The Emergency
Web
Training Material
EMERGENCY is a Leverage Action ESPRIT
funded research project (29512, January 1999 - August 1999) the aim of which is to tailor the
RENAISSANCE
Method to devise a method to assist organisations adapt their IT applications to make them
Euro
compliant.
This section provides information about training material
produced.
The EMERGENCY method aims to provide assistance to organisations facing
the problems of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). It involves
assessing applications in order to estimate the effort required to convert
them to be Euro compliant. The method is supported by :
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Documents for recording the necessary information
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Algorithms for computing effort
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Tailorable parameters for customising the method to any organisation
The training material consists of a presentation of the method. First
it looks at :
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The timetable for EMU, some problems it causes and some strategies for
handling it.
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The emergency objectives
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An overview of the Renaissance evolution planning approach with a discussion
of how it fits with emergency.
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A description of how the EMERGENCY method supports EMU
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An explanation of how it can be used to help devise a solution to satisfy
a Corporate Euro Evolution Strategy
And finally :
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A description of how to identify and estimate the effort involved in adapting
the corporate IT base in line with this strategy.
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A description of the documents supporting the method and how to complete
them
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A description of how to calculate an estimate of effort for Euro adaptation.
The presentation consists of slides, with 'builds', supported fully by
notes pages.
There are 11 slides which describe the various documents devised to
support the method. These can quite easily be omitted if no more than an
'introductory' presentation is required.
For a full presentation, the audience will require a copy of each of
the assessment and estimating documents and also the estimating worksheet
developed as part of the method. These can be found in the Renaissance
Method Revision Report which is described in the section dealing with
documentation.
