Business Analysis Webinars for October 2022 - Week IV

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Project Leadership

Presented by Nick Fewings

 

The most successful leaders are ordinary people who invest extra effort into creating high-performance teamwork so that both individuals and the team achieve extraordinary things.  In this webinar, we will explore what these leaders do, and how they behave to achieve this.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 25, 2022; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Professional

Cost: Free

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Telling Stories with Data

Presented by Eileen Twichell, Trainer and Consultant, Corporate Education Group

 

Good decisions are made when executives and managers understand the story behind complex data. In this presentation, we look at how data can be presented visually in an impactful and compelling way that drives action and decision. Participants will learn about different chart types and how to summarize data in explanatory visualizations. Through many examples, the webinar will demonstrate how to create effective visualizations, such as charts and graphs, and make them easier to read and understand. It is geared towards anyone who wants to use visualizations to tell a story with data.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 25, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Corporate Education Group     @CorpEdGroup

Cost: Free

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Collaboration and How to Achieve it Through Team Building Activities

Presented by Hasnain Rizvi

 

In this webinar, we will explore team building and why team building is so crucial for collaboration. (Hint: it increases employee morale, improves team communication, builds trust, and resolves conflicts!)

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 27, 2022; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Professional

Cost: Free

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How to Succeed in Your IIBA® Exam in The 1st Attempt

Presented by LN Mishra, President, Adaptive US

 

By the end of this webinar, you’ll know:

    • How IIBA certifications can play an important role in your BA career

    • How to pass IIBA exam in the 1st attempt

    • Adaptive support for IIBA Exam prep

    • Q&A

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 27, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US    @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

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What’s in a Business Analysis Job Title?

Panelists: Michael Augello, Harold Broos, and Eno Eka

 

A career in business analysis is not about the job title.

Job titles are, in some respects, nothing more than a way to explain a job in as few words as possible, but the reality is that a lot of business analysis job titles are used inconsistently. And there is a good reason.

There are various classifications for titles and roles of a business analyst – depending on the business domain, project goals, and its duration. There are also variations with a functional, system, industry or area of expertise. In many cases the job title does not even contain business analyst or analyst, yet the skills and competencies required for the role are that of business analysis.

So, what’s in a business analysis job title? Join this webinar to expand your knowledge and your career in business analysis. Learn about:
    • Alternative job titles for business analysis opportunities and roles
    • What to look for in job descriptions to identify if it is truly a business analysis role
    • Opportunities to grow your career in a functional, system, industry, or area of expertise.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 27, 2022; 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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Upscale Your BA Skills with a Salesforce Certification!  

Presented by Stuart Edeal, CBAP, CPOA, ITIL, Salesforce MVP

 

With Salesforce’s share of the customer relationship management (CRM) marketplace growing by leaps and bounds each year, the demand for trained Salesforce professionals is higher than ever. For BAs, specializing in Salesforce implementations offers some unique career opportunities and challenges.

Join us as Stuart Edeal, a Salesforce MVP and IIBA-certified technology leader, offers a discussion on how Salesforce uses Business Model Canvas for its own Enterprise Architect team. Also, learn how you can get started or improve your Salesforce skills and consider earning the new Salesforce BA certification.

In this session, you will learn

What is Salesforce, and why are Salesforce professionals in high demand?
What responsibilities do BAs have on Salesforce projects?
How can BAs get started or improve their Salesforce skills?
Does Salesforce have a BA-specific certification?

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 27, 2022; 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter     @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for October 2022 - Week III

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Don’t Punish Your Top Performers!

Presented by Vicki Wrona

 

It is too easy to punish top performers and let the under-performers slide. This session will discuss how to recognize and reward top performers, understand and stop those that are toxic, and address under-performers to improve group performance.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 18, 2022; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Professional

Cost: Free

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Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - The Power of Facilitation Skills to improve Scrum Events and other Scrum Team interactions with Simon Flossmann and David Spinks

Presented by Simon Flossmann and David Spinks

 

Scrum has been in existence for more than 25 years as a simple framework for effective team collaboration on complex products. While it is lightweight and simple to understand, it can be difficult to apply effectively. The Scrum.org Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer series features Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) in a live session, answering your most pressing questions regarding the challenges and situations your Scrum Teams are facing.

Great Scrum Teams are self-managing, cross-functional and have the ability and skills necessary to drive to successful outcomes. However, team interactions don’t always go as expected and can cause conflict or roadblocks. Effective facilitation can help the Scrum Team move forward toward their desired outcomes. Within the Scrum events and beyond there are a lot of opportunities where good facilitation can help teams work better together.

