Monday, September 1, 2014

Business Analysis Webinars for September 2014

What is DevOps? A Colorful Introduction
Presented by Chris Knotts

For decades, application developers and IT operations people have been set up in armed camps, often at odds with each other and unable to trace sources of frustration to their root cause. The business suffers while non-technical people wonder “what everyone in IT is doing.”

DevOps is a grassroots movement sweeping IT and project shops across the western world. Like any buzzword, there’s no exact definition and lots of misconception. However, the underlying forces and reasons behind the DevOps movement are clear. It’s an exciting and heady brew of corporate culture shifts, IT worker empowerment, amazing new tools, cloud computing capabilities, and movement towards a new vision of enterprise IT capability which is unified, agile, and oriented around the needs of the business. Properly understood, this movement reveals a world where it’s possible to deploy code faster and more effectively than ever – continuously, with an ethic of non-stop quality improvement and value for the business.

In this one-hour presentation, we will take you on a tour of the DevOps movement and explain the massive potential that lies behind it.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 2, 2014; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: @ASPE_SDLC

Cost: Free


 
 

Top Down Estimating Techniques for Early Project Estimates
Presented by Rick Clare, PMP, CBAP, CSM, MSPM

Management wants accurate early estimates to make decisions on which projects to pursue. The problem is a lack of scope definition needed for preparation of a detailed estimate. This webinar will discuss best practices for preparing and communicating early project estimates. Techniques for making early estimates will be reviewed along typical accuracy ranges.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, September 4, 2014; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host; @PMCentersUSA

Cost: $14.95                                                                        September package: Four webinars for $39.95


 

Achieving Scrum Mastery – A 1-Hour Coaching Clinic
Presented by Bob Galen and Chris Knotts

On the surface Scrum and agile practices seem simple — don’t they? At heart, they are. In fact, “doing Agile” is relatively straightforward. So why are so many organizations struggling to effectively implement agility?

There are several culprits. During this hour, ASPE expert and Certified Scrum Coach Bob Galen will address some of these impediments, and take your Q and A in a free one-hour coaching clinic. Come ready to listen to discussion and learn about:

·         Estimation
·         Release Planning
·         Agile at Scale
·         Done-ness
·         Investing in Technical Debt
·         Engaging Leadership
·         Enhancing Transparency
·         Effective User Stories
·         Team Buy-in
·         MVPs
·         Distributed Teams

If you’re struggling with various aspects of agility, getting the return on your agile investment or stuck “going it alone,” with no guide you through tough Scrum challenges, this free, one-hour coaching session with a pragmatic and highly experienced agile practitioner is for you! YOU create the Product Backlog for this workshop, so bring your questions and challenges and let’s see what “being Agile” looks like in the wild.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, September 4, 2014; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: @ASPE_SDLC

Cost: Free


 

 IIBA Certification Chat
Presented by Vicki James, PMP, CBAP

A free chat session featuring questions and live answers by an experienced CBAP from Watermark Learning.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, September 5, 2014; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: @WatermarkLearn


 

 
Cloud Computing – Models, Progress and Context for BAs
Presented by Steven Woodward, CEO and founder of Cloud Perspectives

Many organizations are evaluating and migrating toward cloud computing solutions.  The innovation and business opportunities are substantial. The business analysts are now required to become familiar with Cloud Computing concepts and to recognize key opportunities and risks.
Steven Woodward shares updates from many of the international cloud standards-related organizations. In Canada, he leads several of the cloud computing initiatives in both the private and public sectors.
 
Steven describes key cloud ecosystems models, with policy, security, privacy, and cultural considerations in the context of business analyst impact.  Business analysts in the cloud need to be aware of the various options and specifically where they fit in the cloud ecosystem. Steven relates real-life practical scenarios to emphasize cultural and business perspectives for cloud computing opportunities and the benefits already quantified.  

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday; September 9, 2014; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: @IIBA

Cost: Free


 

The New Security Landscape: Who’s in Charge?
Presented by Mike Beevers and Chris Knotts

Right now, the threat landscape for companies and their information is unlike anything most business unit leaders have seen before. Organizations are having sensitive data stolen every day, and suddenly everybody bears some responsibility for maintaining security in their area of responsibility. Corporate data is at stake, and so are the jobs of many in charge.

