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Category: Training

  • Business Ethics Consulting Website

    First website for a timely new company, Business Ethics Consulting Group LLC. It’s a nifty fresh little site that gets all things done you’d expect to see– about them, why you need them, how to contact them, and other things. It also has a news section based on TypePad. David Montgomery uses the easy TypePad…

  • Training: “Websites for Small Businesses” in Rogers Park

    Today I began teaching a new course that I wrote– “Websites for Small Businesses”. The course is sponsored by DevCorp North. Here’s the first night materials: Websites for Small Businesses from Daniel X. O’Neil This is a custom 9-hour course taught in three-hour stretches over three days. Syllabus as follows: Learn How to Create & Maintain…

  • Workshop: Finding Yourself in Stuff: Identity in Found Poetry and Collage

    Here’s a workshop I conducted today at 826CHI. WORKSHOP CHECKLIST: 1. Detailed explanation: see below 2. Syllabus: see below 3. Sessions: One session of 1.5 or 2 hours (see below for timing) 4. Dates/ times: I can do Monday or Wednesday weekday evening or any weekend afternoon 5. Age range: workshop can accommodate any of…

  • Best Practices in Requirements Management for the New York Times Company

      Today I taught another session on software requirements management at the NYT Company in Norfolk, VA. This is a lightweight, no-nonsense one-day tutorial on how to document good software and communicate needs to developers. Here’s an outline: What is Requirements Management Documentation Stakeholders Needs, Features, and Requirements Fishbone Diagram Exercise JAD Sessions and Other…

  • 4-Day Cross-Training for 50 People

    Developed and managed four days of cross-training for 50 workers in a large City department that has recently undergone consolidation. Without any expertise in the speciailized subject matter, my role was to take information from dozens of original sources, create training materials, and work with the trainers in basic training tactics. I also completed a…

  • Create Training on CDOT Permits

    I helped CDOT leadership create an hour-long training course with the following objective: To describe the type of approval required prior to making any opening in, or constructing or repairing any pavement in, the Public Way pursuant to Chapter 10-20 and 10-30 of the Code. Here’s an outline of the content: Part 1 – License…

  • Training: Deanery Planning Website

    Today I conducted a computer training class of a joint Web site shared among all parishes in the Deanery, including St. Alphonsus, St. Thomas of Canterbury, St. Mary of the Lake, Queen of Angels, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Andrew, St. Matthias & Transfiguration, St. Benedict, Immaculate Heart of Mary, and Gordon Tech.  

  • Large ITQA Training Initiative

    Delivered on a large training initiative for the IT Quality Assurance division of a leading pharmaceutical services company. We delivered off-the-shelf training in Mercury tools and developed & delivered custom training on QA Process, Release Management, and Software Configuration Management. Responsibilities included: Manage the entire project—working with Account Managers, Trainers, and client subject matter experts…

  • Training: Poetry Lesson Plans Galore

    Over the last few years, I’ve developed a number of poetry lesson plans and delivered them to schools all over the Chicago area. Here they are, for sharing and safe-keeping. FOUND POEMS Objective: Students will be introduced to the idea of found poetry– poetry that they find, isolate, and elevate. –We start by talking about…

  • Training: Requirements Management Course Development & Delivery

    Developed & delivered a complete 8-hour course on Requirements Management for the New York Times Company. Here’s the project steps I took for an end-to-end solution: Learn client’s proprietary SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) process Apply my knowledge of RUP and client’s SDLC to develop a set of learning objectives for client approval Develop 6…