James Martin & Co. Enhances Apprentice Visualizing the User Interface Courseware

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James Martin & Co.'s enhanced Apprentice Visualizing the User Interface courseware offers in-depth training on advanced techniques for transforming object and event models into effective GUI designs. The three-step approach of Modeling, Abstracting, and Detailing user interfaces provides a well-understood foundation before implementation. This module addresses the major impediment to client/server development, which is poor and ineffective GUI design, and aims to provide organizations with a way to train system developers interactively on the best approaches for designing GUIs.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Apprentice Visualizing the User Interface module now offers in-depth training on advanced techniques for transforming object and event models into effective GUI designs.
  • The three-step approach of Modeling, Abstracting, and Detailing user interfaces provides a well-understood foundation before implementation.
  • The module addresses the major impediment to client/server development, which is poor and ineffective GUI design.
  • The module teaches specific techniques for exploiting the reuse and inheritance features in current client/server 4GLs.
  • The courseware is part of the JM & Co. Architect product line, which includes the Architect process manager and is designed to automate and control the development process.
  • The two additional Apprentice modules scheduled for release this summer, Object Relationship Analysis and Event Dependency, address additional techniques critical for client/server development.
  • The Object Relationship Analysis module will provide techniques for analyzing and understanding the business through the development of object/relationship models.
  • The Event Dependency module will teach how to develop event dependency models that support business objectives.
  • James Martin & Co. has 28 offices and 600 employees worldwide and is the premier international management consulting firm dedicated to transforming business through information technology.

Statistics:

  • 28 offices worldwide
  • 600 employees worldwide
  • 1981: Founded by Dr. James Martin
  • Summer 1995: Release of Object Relationship Analysis and Event Dependency Apprentice modules

Sources:

  • PR Newswire, "James Martin & Co. Announces Enhancements to Apprentice Visualizing the User Interface," May 16, 1995.
  • James Martin & Co. website, information on Architect product line.
  • Microsoft Corporation, trademark information on Windows.