Business Analysis Webinars for March 2021 - Part IV

5 Steps to Play With and Learn AI

Presented by Henry Will

 

This webinar will take you through five steps aimed at increasing your AI knowledge in a fun and playful manner.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 23, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

OKRs: The Holy Grail For Organisational Success?

Presented by Almudena Rodriguez Pardo, Blackmetric Business Solutions

 

What are OKRs? Is this some sort of improved KPIs? Are OKRs going to solve the problems of my organization?

Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) were originally created by Intel in the last century, but it was Google that made the concept famous worldwide. The OKR system has been the key for success for several companies within the last few years. However, for some other organizations, OKRs have been hidden in plain sight.

In this talk, Almudena Rodriguez Pardo would like to introduce you to some basic concepts related to the Objectives & Key Results. You will hear:

    – An introduction to what OKRs are and why they make a difference
    – The aspects which make OKRs a powerful method to enhance your company strategy
    – A range of hints on how to get started in the world of OKRs!

Register now to reserve your place.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 23, 2021; 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT

Host: Blackmetric Business Solutions     @Blackmetric

Cost: Free

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Process Vision

Presented by Sam Chin

 

Process Vision helps reduce the complexity of decision making across all dimensions of strategy and management. Learn more in this webinar!

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 24, 2021; 11:00 am – 11:30 am EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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BA Careers Series: Product Owner Panel Discussion

Panelists: Maroua Jawadi, Kylie Humpert, and Vanessa Kline

 

In our BA Careers Series, we will investigate specialized and complementary careers in business analysis, such as Agile Analyst, Business Relationship Management, Change Management, Product Ownership Analyst, Project Management and others. 

What is a product owner and how is their job like that of a business analyst? What skills are transferable? What mindsets do you have to change to be a good product owner? Could this be a viable career path for you? 

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 24, 2021; 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA and Kansas City IIBA Chapters    @IIBABluegrass    @KC_IIBA

Cost: Free for IIBA Members, $10 for Non-members

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Leveraging the Early Warning Signs of IT Project Failure (and Success)

Presented by John Bowen

 

In this presentation we will explain why the key to project success is tracking the Early Warning Signs of project malfunction, how to monitor them continuously and how to leverage strategic project intelligence to implement a systemic approach to effective project management, and success.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 25, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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Business Model Resiliency: Moving to Online Services for lowest Total Cost of Ownership

Presented by Mark Gamble Product and Solutions Marketing Director at Chouchbase  

 

The post-pandemic economy is accelerating digital transformation in almost every organization. There’s a rush to move everything online as new business models emerge to provide zero contact “touchless” services. At the same time, many businesses are struggling with fewer resources and slashed budgets, making them more cost conscious than ever. This brings equal parts opportunity and cost control pressure to IT. To stay competitive, maximize value, and minimize costs, organizations must adopt technology that can meet the demands of modern applications with the lowest total cost of ownership.

In this online webinar event we will examine how a database-as-a-service can provide the scale and efficiency your applications require, and how Couchbase Cloud - the DBaaS from Couchbase - delivers the best value and lowest TCO in the market through a combination of raw performance power and transparent policies.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 25, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalyst

Cost: Free

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Hybrid Agile: Navigating the New World of Project Management – with Agility!

Presented by Susan Parente

 

No one process or project management methodology fits all situations. In this webinar we will examine various hybrid options and their respective suitability.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 30, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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6 Ways to Get Faster Time-to-Market by Improving Release Forecasting with Scrum

Presented by Mike Torrence, Scrum Master

 

What is one of the most common reasons organizations choose Agile Software Delivery with Scrum? The promise of a faster time to market. And what is one of the most common reasons organizations get frustrated with Agile Software Delivery with Scrum? Not getting faster time to market.

So what are some common challenges that prevent most Scrum Teams from delivering on this promise? And what practices might help them overcome these challenges?

In this webinar, we will follow the journey of Mike Torrence - a US Military Veteran who took on the role of the Scrum Master, and his Scrum Team, as they navigated challenges that were getting in the way of creating reliable forecasts for stakeholders. Professional Scrum Trainer Ravi Verma will help guide this discussion.

Mike will review 6 key areas he learned to improve with his Scrum Team:
    1. Sprint Planning
    2. Course correcting during the Sprint
    3. Handling single points of failure on our team
    4. Managing dependencies with other teams
    5. Deploying to Production
    6. Enabling self-management

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 31, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org

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9 Steps to Strategic Change that Delivers Desired Business Outcomes

Presented by Dr Cecily MacDougall and Michael Augello

 

Business Analysis is pervasive across an organization. In particular, strategic business analysis done prior to implementation and prior to business cases, helps achieve desired outcomes. Traditional frameworks provide materials and methods for implementation of the business strategy. In this webinar you will learn about strategies and elements that must precede implementation of the strategy for successful change and transformation.

