From Data to Decision — A
Guide to Data Analytics
Presented by Anne Foley, LSSMBB, PMP, Author, Training
Consultant at Corporate Education Group
As technology continues to saturate our world; data
collection and analysis is a highly sought after skillset. “Show me the data,”
is almost as popular of a request as “show me the money.” In many cases,
the two are connected. Solving problems, improving processes, increasing sales
and satisfying customers are just a few of the side effects of accurate data
collection and analysis; and it’s not just for number crunchers. Everyone can
navigate the data collection and analysis culture with a few simple tips and
techniques from this webinar. Making good decisions and solving problems the
first time should not rely on “luck.” We’ll show you a better way.
Learning objectives include:
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Four essential questions to answer with data
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Apples to apples data collection
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Three basic ways to narrow the focus
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Dos and Do Nots of presenting the findings
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 18, 2017; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Host: Corporate Education Group @CorpEdGroup
Cost: Free
Registration: Corp Ed Group Public Webinar Registration
Presented by Michael Boyle, Head of Procurro Solutions
How are processes developed today and where does the
customer fall within your processes? Is the customer simply a participant in
your internal processes, or is her desired outcome your focus? Do you use
automation to facilitate design and adherence? What about collaboration with
the employees who know the processes the best; those performing the work?
In this webinar, we describe Agile Process Design and why
this approach is transformative for a Business Analyst.
Key topics that will be discussed in this webinar include:
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An introduction to Agile
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How processes are usually developed
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Agile Process Design and why this is a different approach
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Why we need to look at process design differently
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The role technology plays as both a disruptor and an enabler
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The role of Business Analysis, and how this is a change from
the traditional role
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Examples of processes designed in an agile way
Objectives:
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Learn the importance of Agile process design
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Learn an alternative view of the Business Analysis role
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Understand the shift from documentation to facilitation
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Understand the importance of empowerment and accountability
of your key stakeholders
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Learn methods to create processes that are more
goal-oriented.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 18, 2017; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis @IIBA
Cost: Free
Registration: IIBA Public Webinar
Registration
Inside Effective Business
Requirements Documentation
Presented by Rob Stewart, Senior Consultant, IAG
Consulting
This session is a deep dive into requirements documentation
issues showing examples of good documentation practices, and samples of
materials that only look good on the surface, but have significant buried
problems.
Learning
Objectives:
1. Know what material
must be present in high quality requirements documentation.
2. See how
documentation defects impact project performance.
3. Learn how to
simplify your strategy for documentation by focusing on the right information at
the right time.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 19, 2017; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Host; IAG Consulting
@IAGConsulting
Cost: Free
Registration: IAG Consulting
Public Webinar Registration
FranklinCovey’s 7 Habits®
Seminar—Free Online Session
Presented by Eileen Land, E-Learning Strategist,
Senior Consultant at FranklinCovey
Create lifetime
success with the 7 Habits®
Get a powerful introduction to the highly popular, hands-on
seminar, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, based on the international
bestseller. In this complimentary online session, discover how the 7 Habits®
can help you to lead yourself more effectively, engage and collaborate with
others more successfully, and continually renew these capabilities. Your team
and organization can also learn and harness these qualities for maximum
results.
If you’ve ever wondered if the 7 Habits® are right for you,
or just want to learn more, don’t miss this introduction to the world’s premier
leadership development solution.
What You Will
Learn
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Why the 7 Habits® are relevant in the 21st century
·
What “effectiveness” means in an ever-changing, chaotic
world
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How to grow our personal capabilities and interpersonal
relationships
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How our paradigms affect our ability to achieve what matters
most to us
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The importance of self-renewal in creating and sustaining
results
Attending this
program is COMPLIMENTARY, but reservations are required.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 19, 2017; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: American Management Association @AMAnet
Cost: Free
Registration: AMA Public Webcast
Registration
How SAFe is Your Project?
In this webinar, we will discuss the 4 levels of the Scaled
Agile Framework v4 and demonstrate why this methodology results in a high
levels of value delivery to the customer.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, July 20, 2017; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: IT Metrics and Productivity Institute @ITMPI
Cost: Free
Registration: ITMPI Public Webinar Registration
Applying the Business Value
Management Life Cycle
Presented by Jacqueline Sanders-Blackman, CBAP, PMP,
SAFe Agilist (SA), B2T Training
In today’s development environment, teams are converting to
agile in record numbers. However, not everyone is on the bandwagon. There are
still a significant number of teams who are sticking with the tried and true
traditional development approaches. No matter which side of the methodology
fence they are on, teams are faced with a common problem: How can we be sure we
are building the right things that have the highest business value at the micro
and macro level?
