Finding Value as a Product Owner
Presented by Jim Sammons, Professional Scrum Trainer
In this Webinar Professional Scrum Trainer Jim Sammons will talk
about the big "V" in Scrum, Value. Much is said about this
term, but what "is" value? How do I find it? When I
"think" I know what is valuable, what do I do next? How
can I validate the value with my customers?
During this session Jim will look at some models around prioritizing work, understand what "negative value" is, and how to order work to improve feedback loops. All of this in the hope of delighting customers and user. Jim will do his best to give some advice on what to do when value isn't well understood and we just need to "get it done".
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 15, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
EDT
Host: Scrum.org
Cost: Free
Cybersecurity Analysis
Virtual Study Group Series | Session 3
Presented by Mohamed Zahran, Business Analysis Principal
Consultant
Session 3 | Enterprise Risk The cybersecurity virtual study
group webinar series is an exclusive benefit for IIBA members to help guide you
through the key learning areas for the Certificate in Cybersecurity Analysis
(IIBA®-CCA). Each session will cover the core concepts in cybersecurity.
including the following topical areas: Introduction to Cybersecurity,
Enterprise Cybersecurity Concepts, Enterprise Risk, Cybersecurity Risks and
Controls, Securing the Layers, Data Security, User Access Control, Solution Delivery,
and Operations. An interactive Q&A is included at the end of each session.
Audience: IIBA Members
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 16, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis @IIBA
Cost: Free
Business Analysis is
DEAD… and more Fake News
Presented by The Uncommon League
What can business analysts learn from journalists?
Both disciplines value communication, critical thinking and research skills,
the ability to remain neutral, to absorb information quickly, assess
situations, and the tenacity to investigate every side of a viewpoint or problem.
Let’s see where journalism and business analysis intersect. How can BAs become
better story tellers and better investigators? How can we battle bias and
remain neutral advisors? Neither BAs nor Journalists are enemies of the people
(really!) let’s learn from the history of journalism so we can focus
on what provides value to our projects.
Learning Objectives:
•
How the principles of Journalism apply to business analysis
• How to craft a meaningful story,
sure to make business cases and requirements more valuable and easier to
communicate
•
How to maintain objectivity, manage bias and be a committed observer and
reporter of the truth
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 16, 2020; 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
EDT
Host: The Uncommon League
Cost: Free
10 Tips for Enterprise
Agility
Presented by Ali Cox, General Manager USA, Netmind
The days of thinking that transformation is isolated to the
IT department are over. One of the biggest challenges of a global organization
is not only adapting to market demands but doing so in a way that advances new
business lines, encourages customer-oriented collaboration, and promotes continuous
improvement. This new way of working must be based on promoting new cultural
changes, rethinking management practices, transforming processes
organization-wide, and optimizing all departments by focusing on the core
business.
As a result, many organizations are adopting agile principles and practices to effectively respond to today’s volatile business environment and better meet customer needs. But adopting agile is not the same as achieving business agility.
Join me for a webinar to understand:
• What is Agile (beyond the buzzwords)?
•
How the scope of Agile has gone beyond IT and translates to the entire
enterprise
•
What practices enable enterprise agility
• Applying
analysis at all levels of the enterprise
• Actionable items
you can implement to enhance agility
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 16, 2020; 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter @IIBABluegrass
Cost: Free
Study Smarter, Not
Harder: ECBA Certification
Presented by Michael White, BA Doctor and Isabel
Feher-Watters, IIBA
Business analysis is a rapidly growing field and many
professionals wonder how to get started with the ECBA™ certification. In this
webinar, we will share the starting point in the ECBA certification exam
process. The speakers will discuss the ECBA certification requirements and
provide proven study strategies to help structure your time management, study materials,
and resources. They will also discuss stress management techniques so you can
study and prepare for the certification exam efficiently and effectively.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, September 17, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis @IIBA
Cost: Free
Scrum for Distributed
Teams: Overcoming the Myth that Scrum and Agile only work for Colocated Teams
Presented by Atlassian University and Scrum.org
Distributed teams are not new, but our global pandemic has
made them the norm. Atlassian University and Scrum.org will team up in this
webinar to explore the myth that agile and Scrum Teams need to be colocated and
walk through real-world examples of how products get delivered from distributed
teams.
Together, we will:
- Dispel the myth that you cannot use Scrum for distributed teams.
- Learn best practices for working in a distributed manner.
- Explore what to avoid when employing Scrum with a distributed team.
We'll be incorporating and answering questions from those who attend the live
webinar. This recorded session will be made available on-demand, as well.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, September 17, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00
pm EDT
Host: Scrum.org
Cost: Free
Agile Analysis
Certification Screen-side Chat
Presented by Cindy Herrmann, AAC, BA Manager
This is a free online chat session with one of our
Agile Analysis mentors. Whether you just want to learn more about the
business analyst role in an agile context, the agile 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 pursuing
the IIBA®-AAC Certification is welcome to come and ask questions of our
Agile mentor.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday, September 18, 2020; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
EDT
Host Bluegrass IIBA Chapter @IIBABluegrass
Cost: Free
How to Ace Your Next
Business Analysis Job Interview
Presented by LN Mishra, President, Adaptive US
Job interviews are the most widely used technique by
organizations to recruit new business analysts. Being prepared for the job
interview enhances one’s prospect of getting his/her dream job. However, most
BA's are not aware of the process that one needs to follow to ace the job
interview.
