Essence-In-Use

About Essence

Essence is an Object Management Group (OMG) standard. The Essence framework was developed by a group of volunteers working under the Software Engineering Method and Theory (SEMAT) initiative. To learn more about the background of Essence and SEMAT refer to: https://www.semat.org.

About this Essence-In-Use Website

This website has been developed to provide a community forum for certified Essence-In-Use practitioners to share their Essence experiences, lessons and tips, and get Essence related support (e.g. answers to common Essence questions). 

If you are already a certified Essence-In-Use practitioner and would like to share your experiences or participate in the community forum, please register and log in below. Then page down to locate the forum.

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If you are interested in becoming a certified Essence-In-Use practitioner or are interested in learning more about Essence keep reading. 

Why should you become a Certified Essence-In-Use Practitioner?

Reason One:

In today’s fast-paced constantly changing world all software practitioners should learn the things that never change (or change very slowly) on projects because it will give us more time to focus on the new and interesting things when they come along.

This is what becoming a Certified Essence-In-Use Practitioner is about. The  Essence frameworkis a practical and proven problem-solving tool that can be applied by practitioners (developers, testers, analysts, program managers, technical leaders, architects), coaches and consultants along with whatever approach a team or organization, or client is currently using to gain timely and measurable performance improvement.

Essence is the first software engineering method independent framework developed specifically for software practitioners and coaches to help them solve their own problems.

Reason Two:

Becoming a Certified Essence-In-Use Practitioner means you will become trained in how to use the Essence framework in a thinking capacity to coach yourself, a peer, or a less experienced team member.  When we say “coach yourself” we mean learning how to step back and think about what you need to do, given your specific project context, before making your next decision.

This course is really about critical thinking and decision-making to aid timely and measurable performance improvement.

To register for the course:

https://leanpub.com/c/essence

Testimonials about the online Certified Essence-In-Use Practitioner Training Course

“This online course demonstrates the power of the thinking concepts of Essence in a clear, logical, and succinct manner. The case studies illustrate the thinking process with questions, tips, and considerations all summed up neatly with  examples of the Lens of Essence. A key focus is on the user’s organizational context and the application of checklist steps. These steps provide the insight and experience of others who have been in the crucible of solving complicated and complex project problems, and should enable the student to grasp the power of Essence as a critical thinking framework based on lessons learned. The course contains interesting presentation topics as well as personal stories from the author. Time invested is well spent.”

John Troy, Retired Program Manager, Rockwell-Collins

“I recently completed the Certified Essence-In-Use Practitioner training. I originally took the course with some hesitancy as I am no longer in the software development business. My own business (Diligent Inc.) provides operations management services targeted towards a wide range of small and mid-sized businesses. A large part of the services provided by Diligent requires risk and opportunity assessments of our client businesses. To my great surprise, the Essence approach I learned in this class provides a practical management tool that I have been able to apply directly to the resolution of our client operations management problems. I found the class easy to follow and, even though most of the clients we work with are not involved in software development, the Essence training we received is already helping us offer more structured, more cost-effective, solutions that fit all the business models we deal with. I highly recommend Essence training for operations managers, program and project managers and other professional service analysts with responsibility for solving business problems.”

Jim Grebey, President, Diligent Inc.

To register for the course:

https://leanpub.com/c/essence

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