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PRPC: Pega 7 DCO Essentials
COURSE BENEFITS
By the end of this course, you will be able to successfully:
Apply Pegas DCO best practices for requirements management, reuse and
traceability
Translate business requirements directly into a Pega 7 application
Create and manage specifcation workstreams
Conduct a DCO Session
VERSION PRPC v7.1
TARGET AUDIENCE
All Pega 7 users who want to learn how to make the most efective use of Pegas DCO
activities and best practices for managing requirements and specifcations.
PREREQUISITES
While this course assumes no knowledge of Pega 7, DCO is most fully understood if
participants know the basics of building an application using Pega 7
Recommended courses include: Pega 7 Fundamentals, Business Architect Essentials
or System Architect Essentials I
Helpful background knowledge includes experience with, or knowledge of, project
management methodologies; some application development experience; and some
understanding of business process management or case management
COURSE LENGTH Equivalent to 2 classroom days
TRAINING OPTIONS Self-study, Classroom or Virtual
COURSE TOPICS
Direct Capture of Objectives 101
Simplifying Requirements Management using Pega 7 and DCO
Collaboration using Pega 7 and DCO
Paying out DCO Sweat Equity
Conducting DCO Sessions
Choosing the Right Methodology
OVERVIEW
Requirements management is the
starting point of any successful
application development efort. In
this course, participants learn the
key activities and best practices for
requirements management that help
drive successful projects using Pegas
Direct Capture of Objectives (DCO)
capabilities.
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