• Aspects that
organizations look for in their new BA's
• How to prepare
oneself for the BA job interview
• How to lead the
job interview
• How to showcase
one’s business analysis knowledge and skills during the interview
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 22, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis @IIBA
Sponsor: Adaptive US
@AdaptiveUS
Cost: Free
Actionable Awareness:
Unlock Your Influence
Presented by Mark Wavle, Professional Scrum Trainer
As Agilists, we strive to help people and teams improve
their effectiveness and interactions but we often find ourselves without objective
data, jumping to conclusions and operating out of assumptions. Blinded by our
own perspectives, we end up using ineffective approaches to address the least
impactful issues, and we are left wondering why our impact isn't bigger.
Whether you're trying to figure out how to help your team
improve, just starting with a new team, or mentoring a Scrum Master, the key to
unlocking your influence is the ability to have actionable awareness. In this
webinar with Professional Scrum Trainer Mark Wavle, you will
learn about and apply the Actionable Awareness Canvas and the set of skills it
prompts you to use, pausing your own viewpoints, slowing down your thinking,
and broadening your awareness. You'll be able to build a Backlog of targeted,
impactful actions, and then use the canvas to see the impact on the team's
performance. With some focused and intentional effort, you can increase your
actionable awareness to grow your influence.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, September 24, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
EDT
Host: Scrum.org
Cost: Free
Data Science In Project
Management – Science Fiction Or Reality? Don’t Delay Your Business Future, When
You Can Benefit Now!
Presented by Fred Radnoti, Tara Donnelly and Vladomir
Urbanovich
Advanced analytics and business intelligence are poised to
improve cost performance for project driven companies. Industries, such as
Infrastructure, Technology and Finance, specifically in Project Management
discipline, relied on traditional methods and tools and until recently were
slow in adopting modern digital technology. In the past number of years, the
Industry digitalized most of its Project Management information, generating
volumes of data that are beyond capacity of people and regular information
management tools. Audiit is on a mission to turn Project Management Data into
an asset that revolutionizes and disrupts the industry pushing it to perform at
the levels of technology driven companies. Employing Deep Analytics, Machine
Learning and Artificial Intelligence to Project Management Data makes it work
harder for the Industry. To support the move from static to advanced dynamic
business intelligence, companies need to leverage historical and real-time
transactional data to provide insights and intelligence.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•
Learn about current and future business intelligence tools and methods.
•
Learn to align daily Project Management activities with strategic
company goals.
• Learn how advanced analytics in
Project Management improves business performance and outcomes.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, September 24, 2020; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
EDT
Host: BA Times
@BATimes
Cost: Free
How BAs Can Achieve
Business Maturity: The Prerequisite for Agile Projects
Presented by Rob Allen and Lisa Cates
A central business object repository is not hard to set
up; and it delivers substantial value by creating and maintaining operational
maturity, which is a prerequisite for an organization to be agile.
• every organization has many
perspectives,
• the age-old problem of silos of information
persists in the era of big data,
• 2020 is THE year in which change management
will be tested,
• performance improvement must be centered on
value streams.
The best way to achieve Process Maturity through a
comprehensive process methodology is by using a shared business object
repository. In this way business analysts, enterprise architects, human
resource managers, and resource managers can share information through a big
data repository to optimize an organization and help members of the C suite
perform their management role. When attending this webinar, you will:
• understand how a business object repository
works and delivers value
•
learn how easy it is to start small and evolve the environment to maturity
level V just by using the right tools
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, September 24, 2020; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
EDT
Host: Modern Analyst
@ModernAnalyst
Cost: Free
Academia: Meeting The
Changing Needs of Business Analysis Job Market
Presented by International Institute of Business Analysis
In this webinar panel, discussion hear success stories from
Academic Program members and how they are fostering the next generation of
business analysis professionals by remaining relevant with the latest trends,
skills, and competencies that are in demand in the industry.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 30, 2020; 10:00 am – 11:00
am EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis @IIBA
Cost: Free
User Experience
Fishbowl - Join, Learn and Participate
Presented by Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs
How can Liberating Structures be used to fortify Scrum
Teams? Join this virtual User Experience Fishbowl and learn from practitioners
how they have used the Liberating Structures Conversation Cafe and/or User
Experience Fishbowl to support their Scrum Teams. What was made possible by
using these Liberating Structures? What challenges did people run into? What
made it easier?
The webinar will be filled with interactive polling to help you engage as an audience and is a companion to our recent case study. We invite you to try and follow Linda's example from the case before you join.
Our facilitators Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs will lead the discussion through polling to help give the floor to participants who have used used either Conversation Cafe or User Experience Fishbowl with their teams. The webinar is a great place to learn not from experts, but from other Scrum practitioners.
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 30, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00
pm EDT
Host: Scrum.org
Cost: Free
Cybersecurity Analysis
Virtual Study Group Series | Session 4
Presented by Suzanna Rawlins, Director of IT/Business
Analysis, CGI
Session 4 | Cybersecurity Risks and Controls Let us guide
you through the key learning areas for the Certificate in Cybersecurity
Analysis (IIBA®-CCA). Each session will cover the core concepts in
cybersecurity including the following topical areas: Introduction to
Cybersecurity, Enterprise Cybersecurity Concepts, Enterprise Risk,
Cybersecurity Risks and Controls, Securing the Layers, Data Security, User
Access Control, Solution Delivery, and Operations. An interactive Q&A is
included at the end of each session.
Audience: IIBA Members
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 30, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis @IIBA
Cost: Free