 

After attending this webinar you will know how to define:

    • Exact problem to be resolved                    • Purpose

    • Current business context                            • Future concept of operations

    • Role clarity                                                     • Key stakeholders

    • Roadmaps                                                      • Sourcing

    • User journeys and much more

 

Successful results mean return on investment for the business. Join this webinar if you want to learn how to minimize business risk and costs of failure to achieve desired business outcome.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 31, 2021; 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for March 2021 - Part III

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BA Open Mic Night

Presented by Adrian Reed, Principal Consultant at Blackmetric Business Solutions

 

Join us for the Business Analysis Open Mic Night -- an immersive, informal and interactive chance to discuss all things BA related (and many other things besides!).

This is not your usual webinar. In this session, webcams and microphones will be switched on, and you'll have the opportunity to 'grab the mic' and speak for up to 3 minutes on a topic of your choice. Each 3 minute slot will be followed by a chance for anyone present to discuss and debate the topic in more detail. So if you have a hot topic you'd like to discuss, why not join us?

This session will be facilitated (or should that be 'compered') by Adrian Reed.

Feel free to attend to listen, to participate or to speak -- the choice is yours. You don't need to be a BA to attend--absolutely anyone with an interest in business analysis, change or any related discipline is welcome.

Since this is an interactive and informal 'live' event it won't be recorded. Miss it, miss out :)

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 16, 2021; 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT

Host: Blackmetric Business Solutions    @Blackmetric

Cost: Free

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The Rules of [Virtual] Engagement

Presented by Debbie Kvacky

 

In this webinar we will explore best practices for overcoming the challenges of virtual environments.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 17, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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Defeat the Meeting Super Villains

Presented by Dave Saboe, Host of Mastering Business Analysis Podcast

 

In the United States alone, there are approximately 11 million business meetings every day and ineffective or unnecessary meetings cost organizations $37 billion every year.

These organizations need a hero . . . a Superhero to rescue them from the meeting Super Villains that lurk in the hallways, in meeting rooms, and on conference calls. These evil-doers use their superpowers to destroy collaboration and delay projects.

You can be the Superhero that thwarts these villains and brings value back to meetings.  In this interactive session, you'll discover the tools and tactics that will allow you to defeat these super villains and even turn them into allies.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Recognize the behaviors that derail meetings and keep you from achieving your objectives

    • Discover the tools and techniques to keep meetings on track

    • Understand how to address bad behaviors and turn people into allies

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 17, 2021; 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter     @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

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How Do You Know if You're Really Agile?

Presented by Professional Scrum Trainers Matthew Hodgson and Mia Horrigan

 

Numerous industry surveys have shown organizations receive a number of benefits from being agile. Unfortunately, the collection and analysis of empirical evidence is rarely conducted. Without robust empirical measures, many turn to the symbols they can see - measuring velocity, team happiness, and getting teams to "self assess" their capability.

This talk with Professional Scrum Trainers Matthew Hodgson and Mia Horrigan will give you a playbook to measure agility based on:

    • The empirical evidence and data on what makes an enterprise agile

    • How you measure an agile culture

    • The antecedents of agile leadership

    • How to grow and sustain an agile culture across the enterprise

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 18, 2021; 8:00 am – 9:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Why Building Business Analysis Capability is a Good Investment

Presented by Barbara Carkenord, Simon Marriott, Russell Mears  

 

Some organizations understand the value of business analysis to their company while others continue to struggle. How does business analysis reduce costs, deliver value, and increase ROI? And what other ways can you demonstrate the organizational impact of business analysis capability? Join us and learn about specific examples of the business analysis value proposition and operating efficiencies with typical financial savings experienced regularly by organizations who have built business analysis capability.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 18, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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BA Fringe: Celebrating Ideas at the Edges (S2E3)

Presented by Blackmetric Business Solutions

 

Get ready for a brand new type of event. A one-hour, livestreamed event that discusses ideas on the fringes of business analysis. This includes new perspectives, new ideas, and concepts from disciplines that intersect with business analysis.

Imagine a one-hour TV show, with guest interviews and audience interaction. A cross between a TV chat show and Backstage at Glastonbury, but with a BA feel…

… Plus there are other innovative features that will be revealed on the night (we don’t want to spoil the surprise!)

That’s the #BAFringe. It’s fun, experimental and authentically live.

Sign up now to reserve your place.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 18, 2021, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT

Host: Blackmetric Business Solutions     @Blackmetric

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

5 Critical Components Every Business Case Needs

Presented by Susan Heidorn, CBAP, PMP, BRMP, HSDP, CSM, AAC, ACA, Director of Business Solutions at Watermark Learning

 

Do you ever work on misguided projects? Or projects that don’t meet business needs, or are doomed for failure? How many of those had actual business cases? A strong business case contains feasible and effective ways of justifying and recommending projects or project components that address the real business needs, both problems and opportunities. Help contribute to your organization’s bottom line with strong business cases! Attendees will be able to: • Describe the essential components of an effective business case • Plan a business case effort using an approach that helps you function as a trusted advisor to your organization • Avoid common pitfalls when recommending or justifying projects

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, March 19, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Watermark Learning    @WatermarkLearn

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for March 2021 - Part II

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Celebrating Women in Business Analysis

Panelists: Julie Develin, Chinyere Ubani, Lauren Howes      Moderator: Heather Mylan-Mains

 

A challenged world is an alert world. How do you address challenges? Do you welcome change? Join us on Monday, March 8th at 12pm ET for a candid discussion with our panel of influential women who will share how they’ve turned setbacks into opportunities to cut through the “noise”, to be present, and grow. #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021 #IIBA

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Monday, March 8, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis     @IIBA

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

  

 

Virtual Lean Coffee

Presented by Coaching Agile Journeys

 

We will be dynamically creating our agenda from agile topics and discussing as time allows.

If possible, please join the discussion with your video turned on.

You can learn about Virtual Lean Coffee in this post from Mark Kilby:

https://www.markkilby.com/resources/virtual-lean-coffee/

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Monday, March 8, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Host: Coaching Agile Journeys    @CoachingAgileJo

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Project: Impossible

Presented by Michael Dobson

 

In this webinar, we’ll look at truly impossible projects faced by great leaders from George Patton to Charles Lindbergh. You’ll learn to spot “impossible” projects early, develop creative strategies, and kill the truly impossible ones before they get out of hand.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST

Host: The Great IT Pro

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How A World-Leading Company in Secure Communications Used Scrum to Restore its Competitive Advantage

Presented by Professional Scrum Trainers Fabio Panzavolta and Gunther Verheyen

 

After many years of relative stability, a world leading secure communications company found itself struggling with sudden and huge changes in their market. In no more than a few years, competition increased tremendously along with the emergence of new technologies. Having been a dominant player for several decades, the company felt ill-equipped for this new market situation.

They realized that they needed to fundamentally upgrade their operating model to keep up with the changes, and—ultimately—restore their competitiveness. In this webinar, Professional Scrum Trainers Fabio Panzavolta and Gunther Verheyen will walk you through the company's fascinating journey. They will share an experience and the lessons learned from this agile transformation.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

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Business Process Redesign: What to know before you commit

Presented by Tamara Copple, MBA, CBAP, Business Analyst at Children’s International

 

Is your organization continually adding technical band-aids to solve its business problems?  Does your IT team liken clearing technical debt to bungji jumping with a worn out cord? Have business processes become so complex only no one remembers what they were trying to do in the first place? Business Process Redesign may be an answer... but it’s not for the faint of heart. In this session you'll learn what BPR is, what it isn't, and how it differs from process management.  If you want to go from reactive to proactive and get back on top of your business process game, you won't want to miss this.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Host: Bluegrass IIBA and Central Indiana IIBA Chapters     @IIBABluegrass    @IndyIIBA

Cost: Free

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10 Lessons in Agile Adoption - Hard Skills to Improve Team Results

Presented by Neil Potter

 

This webinar will cover the hard skills that you need to be successful with Agile (e.g., requirements engineering, design, estimation, negotiation, risk management and verification).

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 10, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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Enabling Change as a BA (regardless of the change, the stakeholders, their change appetite, or your own!)

Presented by Sinikka Waugh, President and Founder of Your Clear Next Step

 

With just a handful of key concepts, BAs can enable change in an organization in a way that protects business interests, empowers people, and simplifies the process. Change appetites vary, and changes can be hard. But they don’t have to be. Equipped with a few simple concepts, BAs can help enable change in their organizations.

  1) A growth mindset helps with any change.

  2) A people-positive attitude helps with any stakeholder.

  3) Envisioning change as a journey helps set the stage for any of the messages we need when going through transition.

This engaging look at the processes many people go through around change will help you look at change a little differently, with the end goal of improving your own ability to help others through the transition process – regardless of the magnitude of the change or the change appetite of those facing it.

PARTICIPANTS WILL:

     • Encounter the most common symptoms of change and transition as well as indicators of change appetite – and what to do about them.

    • Explore a simple, easy-to-replicate model that offers both strategies and tactics to help bring those around you through change successfully.

