The Impact of DevOps on the
Business Analyst
Presented by Michael Roberts, Director of Customer
Engagement at ASPE Training
In this webinar, we will discuss how Business Analysts are
impacted by the implementation of the DevOps methodology. Specifically, we will
discuss the history and rise of continuous integration and continuous delivery
in SDLC and how it impacts the Business Analyst. Items of consideration include
accelerating delivery/shipment of code, working with IT operations teams, new
tools, automation, and DevOps Culture. By way of example, we will discuss
several “example” projects such as architecture changes, server/systems
upgrades, new tools, deployment pipelines, and delivering features. In those
example projects we will focus on who the stakeholders are and what items the BA
needs to consider when working within the DevOps framework.
We will cover:
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History of CI/CD
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What traditional SDLC looks like
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How DevOps has made changes to SDLC and delivery
·
The Role of the BA in the DevOps movement
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 19, 2019; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
EST
Host: ASPE Training
@ASPEinc
Cost: Free
What it Takes to be a True
Lean Agile Project Manager
Presented by Ross Little, Executive Managing Partner
at IAG Consulting
This webinar is for Project Managers looking to become more
lean and agile in their organization/career, for those transitioning into an
agile organization, or those supporting a transformation to a lean agile
project management environment. We will address what lean agile project
management really means and what the main differences are with traditional
project management. We will explain essential concepts and aspects of project
management from various methodologies including Scaled Agile (SAFe®), DSDM, Scrum,
Kanban, Lean, XP. This webinar is ideal PMs seeking or supporting their
PMI-ACP, or AgilePM® certification and qualifies for 1 PDU.
Learning
Objectives:
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What does Lean Agile project management mean?
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What are the principles of Agile Project Management?
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When and why does Lean Agile Project Management makes sense?
·
What can I do to be Lean Agile?
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 20, 2019; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00
a.m. EST
Host: IAG Consulting
@IAGConsulting
Cost: Free
Conversion and
Implementation - A Balanced Perspective
Presented by: Efrem Mallach
This webinar aims to improve participants' understanding of
system-level implementation issues.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 20, 2019; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Host: IT Metrics & Productivity Institute @ITMPI
Cost: Free
Leading in a Diverse and
Inclusive Culture - Free Seminar Preview
Presented by Carrie Spell-Hansson, Executive Director
and Founder at The Folke Institute for Transformative Learning
Path to Becoming
an Inclusive Leader
Diversity has evolved from a mere compliance exercise
focused on meeting numbers for various measurable attributes (gender,
race, age, disability), to the reality that our organizations are increasingly
diverse, multicultural and global.
Today, we refer to inclusive leadership as an integrated set
of skills that is required to channel the power and potential of a diverse
workforce for the benefit of the organization, teams, workgroups, individual
employees, customers, suppliers, and communities we serve.
This preview of the AMA seminar Leading in a Diverse and
Inclusive Culture explains how this course gives you deeper insights into
yourself, your team, and the benefits of inclusion at all levels in your
organization.
What You Will
Learn
·
The difference between diversity and inclusion, and its presence
in and influence on our day-to-day interactions and decisions
·
How to recognize the manner in which culture impacts our
perceptions, beliefs, behaviors and responses
·
The concepts of unconscious bias, micro inequities and micro
advantages
·
The characteristics of successful culturally competent
leaders
While attending
this preview is FREE, reservations are required.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 20, 2019; 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
EST
Host: American Management Association @AMAnet
Cost: Free
Stop Gathering Requirements
Presented by Steve Blais, Solution Architect at
Parkson International, Author, Consultant and Teacher
Are you still "gathering requirements"? In this
world of agile software development where requirements have been absorbed and
marginalized by user stories, epics, product backlogs, and direct conversation
between the business stakeholders and the solution team, "gathering
requirements" seems to be a thing of the past. Especially since
requirements themselves seem to be the source of all the bad things that happen
in software development. It seems that all failures in software development can
be laid at the feet of the requirements.
The truth is that as business analysts, we shouldn't be
"gathering requirements" in the first place. So what is it that we
are supposed to be doing if not "gathering requirements"?
This webinar answers that question in a way that is
applicable to the agile software development approaches, the traditional
software development lifecycles, and even when, as a business analyst, you
aren't involved with developing software at all.
