PivotPoint Technology: Client Testimonials

Q: What did you like most about your training?

• "I liked the fact that the subject matter being presented was being tailored to our needs during the workshop." — Essential Agile Architecture + UML 2 Applied student, Aerospace-Defense industry
• "I liked the use of scenarios related to our business needs, processes. For me, it put the learning in context with something I could relate to, and reinforced it." — Essential Agile Architecture + UML 2 Applied student, Independent Software Vendor
• "The ability to evaluate both the material and the software using our company's real-world problems was beneficial." — Essential Agile Architecture + UML 2 Applied student, Insurance industry
• "I liked how [the instructor] demonstrated the exercises using pieces of our real application. That reinforced the fact that UML is a tool that works in real life situations." — Essential Agile Architecture + UML 2 Applied student, Independent Software Vendor
• “That it tried to tackle our real problems instead of just giving canned examples.” — Essential Agile Architecture + UML 2 Applied student, Manufacturing industry
• "Learning from [the Instructor] was an excellent opportunity. [He] was able to take difficult material and make it easy to understand." — Essential Agile Architecture + UML 2 Applied student, Independent Software Vendor

Q: What did you like most about your training?

• “The instructor was very knowledgeable of the subject matter.” — Essential MBSE + SysML Applied student, Automotive industry
• "I liked the relation between the language, the tool and the methodology that was exposed, and the realistic approach to actual systems." — Essential MBSE + SysML Applied student, Space R&D industry
• “1) Use of practical example from an in house project; 2) Change of objectives on the fly and compilation of parking lot activities. 3) Tool Neutral." — Essential MBSE + SysML Applied student, Real-Time Embedded Software industry
• "I liked the aspect of focusing on the key elements of the SysML language and the ['triangulation technique'] of pulling everything together into a unified 'thing'." — Essential MBSE + SysML Applied student, Aerospace-Defense industry
• "Using the software modeling tool as we went made it easier to learn than dividing it completely from the SysML language. It was also good to learn the language before learning the tool, so that our foundation was in the language." — Essential MBSE + SysML Applied student, National Laboratory
• “The skills and experience that [the instructor] has and generously shared with us. It was really a pleasure to participate in this workshop.” — Essential MBSE + SysML Applied student, Consultancy

Q: What did you like most about your training?

• "[The instructor] did an outstanding job of maintaining control of a very diverse and opinionated group. Great job!" — Essential BPM + BPMN Applied student, Aerospace-Defense industry
• “Free flow of information and the instructor's level of domain knowledge. Access to the tool lower level functionality and the unbiased assessment of it by the instructor.” — Essential BPM + BPMN Applied student, Insurance industry
• "The hands on aspects provided a good opportunity to work with BPMN in the tool." — Essential BPM + BPMN Applied student, Manufacturing industry
• "[The workshop] brought together many aspects that I was having difficultly relating." — Essential BPMN Applied student, Banking industry

Q: What did you like most about your training?

• "Without a question, [the instructor]—his knowledge of the subject and his teaching style. [He] answered a question that I could NOT FIND in any textbook: how to use the various modeling views of UML to flush out inconsistencies in a design or specification. He also confirmed my suspicions that only a well defined subset of the the UML views was required to completely specify and validate complex systems. His foresight and his first hand experience short circuited what may otherwise have been a long, costly learning curve." — Essential DoDAF Applied student, Aerospace-Defense industry
• “The instructor was very knowledgeable, easy to work with and had a great sense of humor. He offered some great suggestions to make our process and our architectures more complete and integrated.” — Essential DoDAF Applied student, Aerospace-Defense industry
• “The instructor was very helpful in making sure that work done in training was productive and the instructor helped make sure that model abstraction was consistent and correct.” — Essential DoDAF Applied student, Consultancy/ISV
• "[The instructor] did an excellent job instructing the course. The insights [he] provided as part of the course reinforced what good modeling is about." — Essential DoDAF Applied student, Aerospace-Defense industry