In this episode of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer moderated by Patricia Kong, PSTs Simon Flossmann and David Spinks answer your burning questions about Scrum and the challenges you or your teams may be facing when using Scrum, particularly within the Scrum events and other scenarios when it may be difficult to reach a decision on things, that could be resolved with good facilitation techniques and skills.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 19, 2022; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

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Engaging Team Collaboration – How Curiosity Can Unlock Your Team Collaborations

Presented by Bekka Prideaux 

 

How and where we work has changed, but the need for collaboration has not!  Chances are your teams no longer spend all their time in the same office, so how can you maintain or even improve collaboration in your geographically dispersed group?  In this webinar we will outline the key to successful collaboration.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 19, 2022; 11:00 am – 11:45 am EDT

Host: The Great IT Professional

Cost: Free

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Conducting a Business Change Impact Assessment

Presented by Oge Nwachukwu, CBAP, CPOA, PMP, ACCA, PROSCI

 

Many businesses and organizations are in a constant state of change, because of the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) world in which we exist today. As Business Analysis professionals, our key role is enabling successful change through deliberate and intentional application of BA principles and practices.

To achieve overall business outcomes as we enable change, there is a need to adopt a systematic approach in first understanding the impact of a given change initiative to every part of the organisation. From the people, to process, technology, equipment, facilities. Then, come up with a holistic plan to effect the changes.

Learning objectives:
    • Examine the concept and importance of business change impact assessment
    • Learn how and when to conduct a change impact assessment
    • Leverage the output of change impact assessment in other BA work

 

Audience: IIBA Members

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 19, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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Elicit and Collaborate Like a Pro! Top Tips from an Expert

Presented by Pamela Patterson, IT Business Analysis Consultant, Speaker, Author

 

Excellent elicitation and collaboration has been cited as one of the key success factors in optimizing and managing stakeholder relationships. As business analysts, stakeholders are our main source of information on a project, so it is critical to our success that we understand and navigate elicitation and collaboration effectively. The problem is, how do we do it? How do we overcome inherent problems such as zoomed-out, stressed out stakeholders who don’t participate? What are the different types of stakeholders and how do we deal with each of them? What are the best techniques for each stakeholder type? Join us to learn the top techniques for effective elicitation and collaboration from Pamela Paterson, MS, CBAP, an expert and international best-selling author in business analysis.

 

Learning Objectives:

In this webinar you will learn how to:

    - Prepare for and conduct effective elicitation with stakeholders

    - Manage and optimize stakeholder engagement and communication

    - Choose correct techniques for effective elicitation and collaboration

    - Overcome the top issues in elicitation and collaboration

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 19, 2022; 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

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Communication, Collaboration, Improv…Oh My!

Presented by Kupe Kupersmith

 

In Daniel Pink’s book," To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others", the author highlights improv skills as a necessary competency for everyone. In this webinar, we will focus on the key improvisation techniques that will help you be a more attentive and flexible team member. You will receive instruction on how to suspend judgment, how to keep conversations moving forward, how to listen generously, and how to take collaboration to new levels. We will also teach you how to directly apply these skills on the job.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 20, 2022; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Professional

Cost: Free

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How to Succeed in Your IIBA® Exam in The 1st Attempt

Presented by LN Mishra, President, Adaptive US

 

By the end of this webinar, you’ll know:

    • How IIBA certifications can play an important role in your BA career

    • How to pass IIBA exam in the 1st attempt

    • Adaptive support for IIBA Exam prep

    • Q&A

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 20, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US    @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for October 2022 - Week II

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The Illusion of Alignment - How Scrum Teams can make Decisions Stick

Presented by Patricia Kong and David Spinks

 

One of the things that makes Scrum a powerful tool for solving complex problems is how it guides a Scrum Team and its stakeholders to leverage their collective experiences and diverse perspectives. However, this potential for problem solving brings its own challenges which includes how decisions are made as a group in a way that is satisfactory to everyone involved. A collective decision may appear to have been made, but some participants may feel frustrated or confused, they may feel like their contributions were not understood or they were not given enough of an opportunity to share their thoughts for example.

 

In this webinar, Patricia Kong and PST David Spinks discuss the group dynamics involved in decision making and how facilitation skills can help a Scrum Team navigate through periods of frustration, confusion or disengagement to reach true alignment on their collective decisions.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 11, 2022; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

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Transform Your Tech: Learn and Build Agile, Prepared and Security-focused Teams

Presented by Michael Yoo and Brad Puckett

 

Threats to an organization’s data come from all angles; inside, outside, burnt out employees, even honest mistakes. The broad nature of the threatscape makes cybersecurity everyone’s responsibility

 

Business leaders now recognize the cybersecurity is just as much their concern as it is for their partners in IT. Gartner research found that 88% of Boards agree cyber-threats pose a risk to the business (meaning, it’s not just IT’s problem).

