Q.Joint Application Development session leader?
JAD session leader: JAD leader organizes and runs the JAD. This person is trained in group management and facilitation as well as system analysis. JAD leader sets agenda and sees that it is met. JAD leader remains neutral on issues and doesn't contribute opinions or ideas though rather concentrates on keeping the group on agenda, resolving conflicts and disagreements and soliciting all ideas.
(1) Users: The key users of system under consideration are vital participants in a JAD. They are only ones who have a clear understanding of what it means to use system on a regular basis.
(2) Managers: The role of managers at the time of JAD is to approve project objectives, establish project priorities, approve schedules and costs and approve identified training requirements and implementation plans.
(3) Sponsors: A JAD must be sponsored by someone at a relatively high level in company which means the person from top management. If sponsor attends any session it's generally at the very beginning or at the end.
(4) Systems Analysts: Members of systems analysis team attend JAD session though their actual participation can be limited. Analysts are there to learn from managers and customers though not to run or control process.
(5) Scribe: The scribe takes down the notes throughout the JAD sessions. This is generally done on a laptop or a personal computer. Notes can be taken using a word processor. Diagrams can directly be entered into a CASE tool.
(6) IS staff such as systems analysts, other IS staff like programmers, database analysts, IS planners and data centre personnel can attend to learn from discussions and possibly to contribute their ideas on technical feasibility of proposed ideas or on technical limitations of current systems.