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Monday, March 1, 2021

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

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

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

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

  

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

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

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

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

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

[REGISTER HERE]

 

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Business Analysis Webinars for September 2020

   Customer-Centricity for Value-Driven Product Delivery

    Presented by Netmind

 
While customer-centricity isn’t new, it’s increasingly used in the context of customer experience, corporate customer culture, digital marketing transformation, a customer-oriented business approach, and the customer life cycle. However, often we talk about customer-centricity without really knowing what we mean.
Join us for our complimentary session!
Learn 10 techniques to drive up customer satisfaction and increase business value at the same time!
 
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, September 3, 2020; 1:00 pm – 2:00 EDT
Host: Netmind    @Netmind
Cost: Free
[REGISTER HERE]
 
 
 
 
Trends in Cybersecurity
Presented by Ray Lugo, Instructor, Global Knowledge
 
Organizations and individuals are threatened with ever-growing cyber threats and must be prepared to address them. The more we are connected to networks, the more suspectable we are to attacks, therefore enterprises must stay current applying various cybersecurity measures and maintaining awareness of cybersecurity trends.
In this webinar, you will learn:
  •  Drivers to cyber decisions
  •  Future trends and threats
  •  How connected are you, are you protected?
  •  Preparation to continue to remain relevant
 
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, September 3, 2020; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Host: Global Knowledge    @GlobalKnowledge
Cost: Free
[REGISTER HERE]
 
 
 
 
IIBA Certification Chat
Presented by Watermark Learning
 
The event is a free chat session using webinar technology. 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; September 4, 2020; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: Watermark Learning    @WatermarkLearn
Cost: Free
[REGISTER HERE]
 
 
 
 
Digital Design Professional - 3 Essential Steps to Innovative Digital Solutions
Presented by Kim Lauenroth and Stan Buhne
 
Since the invention of the iPhone, the world has rapidly accelerated towards a more digital future. While we once focused primarily on seeking solutions for unsatisfied needs, increasingly we now shift our focus towards creating digital solutions for emerging needs. Whether our ideas will become as successful as Airbnb, Netflix, and others, depends largely on our ability to design forward-looking and innovative digital solutions that have the potential to change the world. In this webinar, we explore the main drivers and building process for designing innovative digital solutions using three essential steps: scoping, conception and realization/operation. Each step will be illustrated using real examples to demonstrate the different tasks, work products, challenges and opportunities that will drive your design and development activities. 
When you attend this webinar, you will: 
  •  learn how to apply proven concepts from industrial design to your digital product design 
  •  learn how the distinction between solution perspective and system perspective helps to more accurately describe your digital solution. 
  •  learn the three essential process steps and the work products necessary to develop a digital solution
 
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 8, 2020; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Host: Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalyst
Cost: Free
[REGISTER HERE]
 
 
 
 
Enterprise Architecture: From a Business Analyst’s View
Presented by Gina Scmidt, Author, Instructor, Consultant
 
An enterprise architecture defines the structure of an organisation and helps to transform operations, business functions, information, and technology into a more seamless environment. It is about bringing business and technology together.
So how can business analysts effectively solve problems, identify solutions to those problems across business units, and further, know how technology is being best utilised? How can we gain a better understanding of how to best contribute to the initiative, and use that knowledge as a stepping stone to advance our career into a more strategic (rather than tactical) role?
During this hour-long session, you'll learn about:
- The various structures and applications of enterprise architectures and their benefits to various organisations
- How to best communicate and interact with enterprise architecture groups
- Leveraging and contributing to enterprise architectures within the business analyst role
- Applying more strategic thinking for assessing impact across the enterprise.
If you're unable to attend this session, you can still register and we'll send you the recording after the webinar.
 
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 8, 2020; 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT
Host: SoftEd
Cost: Free
[REGISTER HERE]
 
 
 
 
Certifications for Business Analysts - A Breakdown
Presented by Retta Witter, Senior Consultant, J. Geiger Consulting
 
BUSINESS ANALYSTS - Improve your marketability, your employability, and your earning potential with IIBA Certification! 
MANAGERS - Improve the performance of your IT organization!
 