 

This is good news for CISO’s who’ve worked hard to convince Boards of the very serious threats to the business – even those that come from inside the organization where the greatest defenses lie.

 

Join Skillsoft, as part of our Transformative Tech series, as we demonstrate how we can educate your organization to foster a culture of cybersecurity and unify all employees to manage risk and encourage agility and vigilance.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time; Tuesday, October 11, 2022; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Global Knowledge    @GlobalKnowledge

Cost: Free

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DevOps: There and Back Again (A Q&A with Our DevOps Experts)

Panelists: Chris Knotts, Jeff Sussna, Matt Genelin, Sean McDaniel

 

Anyone who offers you a canned, simplistic definition of DevOps probably hasn’t had “boots on the ground” in the effort to achieve it. DevOps requires that we build our own story by using desired business outcomes as a key component to map that journey. It’s only natural that questions will arise along the way.

Join a collaborative conversation with Cprime DevOps experts as we share practical tips, tricks and traps to avoid in the effort to make incremental changes that prove value and help scale impact to the greater team and organization.

Share your symptoms and pains and we will be on standby to help you diagnose and treat your DevOps ailments.

The doctor is in. Bring your questions

 

Audience: Pubic

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 11, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Cprime     @Cprime

Cost: Free

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Strategy Mapping

Presented by Chris Armstrong

 

This session will provide an overview of strategy mapping best practices for the modern business architect.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 12, 2022; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Professional

Cost: Free

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What Every Business Analyst Should Know About Privacy in the European Union

Presented by Christiane Vandepitte and Guy Kindersman

 

As a Business Analysis Professional, you are involved in the design of business software applications and business processes. You need to take many aspects into consideration, and one of them is PRIVACY. Businesses and other organisations need to be careful with the PERSONAL DATA they register. There are rules for collecting, storing, using, sharing and erasing personal data.

Does this apply to you? Does your business process handle Personally Identifiable Information (PII)? How does the processing work? Where are the records? Are they copied and sent to other places?

Different regions of the world enforce different privacy laws and regulations. Which of these apply to your data? What if different laws from different regions apply? For instance, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to personal data of both citizens and residents of the European Union.

What should you do? What should you avoid doing? What preventive action can you take?
Join us and learn more about this important aspect of your job!

 

Audience: IIBA Members

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 12, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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9 Business Analysis Techniques to Reduce Project Failure Rates

Presented by Emily Midgley, Tamara Copple, Imtiaz Kaderbhoy and Susan Moore

 

Did you know that October 13th is International Day for Failure? It may be strange or even ironic to have a day dedicated to the celebration of failure but as Thomas A. Edison once said “ I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

71% of transformation initiatives fail to reach desired outcomes. (1) And failure rates specifically for big data projects, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence loom large at 85%, according to Designing for Analytics. Business analysis increases project success rates by 63% (2) by improving a team’s efficiency in projects, clarifying scope with, and advocating for business stakeholders and the customer.

On this day of failure let us celebrate with much zeal and learning about business analysis techniques from IIBA’s A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge Guide (BABOK® Guide) that can help with reducing failure and increasing project success rates.
The 9 BABOK® Guide Techniques we will discuss are:

1. Lessons Learned
2. Risk Analysis and Management
3. Brainstorming
4. Use Cases and Scenarios
5. Decision Analysis
6. Financial Analysis
7. Interface Analysis
8. Root Cause Analysis
9. Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 13, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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How to Succeed in Your IIBA® Exam in The 1st Attempt

Presented by LN Mishra, President, Adaptive US

 

By the end of this webinar, you’ll know:

    • How IIBA certifications can play an important role in your BA career

    • How to pass IIBA exam in the 1st attempt

    • Adaptive support for IIBA Exam prep

    • Q&A

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 13, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US    @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

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Find Problems Before They Occur with Machine Learning and Analytics

Presented by Steve Blais, PMP, PMI-PBA

 

We all would love to be more proactive and anticipate problems so that we can take steps to solve them before they occur (if indeed, it is possible to solve a problem before it is one). While there are people who seem to have a knack for predicting, especially problems, few of us have trained with Nostradamus and learned the art of prognostication.

We do have, however, some tools that will provide some direction if not some actual answers. Predictive analytics, diagnostic analytics and prescriptive analytics coupled with machine learning technology can go a long way to predicting problems and suggesting solutions, which in many cases is simply taking actions to avoid the problem in the first place.

