Presented by Elizabeth Larson, PMP, CBAP, CSM
So much is going on in our project world and it’s hard to keep up. The way we complete projects keeps changing. The speed at which business changes is accelerating. Many of us have questions—lots and lots of questions.
This presentation addresses hot topics in the world of business analysis and answers questions like:
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Where is our industry heading?
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What is DevOps all about and how will it affect us?
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What is the Digital Transformation?
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Do we need to use Agile methods on Digital
projects?
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Why do I need to do a business case if I’ve already
been assigned to an Agile project?
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How can I be successful if I go out on my own?
Attendees will be able to discuss:
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The latest trends in business analysis and project
management
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What these trends mean for practitioners of business
analysis and project management
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Our role on Agile projects
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, August 2, 2018; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Host: Modern Analyst @ModernAnalyst
Cost: Free
Registration: Modern Analyst Public Webinar Registration
IIBA Certification Chat
Presented by Rich Larson, PMP, CBAP, PMI-PBAThe event is a free chat session using webinar technology. It features written questions and live answers by an experienced CBAP from Watermark Learning. Topics include anything related to IIBA's certifications you want, ranging from the ECBA, CCBA, or CBAP application to the exams to re-certification.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday, August 3, 2018; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: Watermark Learning @WatermarkLearn
Cost: Free
Registration: IIBA Certification Chat Registration
Managing a Virtual Team
Presented by David Nicholls, IAG Consulting
The reality across many organizations is that managing geographically dispersed individuals on a “virtual team” becomes more and more viable every day. However, running a virtual team effectively is not as easy as setting up some fancy technology and managing remote individuals in the same way they’d be managed if they were collocated.
This one-hour webinar will explore the best practices that can be employed to overcome the inherent challenges of managing an effective and cohesive virtual team, as well as highlight many of the benefits which can be achieved using the virtual team management techniques that are currently used by IAG to manage our teams of consultants and client engagements across North America.
Participants will come away from this webinar with practical methods they can apply in their environment to help them communicate with, track progress on and improve results from the remote individuals and teams they manage.
Key content covered in the webinar:
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Assessing the team and environment
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Preparing for virtual communication and team management
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Facilitation techniques for running virtual meetings
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Leveraging tools and technology
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Tracking individual/team progress
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Resolving individual/team issues
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Identifying areas for improvement
Get specific answers to:
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“What steps can a manager take to prepare to manage their
virtual team?”
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“What facilitation techniques can be used to effectively
elicit and communicate information in a virtual environment?”
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“Can a manager “read” someone over the phone/
video-conference?”
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“How can the technology at hand be leveraged and used
effectively by a virtual team?”
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“Which standard management techniques need to be enhanced
(and how) to maintain control over and develop a strong virtual team?
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 8, 2018; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Host: IAG Consulting @IAGConsulting
Cost: Free
Registration: IAG Consulting Webinar Registration
10 Steps to Effective Requirements Elicitation
Presented by Terrell Smith, MPA, PMP, CBAP, Senior Trainer and Consultant for Corporate Education Group
Requirements elicitation is the process of seeking, uncovering, acquiring, and elaborating requirements for business systems. It is generally understood that requirements are elicited rather than just captured or collected. There are discovery, emergence, and development elements to the elicitation process. Requirements elicitation consists of a variety of techniques, approaches, and tools.
This webinar shares 10 steps to effective requirements elicitation, guiding business analysts to deliver successful results. Requirements elicitation is all about learning and understanding the needs of users and project sponsors with the ultimate aim of communicating these needs to the system developers.
You will learn how to:
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Understand the application domain.
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Identify the sources of requirements and analyze the
stakeholders.
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Select the techniques, approaches, and tools to use.
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Prepare to use the selected elicitation
techniques.
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Document your approach and create a “strawman” to
generate the right conversation.
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Send input material in advance with clearly defined
objectives.
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Elicit the requirements from stakeholders and other
sources.
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Assign a scribe for note-taking and use document the
requirements.
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Use a standardized requirements document
template.
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Continue to revalidate the requirements until they are
clear and can be acted upon.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, August 9, 2018; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Host: Corporate Education Group @CorpEdGroup
Cost: Free
Registration: Corp Ed Group Public Webinar Registration
IIBA® Certification Screen-side Chat
Presented by Aaron Whittenberger, CBAP, CSPO, Vice President of Professional Development at Bluegrass IIBA Chapter
This is a free online chat session with one of our CBAP® recipients. The CBAP mentor will tell you of their journey to become IIBA® Certified, provide tips & tricks on anything related to IIBA Certification from the application process to re-certification. Anyone interested in ECBA™, CCBA® or CBAP® certification is welcome to come and ask questions of our CBAP mentor.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday, August 10, 2018; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter @IIBABluegrass
Cost: Free
Registration: Bluegrass IIBA Certification Chat Registration
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