There are many tool vendors and consultancies who offer Model-Driven Development 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. A more detailed explanation follows below:

• PivotPoint workshops are based on tool-independent principles and techniques, so you can learn a leading modeling language (UML 2.x, SysML 1.y or BPMN 1.z) with/without a modeling tool.
  • 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 Rhapsody™ and Tau™. Consequently, you can choose tool independent modeling language training or language training that is seamless integrated with your modeling tool of choice. Compare this with typical tool vendor training, which emphasizes marketecture and "clickology" over language mastery and architecture skills.
• PivotPoint workshops allow you to pick and choose your visual modeling language and modeling framework.
  • Our workshops support several visual modeling languages (UML 2.x, SysML 1.y and BPMN 1.z), and also several different modeling frameworks (DoDAF, MODAF, UPDM, TOGAF, Zachman). Consequently, you can pick your preferred modeling language as well as your favored modeling framework. This is yet further proof that the modeling principles and techniques that we teach are bona fide, rather than bogus!
• PivotPoint workshops are modular, and can be easily customized to meet your project or team training needs.
  • Not only can you pick your modeling language, modeling tool, and framework, our flexible learning modules can be emphasized or deemphasized based on your project and team training needs. For example, if your engineering team includes both systems engineers and software engineers, we can offer you a workshop that includes UML 2 and SysML language training and shows how both modeling languages can be applied synergistically. As another example, if your development team includes business analysts, database designers, and software engineers 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.
• PivotPoint workshops are authored and taught by experts.
  • All of workshops are authored by PivotPoint's founder, Cris Kobryn, an internationally recognized expert in visual modeling languages and model-driven development technologies. (Cris chaired the international standardization teams for UML 1.1, UML 2.0 and SysML 1.0.) In addition, all PivotPoint instructors have 10+ years experience working with model-driven development technologies. So you don't need to worry about bait-and-switch vendors and getting stuck with a mediocre instructor who is reading the training slides for the first time.
• PivotPoint workshops are intense and interactive, with a high instructor/student ratio.
  • We limit workshop sizes, usually to a maximum of 12 participants. This ensures that all participants get the individual attention that they need to learn quickly. Also, our workshops are intense and highly interactive, so you will learn from other participants as well as the instructor.
• PivotPoint workshops emphasize hands-on experience solving practical problems.
  • Our workshops stress breakout work sessions that allow you to practice solving tough problems, such as those you encounter on your day job. The bigger and more difficult the problems you choose for the practice sessions, the more interesting the workshop will be for the participants and the instructor.
• PivotPoint workshops offer flexible choices of venues and durations.
  • Our workshops are available at client sites, PivotPoint training facilities, or by web conferencing. Our workshops also vary in duration, typically ranging from 3 to 5 days of training, so that you can choose the length that best meets your training and project schedule needs.

Select one of our workshops from the Training Services page that meets your Model-Driven Engineering training needs. Please call us or email us to discuss your project and team training needs so that we can provide you with a custom quote.

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