This webinar addresses project managers, business analysts and other non-data scientists and non-developers and provides guidance as to how machine learning and analytics can provide some insight into the future of your projects and products provided the right questions are asked. It will also address the issue of asking the right questions.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 13, 2022; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst     @ModernAnalyst

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for October 2022

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Selecting the Right Things to Monitor

Presented by Sam Drauschak

 

There is great benefit to monitoring the status of processes but how is it best set up? What are the right elements to monitor? Everyone is chasing live dashboards to have a pulse on their business; however, investing in the wrong monitoring solution or the wrong measures can end up being a liability instead of a benefit. In this discussion, we'll address how to contextualize a process, select the correct measures and metrics, and consider the right monitoring solution for success.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2022; 11:00 am – 11:30 am EDT

Host: The Great IT Professional

Cost: Free

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My Context Diagram Is Done. Now What? Business Analysis Planning!

Presented by Ryland Leyland, Coach, Speaker, Author

 

If you joined Ryland for his IIBA webinar on Context Diagrams (you can watch that recording here: https://vimeo.com/696637048/12b9d6fef7), you'll remember that we ended by asking the question "what happens next?" The good news and the bad news are the same news: there are a TON of things you could do next, and you get to figure out which ones by applying BA skills to it!

    • Starting with a context diagram, Identify and prioritize your follow-on work.
    • Be able to design and explain your analysis plan to project team members and stakeholders.
    • Consider and apply optimizations based on your software development framework.

 

Audience: IIBA Members

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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Power to Wow! Techniques for Successful Presentations

Presented by Crystell Anthony, M.Ed., MBTI, Senior Trainer and Consultant, Corporate Education Group

 

Regardless of your position, you will occasionally be required to present information to others. Whether the presentation is impromptu, casual, or formal, you must be able to demonstrate confidence and clarity to effectively deliver your message. This webinar will provide you with key steps and practical tips that will help you present information, your ideas, and projects professionally to engage audiences in meetings, conferences, keynote addresses, and client situations.

We will explore the following topics during this webinar:
    -   The key steps in preparing and practicing for any effective presentation
    -   How to stay in control, provide leadership, and overcome speaker fright to project professional credibility
    -   Practical tips for beginning and ending your presentation with an impact
    -   How to analyze your audience and frame your messages to meet their needs

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Corporate Education Group     @CorpEdGroup

Cost: Free

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The SMART approach to cracking IIBA®-CBDA on the first attempt

 

In today's dynamic market scenario, 75% of executives want their organization to be data-driven. In this context, Business Analysts are witnessing an ever-increasing demand for interpreting, analyzing, and driving decisions through data.

IIBA®-CBDA certification is a perfect value add for BAs who would like to establish their credentials in business data analytics and play a crucial role in data-driven initiatives. Becoming IIBA®-CBDA certified not only demonstrates your solid understanding of the competencies outlined in the IIBA Guide to Data Analytics but also provides you with a professional certification that has international market recognition. It enables you to carve your path to a leadership role with intelligent solutioning ability and comes with associated benefits such as increased salary, career growth, and more.

Gain excellent practical knowledge of the business data analytics concepts to ace your IIBA®-CBDA certification exam on the first attempt.

The objectives/outcomes of this webinar are:
• Growing demand and enhanced career opportunities for Business Data Analysts
• How IIBA®-CBDA can up your game and equip you to drive progress
• Get familiar with data analytics terminology that is relevant to the exam
• Get an in-depth understanding of the CBDA exam requirements
• Strategies to attempt challenging IIBA®-CBDA scenario-based questions
• Mock IIBA®-CBDA scenario-based questions discussion
• Proven tips and tricks from IIBA®-CBDA certified professionals
• Q&A

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 6, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis     @IIBA

Cost: Free

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How to Succeed in Your IIBA® Exam in The 1st Attempt

Presented by LN Mishra, President, Adaptive US

 

By the end of this webinar, you’ll know:

    • How IIBA certifications can play an important role in your BA career

    • How to pass IIBA exam in the 1st attempt

    • Adaptive support for IIBA Exam prep

    • Q&A

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 6, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US    @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

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IIBA® Certification Chat

Presented by Dr. Susan Heidorn, Ed.D., CBAP, BRMP, AAC, Director of Business Solutions, Watermark Learning

 

The event is a free chat session. 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, CBAP, or IIBA-AAC application to the exams to re-certification.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, October 7, 2022; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Watermark Learning     @WatermarkLearn

Cost: Free

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BAs on the Street with Cathy Warren

Presented by Cathy Warren, ACBA, CPOA and Stephanie Hawkins, MSIA, CISA

 

BAs on the Street is a new live event and video series in which we will have conversations with business analysis professionals in our community to see what is going on in the business analysis community. We will talk with business analyst all along the experience spectrum from those new to the profession to those with decades of business analysis experience. We will talk about the thrills and challenges of being a BA; and discuss the daily work of business analysts and where they may see the profession going in the future. We will then take questions from the audience.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, October 7, 2022; 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

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