This business value management conversation is one that
transcends development approach. It’s the common denominator that determines if
you are spending time and money on the right components of your solution.
This session describes a set of techniques for stakeholders
and team members to make sure the right conversations are happening at the
right time, regardless of your approach. It is important to get these
conversations right; some will result in very difficult business decisions.
During the session, we will simulate a series of value management conversations
and determine the right questions that need to be asked and answered, and the
resulting decisions that need to be made. We will also discuss how to establish
a method to measure your progress as you demonstrate the value being delivered.
Roadmap
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Determine the right things to build and in what order
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Ensure the value conversation is happening at the right time
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Measure that the value delivered matches the conversations
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday, July 21, 2017; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: B2T Training
@B2T_Training
Cost: Free
Registration: B2T Training Webinar Registration
What Good is Strategy if You
Can't Implement It?
Presented by: Jennifer Young Baker
In this webinar we examine what delivery looks like for many
companies and what specific steps can be taken to improve delivery &
implementation, with the research to back it up.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 25, 2017; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: IT Metrics and Productivity Institute @ITMPI
Cost: Free
Registration: ITMPI Public Webinar Registration
Change Readiness
Presented by Bob Faw, Consultant
at Corporate Education Group
Organizations everywhere have been undergoing tremendous
changes in the last two years. A major challenge they are running into is how
difficult change is to adapt to both emotionally and mentally. Give your people
the tools and attitudes to be "change ready" - a mental/emotional
state in which they seek solutions, instead of blaming others. They look
for opportunities in the changes, and choose optimism. They vent their
emotions in a helpful way and accept change more quickly.
Learning objectives:
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Increased resilience to bounce back after the unexpected
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Adapt more quickly to new environments
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Sees opportunities in change instead of fighting, fleeing or
freezing
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Optimism rather than the blame game
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Better health than when resisting change
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 25, 2017; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Host: Corporate Education Group @CorpEdGroup
Cost: Free
Registration: Corp Education Group Webinar Registration
Once Upon a Time: The Business Analyst Storyteller
Presented by Bob Prentiss, CBAP (Bob the BA)
Would you agree that requirements need to be clearly
understood? It seems logical, right? What about memorable? That’s
right, I said memorable, not measurable. Yes of course they should be
measurable but that becomes meaningless if they are not first, memorable. So
why is it that more Business Analysts don’t tell requirements stories? The most
effective communicators tell stories – they ensure things are memorable and
clearly understood. The Business Analyst should be the best communicator on the
team given the sheer volume of requirements, plus all of the additional things
that support the requirements like how we got there to begin with, the business
case, the value proposition, business rules, and more. What is that you say?
You are Agile? Then you better ramp up those storytelling skills!
Come join me, Bob the BA, to learn what makes up a
compelling requirements story. Stories that are memorable, contagious, interesting,
and ensure the requirements are clearly understood. Learn the structure, how
emotions play into the story, how to hold your stakeholder’s interest, how
improvisation and the art of surprise can enhance the story and keep it
relevant for your audience. Did you hear the one about the non-functional
requirement looking for the functional requirement in all the wrong places?
Probably not, but it sounds like there is a great story in there somewhere that
needs to be told. What’s your story?
OBJECTIVES
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Learn why Business Analysis requirements storytelling is
important.
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Learn the foundations of good requirements storytelling.
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Learn the different level of stories in business analysis,
Waterfall vs. Agile.
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Learn what it takes to have satisfying conclusions to your
stories.
Audience: IIBA Members
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 26, 2017; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis @IIBA
Cost: Free
Registration: IIBA Members Only
Webinar Registration
Essential Product Ownership:
It Takes a Village
In this webinar, we will explore Essential Product
Ownership. We’ll cover user stories, backlogs, refinement, ownership, vision,
architecture, innovation, experimentation, and measurement.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, July 27, 2017; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: IT Metrics and Productivity Institute @ITMPI
Cost: Free
Registration: ITMPI Public Webinar Registration
