Sunday, September 13, 2020

Business Analysis Webinars for September 2020 - Part II

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

[REGISTER HERE]

 

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