Sunday, May 14, 2023

Business Analysis Webinars for May 2023 - Week III

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Leading Through Change and Uncertainty

Presented by Lisa Cox, Trainer and Consultant, Corporate Education Group

 

One thing we can be sure of is change. It’s inevitable, and a natural part of our everyday personal and professional lives. Even though it’s a known fact that change will occur, there is still un-certainty around the long-term effects of change in an organization. Dealing with change and uncertainty is a daunting responsibility for every leader.

change efforts often fail because the organization and their leaders lack the framework and skills to guide their people through it effectively. Failed or stalled change initiatives waste time and money, reduce productivity and engagement, and increase employee turnover.

In this webinar you will learn tools for how to create an effective change management plan to maximize time, effort, and money, and set the leaders in the organization up for success.


In this webinar, we will explore:

    • Recognizing change starts with you
    • Establishing a mindset and plan for change
    • Measuring progress

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 17, 2023; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Corporate Education Group    @CorpEdGroup

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Annual General Meeting and Bluegrass Business Analysis Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Presented by the Bluegrass IIBA Chapter Board of Directors

 

The Bluegrass IIBA Chapter will host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and induct the eighth class of professionals into the Bluegrass Business Analysis Hall of Fame (BBAHoF).  The AGM will look at what the Chapter has accomplished in the past year in relation to its strategic plan, its community outreach efforts, relationships it has built and inform participants of the strategic plan for the coming year.  There are transformational changes happening in the global business analysis community, we will look at how the Bluegrass IIBA Chapter will bring those changes to the Bluegrass business analysis community.

 

The Bluegrass Business Analysis Hall of Fame recognizes those from the community that have made a significant individual contribution to the advancement of business analysis as a profession within the Bluegrass region. Nominations were made from the community knowing that inductees do not have to be affiliated with the Bluegrass IIBA Chapter or IIBA; they just must to have made a personal contribution to the advancement and awareness of the value of business analysis here within the Bluegrass region. We will induct our eighth class of inductees for this prestigious recognition of individual effort.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 17, 2023; 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass

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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, May 18, 2023; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US    @AdaptiveUS

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Why your BA Toolkit should include Decision Modeling

Presented by Justin Patterson, Sales Engineer, Sapiens Decision

 

Momentum continues to build for the business rule revolution, with more and more organizations adopting the practice of Decision Management to tame unruly business rules and gain business agility. As a business analyst, there has never been a better time to learn the technique of decision modeling to boost your organization and your career.

Built with easy to use, highly visual tools, decision models are your requirements. Decision Management helps close the gap between the Business and IT.

Join our panel of experienced Business Analyst practitioners from several organizations for a discussion among peers on where and how Decision Management provides value, like enabling BA’s to manage business rules more effectively and even develop new products with no background in coding. We’ll invite questions from the audience as well to create a more engaging experience.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 18, 2023; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalyst

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Business Analytics Series: How to Assess Validity and Reliability of Data

Presented by Dr. Mark Griffin, Founding Director, Insight Research Services Associated

 

A classic misunderstanding about big data is the idea that if a dataset is big enough then any pattern found within the dataset must be a meaningful pattern. In contrast the reality can be summarized as “garbage in, garbage out”. Ultimately any time we consider using any data within our work then we need to assess the quality of the data, and to decide whether or not the data is suitable for our purposes. Two of the core concepts within data quality of validity and reliability.

At a simple level validity considers whether what we have measured is a true measure of some underlying quality. For example, we might be able to easily measure employee turnover within a company, but is employee turnover a true measure of job satisfaction (just because staff remain working for us does that mean that they really enjoy their work?).

With reliability we might measure the same thing on two different occasions (possibly under different conditions) to see if we are measuring the same values. One type is reproducibility or test-retest reliability. In this case we ask the same question in the same way on two occasions. If we ask staff about job satisfaction, are we going to get the same results, or might staff experience good and bad days on the job (in which case how can we measure job satisfaction)? Another type is called inter-interviewer reliability and considers whether we are collecting the same measures irrespective of the choice of interviewer. For example, if we are doing a survey on attitudes towards gender diversity in the workplace will respondents answer the questions in the same way if they are being asked by a male and a female interviewer.

We will introduce these concepts of reliability and validity, and to consider different approaches for measuring these concepts. They are referred to in Section 2.3.3 (Explore Data) of the IIBA Guide to Business Data Analytics. Assessing the quality of data is an important step in the early stages of data analysis.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 18, 2023; 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis   @IIBA

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BA Career Series Webinar: The Consultative Mindset with Ryland Leyton, CBAP

Presented by Ryland Leyton, CBAP

 

Demonstrating a consultative mindset is a defining characteristic of every senior level BA, and a should-do at any level of practice. Experienced BA managers and leaders look for it every time they interview or consider a promotion. At the same time, it remains one of those things that is hard to define, but we all know it when we see it!

This session will talk about what it looks like to embrace, develop, and recognize this in yourself and those you coach or supervise.

 

Learning Objectives:

    Understand the collection of attitudes, skills, and abilities that make up a consultative mindset.

    Be able to recognize a consultative mindset when you see it.

    Be able to grow and develop the consultative mindset in yourself and others.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 18, 2023; 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter     @IIBABluegrass

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