 

Audience: IIBA Members

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 10, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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Leveraging the Early Warning Signs of IT Project Failure (and Success)

Presented by John Bowen

 

In this presentation we will explain why the key to project success is tracking the Early Warning Signs of project malfunction, how to monitor them continuously and how to leverage strategic project intelligence to implement a systemic approach to effective project management, and success.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 11, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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IIBA® Certification Screen-side Chat

Presented by Tess Olson, CBAP

 

This is a free online chat session with some of our CBAP® recipients. The CBAP mentors 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 mentors.   

 

Target Audience:

    • Professionals seeking IIBA certification 

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, March 12, 2021; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EST

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter     @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

Business Analysis Webinars for March 2021

 Please scroll down to the date, or name, of the webinar in which you are interested.

Managing Projects in a Fully Remote Work Environment

Presented by Lory Wingate

 

During this webinar, we will discuss key challenges in managing a fully remote work environment, and will provide specific examples and models that can immediately be used by the audience.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 2, 2021; 11:00 am – 11:30 am EST

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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Improving Communications to Perform More Effectively

Presented by Rick Clare, CBAP, PMP, CSM

 

The world around us is shrinking.  Business Analysts, Technical Team Members and Project Managers are required to work more often with global stakeholders. Often, we are surprised by how differently things are done outside our familiar environment. One common communication mistake we make is to assume that “everyone is the same at heart." Human communication is not simple or intuitive. It is something that we all need to study and improve on throughout our careers to become more effective and succeed in our ever-shrinking world.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 2, 2021; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EST

Host: PM Centers USA      @PMCentersUSA

Cost: Free

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Managing a Data Lake Project

Presented by Bert Brijs

 

In this webinar we will point out the differences between a data warehouse and a data lake project. For the latter, we will include a work breakdown structure template.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 3, 2021; 11:00 am – 11:30 am EST

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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Visual Thinking Superpowers for Product Ownership

Presented by Pardeep Dhanda and Grant Wright

 

The Product Owner role has become a popular path for many Business Analysts and is vital for achieving business agility. But before a Business Analyst can master the art of product ownership they must learn how to adapt their mindset and find innovative ways to harness the wisdom of crowds to unlock creative thinking.

 

Follow our heroes on an epic journey where they will literally illustrate how Visual Thinking can help you to:

    - Learn about the PO role and how to adapt as your career advances (whilst avoiding some common pitfalls along the way)

    - Explore problems and spark creativity within teams

    - Produce simple but effective visuals to provide clarity, create alignment and open up new possibilities

 

Join us for an immersive hands-on session, where we will show you how to unleash your Visual Thinking superpowers and take your product ownership practice to the next level. Remember to bring a pen and plain paper so you can draw along during the session!

  

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 3, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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Finding Your Place in a New, Digital World

Presented by Michael Milutis

 

In this webinar, we will address the bewilderment that many of you feel when faced with new, difficult to understand technology trends and will give you the mindset you need to flourish in this new world.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, March 4, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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7 Business Agility Practices That Work for (Almost) Any Team" Webinar

Presented by Netmind

 

We all know agile was initially designed with software development teams in mind. However, business agility is only possible if an organization has a quality-oriented culture that collectively shapes what we do as an organization and how we do it. To accomplish this, agile team practices have had to spread to all areas of an organization, so that now agile teams now exist in a wide variety of departments beyond IT, all with different functions and skills. Agile teams can now be found in HR, Marketing, Finance, and even Legal departments!

 

Ensuring that teams across an organization work with common practices inspired by the Agile values and with a Lean mindset is not easy. Teams are not always clear about what it means to be agile and which practices best fit their needs and enable them to respond to change efficiently and sustainably.

 

Join us for this free webinar to get the answer to the pivotal questions below and also, I will share 7 Lean Agile practices that are essential for any agile team who wants to respond in a sustainable way to the changing needs of its customers! 

 

    • What determines the success or failure of teams that contribute to the overall agility of an organization, no matter the business area they belong to?

    • What are some common patterns that we can find in teams that have really adapted to change?

    • Which practices should be shared by teams across departments?

    • Which practices should be left up to the teams to decide what is best for themselves?

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, March 5, 2021; 11:00 am – 11:50 am EST

Host: Netmind    @Netmind_US

Cost: Free

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Facilitation: A Core Skill for Today’s Leaders

Presented by Andrea Brockmeier, PMP, CSM, PBA, AAC, Director of Project Management at Watermark Learning

 

PMs, BAs, Scrum Masters, and others often see facilitation as part of their job description. What does it really mean to facilitate? If you lead team meetings, doesn’t that mean you’re facilitating? Let’s talk about it and learn how facilitation is different than other instances of leading a group. Importantly, we’ll discuss why it matters and how you can be more strategic in your interactions when you are clear about your role as a facilitator.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, March 5, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Host: Watermark Learning     @WatermarkLearn

Cost: Free

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