So who is really in charge of security now, and how can they manage it? In this one-hour presentation, Mike Beevers, CISSP, walks us through where your head should be if you touch anything in your organization that’s connected to sensitive information. He will touch on why the security certifications of the last 15 years are no longer adequate assurance of protection, and why we are seeing the traditional IT security role dissolve into a need for someone more literate in overall security goals, and more connected to the business side of incident avoidance, risk management and intelligent response when something happens.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 9, 2014; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: @ASPE_SDLC

Cost: Free


 

Coaching for the Time-Crunched Manager
Presented by Michael Bungay Stanier, Founder and Senior Partner at Box of Crayons

The Four Counterintuitive Truths About Effective Coaching

Coaching is an essential tool for managers and leaders to increase the impact and engagement of their teams. Your organization flourishes when people are self-sufficient and focused on the stuff that matters.

Coaching helps make that happen.

Getting managers to properly coach their employees is more easily said than done. No one has time for long "touchy feely" conversations. But wouldn't it be good if coaching could be practical and to the point, as well as useful and empowering?

Join us for this provocative webinar that shares insights and tools to help you make coaching a daily tool all your managers can use.

What You Will Learn

·         How coaching drives engagement and increases employee impact
·         Tips for providing focused, results-based coaching in ten minutes or less
·         3 key coaching moments that are doable by all managers, even those who are less people-oriented

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 10, 2014; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: @AMAnet

Cost: Free


 

Process Analysis and Redesign: The Key to Process Improvement
Presented by Paul Harmon, Co-founder and Executive Editor at Business Process Trends

A successful business process improvement program begins with a proven, well-thought out process analysis and redesign methodology. BPTrends Associates (BPTA) has developed a comprehensive, integrated approach to process analysis and redesign that blends best practices from each major process improvement approach. Those trained in any traditional approach will discover things that are familiar and learn some new ideas that can ensure a more complete analysis. Armed with a thorough analysis, you can develop a design that is more likely to solve your organization’s problems and improve performance.

This webinar will provide an overview of the BPTA Analysis and Redesign Methodology and demonstrate how it can help you focus on all considerations, resulting in a comprehensive analysis and an effective redesign. You will understand critical techniques like process scoping, flow modeling and developing business rules. And, you will walk away knowing how to solve employee and managerial performance problems, software requirements for IT and change management planning to ensure a successful project improvement program.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 10, 2014; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: @CorpEdGroup

Cost: Free


 


The Decision Model, a Powerful Tool in the Business Architect’s Repertoire
Presented by Ravi Singh, Knowledge Partners International

Knowledge Partners International (KPI), originators of The Decision Model and thought leaders in Business Requirements and Business Process Management, invite you to learn more about a powerful tool you can add to your repertoire.

KPI’s unique practice, developed through decades of leading enterprises to successful deployment of mission-critical applications, combines aspects of modern requirements gathering and agile project management.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 10, 2014; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: @KPIUSA

Cost: Free

Registration:   KPI Web Event Registration

 

Dealing With Project Risk Before They Become Issues
Presented by MAX Training

Project Managers realize that they must manage risks and issues in a timely and effective manner. However, many project teams do not practice effective and continuous risk management throughout the project life cycle, preferring to wait until the risk becomes realized, and becomes an issue, before taking any action.  This presentation will discuss the differences between Project Risk Management and Issues Management and review some tools and best practices that make both jobs more effective.  It will also cover some techniques and recommendations for applying these tools.

In this webinar the presentation is to show the difference between risks and issues. We will cover the following topic areas:

·         How to best develop the effective mindset and attitude to deal with them
·         Learn risk management best practices, as well as risk management tools and techniques
·         Learn issue management best practices, and some effective tools for identifying, assessing and controlling issues on a project.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, September 11, 2014; 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm EDT

Host: @MAXCincinnati

Cost: Free


 

An Implementation of Skill Sets Needed to Drive Successful Interviews
Presented by Rick Clare, PMP, CBAP, CSM, MSPM

Interviews are often considered the best way of eliciting detailed requirements, but they can be an expensive way of getting the job done.  If you are going to use them, use them right!.  Come and learn the best circumstances for using interviews, the communication and facilitation skills needed to drive them, and the best-practice techniques for successfully implementing them.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, September 11, 2014; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host; @PMCentersUSA                                               

Cost: $14.95                                                                        September package: Four webinars for $39.95


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