Monday, April 20, 2015

Business Analysis Webinars for April 2015 - Part II

BPM of Things: Making Smart Objects Smarter
Presented by Philip Ozil, Bonitasoft

It’s been said that by 2020, there will be 10 times more connected objects than people. What does that have to do with BPM? Connecting smart objects to BPM is a way of extending their intelligence. And more - the “things” in the Internet of Things provide another way to interact with a process. (Instead of kicking off a process by clicking on a web form, imagine kicking it off with your garage door opener!)  Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the BPM of Things.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 21, 2015; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Bonitasoft     @bonitasoft

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, April 22, 2015; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Blueprint Systems   @Blueprintsys

Cost: Free


 


 

5 Best Practices of Successful Support Leaders
Presented by Rich Gallagher, Author

Every support manager or supervisor wants to be effective and, let’s face it, promotable. But did you know that there are specific, actionable traits that differentiate best-of-breed support leaders from everyone else?

Join former support exec and bestselling business author Rich Gallagher to learn five best practices that will make you an effective support leader.

During this free webinar, you’ll learn:

·         Ways to build responsibility and ownership within the team
·         How to deliver results without inviting burnout
·         What to look for when recruiting and hiring the perfect rep
·         And more...

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 22, 2015; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Ziff Davis    @ZDB2B

Cost: Free

Registration:   Ziff Davis Event Registration

 


 

How to Implement Change
Presented by: Rick Clare, PMP, CBAP, CSM, MSPM

Projects are designed to implement changes needed by the business in order to grow, but most people have trouble embracing change. This webinar will discuss techniques for ensuring the organization and stakeholders are prepared to handle project changes, along with methods to make the change process efficient and painless.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 23, 2015; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: PM Centers USA    @PMCentersUSA

Cost: $14.95


 


 

The 5 Critical Differences in Requirements for Package Software
Presented by: Angela Wick, Founder of BA-Squared, LLC.    @wickang

Requirements for vendor package software are different! Depending on the type of vendor package project the requirements process and artifacts are unique and need some special attention. Our typical templates and processes do not set these projects up for success.

In this webinar we will look at how the BA role may change, approach (agile or traditional), and how the requirements process and deliverables change.

Come learn what needs to be considered to successfully set up efficient requirements when working with COTS, vendor, and package software implementations. 

Learning Objectives
·         Learn what makes COTS, Vendor, Package Software projects different from a requirements perspective
·         Learn how the role and process changes
·         Learn how our BA artifacts, templates, and deliverables need to change
·         Learn tips and tricks to set these projects up for success

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, April 23, 2015; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Business Analyst Times   @BATimes

Cost: Free


   
 

 

Under Pressure: Your Embedded System Needs to Modernize RM
Presented by: Andre Girard, Research Analyst at VDC

VDC Research analyst Andre Girard will describe the market drivers for modern requirements management and explain why your organization is in peril if it maintains the status quo. He will discuss how modern requirements management tools can dramatically improve delivery times, slash product line complexity and enhance communication across all players in the product ecosystem.

Embedded market companies face increasingly complex market pressures to accelerate the product-delivery process. Their business goals require products to be delivered to customer satisfaction, with no defects, and faster than ever. And yet, 42% of embedded systems are behind schedule. Among the many challenges to efficient, on-time product delivery are competing, yet equally critical, imperatives:

·         Managing growing complexity in distributed organizations, within their products, and across a network of interrelated and interdependent products
·         Maintaining consistent software security and quality standards
·         Integrating the supply chain, formalizing acceptance benchmarks for code from supply chain partners
·         Demonstrating compliance to process standards
·         Verifying requirements traceability
·         Inadequate and changing specifications
·         Shifting priorities
Despite widespread knowledge of these mounting challenges, engineering organizations are not doing enough to adapt. They need to make fundamental changes in the planning, management, and execution of system designs; they need new tools and methodologies to change outcomes because in-house and ad-hoc tools are inadequate for modern requirements management.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 28, 2015; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Jama Software    @jamasoftware

Cost: Free


 
 

 

Models for Data Requirements
Presented by: Joy Beatty, Vice President of Seilevel    @joybeatty   @Seilevel

Many analysts think that “data modeling” means designing databases and technical data models. Business users have no capability of creating and consuming that level of technical design, but they very much do care about their business data requirements. They can describe how the data is used to make business decisions and how they want to see it processed by the system.

This webinar will introduce a set of requirements models for data that help describe the relationship of data in the system, details about fields, how data is used to make decisions, and how data is processed by the system. We’ll describe how the models can be used together from top to bottom to create a complete picture of the data needs and how they integrate to other requirements models to fully round out the requirements. 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 29, 2015; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalyst

Cost: Free


 


 

Proven Best Practices for Managing Risks on Your Projects
Presented by Joe Lukas, PMP, PE, CSM, CCP

Dealing with risks effectively has become a critical consideration on projects. This webinar will help you become more skilled at managing project risks. We will review and explain proven best practices for identifying, analyzing and responding to project risks. Instructions on how to prepare a thorough risk register using an Excel workbook will be presented and webinar attendees will receive a copy of the Excel Risk Management workbook. Attend this webinar and become a specialist in managing risks for your organization!

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 30, 2015; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: PM Centers USA    @PMCentersUSA

Cost: $14.95


 

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