Improve your marketability, your employability, and your earning potential with IIBA Certification! Join Retta Witter, Senior Consultant with J. Geiger Consulting, as she walks you through the available IIBA Certifications for Business Analysis Professionals. Retta will discuss who should get which one, the experience and professional development hours needed, as well as key competencies. Whether you are a beginning Business Analyst or a Manager of Business Analyst’s looking to kick your team up a notch, this is your webinar!
 
WELCOME! Please register below. For those who can’t attend our live session, we’ll provide a recording.
 
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 9, 2020; 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Host: J. Geiger Consulting
Cost: Free
[REGISTER HERE]
 

 

Monday, June 15, 2020

Business Analysis Webinars for June 2020 - Part II


CAJ Virtual Lean Coffee 009
Presented by Coaching Agile Journeys

Join us for our virtual lean coffee.
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

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Monday, June 15, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: Coaching Agile Journeys    @CoachingAgileJo
Cost: Free




Lessons Learned from Implementing Evidence-Based Management
Presented by Todd Miller, PST

Improving the way teams work and what is being delivered requires conversations with management and stakeholders. Driving these conversations requires data based on measurements in order to put a plan for change in place and garner ways to know if your plan is working.  This includes strong visualizations to help drive the conversation.    Professional Scrum Trainer Todd Miller will discuss how he has worked with several organizations to introduce Evidence-Based Management (EBM) as a way to measure and drive the conversation based on qualitative data.  Todd will share his success stories and challenges from using EBM in companies ranging from health insurance, insurance, retail, and multiple product development companies including SaaS and PaaS. This webinar will be moderated by Patricia Kong, Product Owner - Enterprise Solutions, Scrum.org.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 16, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Host; Scrum.org
Cost: Free




The State of the Business Analysis Profession in the Digital Age
Presented by Delvin Fletcher, President and CEO at IIBA

Digital transformation is becoming an increasingly high priority for organizations, and the demand for the business analysis profession is growing and changing with the marketplace. How do you stay relevant and give your career and salary a boost? Find out how your role as a BA can be used to help your organization improve critical business processes.  

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 16, 2020; 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA
Cost




Study Tips You Need for Your IIBA Certification Exam
Presented by LN Mishra, CBAP, AAC, CDBA, CCA

Achieving IIBA certifications, represents your solid understanding and high proficiency of the competencies within the business analysis domain, a high growth area, and provides you with a professional certification that has international market recognition. IIBA certifications also help BA professionals unlock their potential to a host of job opportunities, salary benefits, and career growth.

In this webinar we will cover:
- The IIBA certifications process
- Detailed preparation process for the IIBA examinations
- Aspects to focus on when one prepares for the IIBA examinations
- Tips and tricks for the IIBA examinations

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 17, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA
Cost: Free




Success in Business Analysis - with a Mindset
Presented by Yulia Kosarenko, Principal Consultant at Why Change Consulting and author of Business Analyst: a Profession and a Mindset

The concept of the business analyst mindset, first outlined in the author’s book, is central to this presentation. We look at the key challenges of business analysis and discuss how to approach them with the right mindset. From solving the right business problem to taking responsibility for a shared understanding of requirements, to being part of the solution – the focus is on what makes a business analyst successful.
The presentation will touch on each of the twelve BA mindset principles, providing practical advice on how to follow them in day-to-day life on a project.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 17, 2020; 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT
Host: Bluegrass, Cincinnati and Palmetto IIBA Chapters    @IIBABluegrass
Cost: Free




Agility from Different Viewpoints to Influence Digital Transformation
Presented by Fabrício Laguna, CBAP, PMP, MBA

Are you leading an agile transformation or just following it? In the agile extension of the BABOK Guide, IIBA presents 3 different horizons to plan work as a business analyst and agile practitioner. The role you play in your organization will shape how far you can influence the agile transformation in your organization. IIBA members should continuously work to be more and more strategic, not just to enhance their individual careers, but because this is how they can effectively help organizations to achieve better business outcomes.

The Austrian author Klaus Leopold in the book Rethinking Agile, proposes the concepts of Flight Levels to point why several tenants of agile transformations fail by focusing on only one level. Horizons and Flight levels are very similar metaphors, with some differences we will discuss in this webinar. