ years practical application experience.
  • All of workshops are authored by PivotPoint's founder, Cris Kobryn, an internationally recognized expert in visual modeling languages and Model-Based Engineering technologies. (Cris chaired the international standardization teams for UML 1.x, UML 2.0 and SysML 1.0.) In addition, all PivotPoint instructors have 10+ years experience working with Model-Based Engineering technologies. Compare and contrast this with "bait-and-switch" training vendors who promise you an expert, but stick you with an instructor who struggles to lead the exercises!
• PivotPoint workshops are intense (high Instructor/Student ratio) and pragmatic—punctuated with frequent Q&A sessions and hands-on practice exercises.
  • Our workshops emphasize the application of Model-Based Engineering technologies to solve tough, practical problems such as those you encounter in your work. The bigger and more difficult the problem you choose for practice work sessions, the more interesting the workshop will be for the students and the Instructor.
  • Most workshops have 12 or fewer students. This high Instructor/Student ratio ensures students get the individual attention that they need to learn efficiently and quickly. (More than 12 students must be approved by the workshop Instructor in advance.) Also, our workshops are punctuated with frequent Q&A sessions and hands-on practice exercises, so students will learn from each other as well as their Instructor.
• PivotPoint workshops are based on proven tool-independent principles and techniques, so you can learn a leading modeling language or architecture framework with/without a modeling tool. (For a list of workshops customized for popular visual modeling tools see the Training page on the PivotPoint web.)
  • Our workshops emphasize proven modeling principles and techniques that will work with a wide variety of modeling tools, ranging from low-cost, high-productivity tools such as Enterprise Architect™ and MagicDraw™ to high-cost, fully executable tools such as IBM Rational Rhapsody™ and IBM Rational Tau™. Consequently, you can choose tool-independent modeling language training or tool-customized training that is seamlessly integrated with your modeling tool of choice. Compare this with typical tool vendor modeling training, which emphasizes "marketecture" and "clickology" over language mastery and architecture skills.
• PivotPoint workshops are modular and can be customized to meet your team and project needs.
  • To begin with, you can pick-and-choose your modeling language, and then select from modeling tool and architecture framework training options. Our workshops support several visual modeling languages (UML 2, SysML 1, and BPMN 1), several popular modeling tools (Enterprise Architect™, MagicDraw™,   others on request), and several different architecture frameworks (DoDAF, MODAF, UPDM, TOGAF). This is further proof that our modeling principles and techniques are bona fide, rather than bogus!
  • In addition, our flexible learning modules can be configured or customized to address your project and team training requirements. For example, if your development team includes business analysts, database designers, and software developers we can offer you a workshop that includes both BPMN and UML 2 training and shows how both modeling languages can improve communications among the three stakeholders. Or, if your engineering team includes both systems engineers and software engineers, we can offer you a workshop that combines UML 2 and SysML language training.
• PivotPoint workshops offer flexible choices of venues (onsite, offsite, webconference) and durations (2-5 days).
  • Our workshops are available onsite at your facility, offsite at a PivotPoint facility, and via webconference. Onsite workshops allow us to customize workshops for your project/team needs, and are generally cost-effective if you have 6 or more persons that you want to train. Our workshops also vary in duration, typically ranging from 2-5 days of training, so that you can choose the length that best meets your training and project schedule needs.

For reasons why you should choose a PivotPoint workshop or seminar check out our "Why Train with Us?"... and our Client Testimonials... pages.

Flexible Venues: All of our Model-Based Engineering workshops and seminars are available onsite (Client provides the training facility), offsite (PivotPoint training facility), and via webconference.

WORKSHOP Customization: All of our workshops and seminars are based on flexible learning modules and can be customized to meet your specific project and team training needs. Please check contact us... to discuss details.

Follow-Up CONSULTING/COACHING Services: All of our workshops and seminars can be followed up with consulting/coaching services that will keep your Model-Based Engineering project on track. Please check out our Consulting Services page or contact us... to discuss details.

Scheduling: Workshops and seminars must be reserved in advance by Purchase Order or prepayment. We generally require at least 4 weeks lead time for scheduling workshops, but longer lead time is desirable to reserve your preferred training dates.

Cost: Workshop cost depends upon workshop duration (number of days), venue choice (onsite, offsite, webconference), and number of students.  We offer volume discounts for multiple workshops ordered at the same time, and special discounts for smaller groups (6 or fewer students), non-profits, research organizations, etc.

Further Info & Price Quotes: Select a Model-Based Engineering workshop or seminar that meets your training needs and contact us... to discuss your training needs and receive a custom price quote.