Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Business Analysis Webinars for March 2015 - Part II

Top Pitfalls that Lead to Agile Troubles
Presented by David Mantica

With anything new there are going to be difficulties. What starts out a small test with a pilot team leads to a huge bandwagon affect. This is great but some bandwagoners get nervous when the problems start and ultimately become the naysayers and finger pointers that can kill Agile before it even gets a chance to provide benefit.

In this web seminar we will discuss in detail the top issues that lead to problems deploying Agile. This session will give you the information you need to keep the bandwagon's wheels here on earth and avoid the bubble burst when expectations are set too high.

Problems we will discuss include:

·         Self-organized team function
·         Poor Product Owner performance
·         Lack of adequate training and coaching
·         No change management plan
·         Lack of executive support
·         Inconsistent business unit support

Ultimately Agile success requires an organization to do some creative destruction which leads to inefficiency and confusion for a period of time. Be prepared to weather that storm by preparing your sponsors and management with an understanding of the problems you will face on your road to incorporating Agile methods into your organization.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 24, 2015; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: ASPE Training   @ASPE_SDLC

Cost: Free


 

 
Blueprint Systems Live Product Demonstration
Presented by Blueprint Systems

Accelerate projects and deliver more business value

Join us for a live, interactive demonstration of Blueprint, a visually driven requirements platform that resolves many of the time-consuming, costly, and error- prone functions, thus ensuring that mission critical projects are completed successfully, on time and on budget.

Blueprint helps:

        Deliver applications that meet business expectations;
        Increase standardization, consistency and reuse;
        Improve visibility and accountability;
        Improve application quality;
        Reduce costs.

Offering seamless integration with application lifecycle management tools, Blueprint works with different development methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 25, 2015; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Blueprint Systems   @Blueprintsys

Cost: Free


 

 
Vendor Showcase Webinar Series on Document Elicitation Results 
Presented by Techno Solutions, Yonix, and iRise

As the definitive guide and the internationally recognized standard, the BABOK® Guide is a comprehensive and essential tool for the practice of business analysis. In April 2015, IIBA will release BABOK® Guide v3. This webinar will provide you with insight on the alignment of Document Elicitation Results from BABOK® Guide v2 -- Task 3.3 and how they link to the new BABOK® Guide v3.
IIBA® Vendor Showcase Webinars will be hosted by industry expert Tom Karasmanis, IIBA and will be
open to all IIBA Members and non-Members.

Document Elicitation Results

One of the core activities of a business analyst is to document the various stakeholder needs and solution requirements. There are various formats and media than can be used to document the elicitation results. It is important to present the results in a format that is easy for the reader to understand and navigate and lends itself to updates that are sure to come. Activities include capturing and documenting requirements as well as importing and exporting them from various other formats.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 26, 2015; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: IIBA    @IIBA

Cost: Free


 

 
Business Analysis: Is it a Role or a Skill?
Presented by David Mantica

The Agile evangelists would say it is a skill the entire team needs. The IIBA would say it is a role that needs to grow in order for companies to gain competitive advantage with their technology deployments and internal automation. PMI (the Project Management Institute) has also spoken on this topic. Their position, based on the certification they developed (PMI-PBA) is it's a skill successful project managers add to their tool kit of skills and techniques. What can be factually attested to is the following; as SDLC practitioner positions like developers, testers and architects were being outsource, larger enterprise organizations depended on building software and systems for competitive advantage have been hiring Business Analysts. Just look at Indeed or Dice or Monster and see which tech jobs are HOT and Business Analyst will be in the top 5.

This presentation will break out the current trends in the software development industry and where BA is seen as skill and were it is being built out as a role. From there we will take a look at the pros and cons of each view and where things may end up in the end. Ultimately giving you critical information as you plan your career growth goals for 2015 and beyond.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 26, 2015; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: ASPE Training   @ASPE_SDLC

Cost: Free


 


How to Prioritize Your Project Requirements
Presented by Rick Clare, PMP, CBAP

Requirements are not equal – and that’s the reason for prioritization, to ensure the implementation efforts focus on the most critical requirements. This webinar will discuss what’s needed to establish the basis for requirements prioritization. Techniques for prioritizing requirements will also be covered including timeboxing and budgeting, MoSCoW, Kano and risk analysis, and voting. Challenges in prioritizing requirements will also be reviewed.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 26, 2015; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: PM Centers USA   @PMCentersUSA

Cost: $14.95


 
 

Webinar: Requirements for Business Analytics
Presented by Joy Beatty, VP at Seilevel

Normal people don't look at data sets just for fun; they analyze them to make business decisions. Business analysts are more frequently finding themselves on strategic projects that turn large and often highly complex data sets into meaningful information from which conclusive decisions and actions can be derived. Analysis of big data is already a reality today in most IT organizations and will grow in significance as businesses look to gain a better understanding for capturing, structuring and learning from their data.

In this presentation, we will offer advice on tackling requirements for business analytics projects. This webinar outlines how to elicit strategic analytics decisions to help prioritize requirements work, and how to prepare for the future of big data by specifying data needs. Participants will hear examples of questions they can use to engage businesses to think outside the box about their requirements, and consider new possibilities from analytics projects.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 26, 2015; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst   @ModernAnalyst

Cost: Free


 


 
How IT Megatrends Like Cloud Computing, Big Data and Mobility can Help Your Career
Presented by Eric Bloom, President and Founder at Manager Mechanics

Following the wave of new and exciting IT megatrends and leading edge technologies has forever been the road to rags or riches .

Trends like cloud computing, big data, mobility and others are now driving the industry and are here to stay. So as Project Managers and Business Analysts, what should you know about these technologies and how do you pivot yourself toward them, given your current skill set and current employment? Join us on the webinar and find out!

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 26, 2015; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host:  BA Times   @BATimes

Cost: Free

Registration:   BATimes Webinar Registration

 
 

Owning the Collaboration Circle on All Your Future Projects
Presented by Jama Software

Learn how modern and collaborative requirements management tools make it easier to ensure everyone in the collaboration circle has a clear way to find out what is being discussed, what was decided, and where to provide input when expectations are not being met. Watch this recording webinar for tips on to help you get better visibility into the entire product lifecycle, identify and locate key stakeholders and develop continuous feedback loops that keep your projects humming along.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 25, 2015; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Jama Software    @JamaSoftware

Cost: Free


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