In addition to answering the question the webinar will provide tips, techniques, and practices you can use to improve your solution definition expertise:
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How to relate the business needs to the solution team in an
agile approach
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Assist management in business decision making
·
Define requirements for any solution
·
Follow a simple process that turns business needs and
objectives into solution requirements
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, February 21, 2019; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
EST
Host: Modern Analyst
@ModernAnalyst
Cost: Free
Scrum Talks
Presented by Bill Phillips, CBAP, Director of Agile Certification at Bluegrass IIBA Chapter
This is a free online chat session with one of
our Agile enthusiasts. Whether you just want to learn more about the agile
or scrum framework, your organization is going through an agile transformation,
or you are interested in obtaining the IIBA® Agile Analysis Certification
(IIBA®-AAC) this session is for you. We can discuss the Agile Extension to the
BABOK® Guide, the Scrum Guide™, the agile framework, or the IIBA®-AAC
certification. Whatever you wish to discuss, come let’s talk. Anyone interested
in talking agile or scrum, or pursuing the IIBA®-AAC Certification is
welcome to come and ask questions of our Agile mentor.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday, February 22, 2019; 12:00 pm – 12:30
pm EST
Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter @IIBABluegrass
Cost: Free
Registration: Scrum Talks Webinar Registration
We Are Agile and It’s Chaos:
Now What?
Presented by: Neil Potter
In a poll of agile organizations, two-thirds said they experience chronic chaos. Learn more in this webinar!
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 26, 2019; 11:00 am – 12 :30 pm EST
Host: IT Metrics & Productivity Institute @ITMPI
Cost: Free
What You Need to Succeed in
the Big Data / AI world: Staying Current and Moving Up the Ladder
Presented by Panelists: John Arabadjis, PhD, and Razvan
Veliche, PhD, Facilitator: Alexsander Tomic, PhD.
In this panel discussion we will talk about the future of
Big Data / AI and discuss what skills analysts need to keep pace in this
rapidly changing environment. We will address key items of interest to those
interested in the field including:
·
What strategies allow individuals to stay current and ensure
long-term success in the field?
·
What are the key considerations as one moves from an individual contributor to a team lead and beyond?
·
What are the
challenges other than keeping current with software and techniques and
strategies to overcome those?
Learning
objectives:
·
Understand the
landscape and future of Big Data / AI.
·
Learn how to stay
current in the field
·
Learn how to deal with challenges to
advance your career
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 26, 2019; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis @IIBA
Cost: Free
Presented by Rob
Stewart, Senior Consultant, IAG Consulting
So you’ve been
assigned a complex, poorly defined project concept… now what?
Nothing is worse
(or better) for a senior project manager or analyst than being handed a project
that is: strategic, very large, and way outside your comfort zone in
complexity. These projects will sometimes roll around the halls of big
companies for months while they struggle to gain sufficient momentum and
clarity to really move forward with a sense of purpose and direction. Let’s say
one of these career-bruisers/-builders is yours? What do you do next?
This session is
about the tactics of early-stage project intake and clarification – getting
clarity efficiently.
Learning
Objectives:
1. Inside the project
intake process – why is intake so dysfunctional?
2.
The action plan – simple steps that drive project clarity
and milestones that deliver benefit.
3.
Targeted result – time
tested deliverables that work
Audience: Public
Date/Time:
Wednesday, February 27, 2019; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Host: IAG Consulting @IAGConsulting
Cost: Free
Critical Thinking - Free
Seminar Preview
Presented by Jody Jones, PhD, President at Strategic
Transformations
Steps to Making Clearer and More Effective Decisions
In this fast-paced world, one thing is certain: We need
sharp critical thinkers who are able to size up a situation, realize the
potential where others may not, and seize opportunities through prompt decision
making.
We all perform some level of critical thinking in our
daily lives, yet most of us don’t really know what it entails or how we do what
we do.
This preview offers you a practical introduction to the
highly popular AMA seminar, Critical Thinking.
We’ll introduce you to the RED model of critical thinking and describe the
basics of putting it into action using a practical case study.
What You Will
Learn
·
How the RED (Recognize assumptions, Evaluate arguments, Draw
conclusions) Model is used to get to a decision point
·
The importance of separating facts from opinions
·
Three steps you can take to apply critical thinking skills
right away
While attending this preview is FREE, reservations are required.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 27, 2019; 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
EST
Host: American Management Association @AMAnet
Cost: Free
The Power of Persuasion: Self Awareness
and the Ability to Influence
Presented by: Deborah Herting
Attend this webinar to turbo boost your career, optimize
team engagement and make a difference in your organization!
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, February 28, 2019; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Host: IT Metrics & Productivity Institute @ITMPI
Cost: Free
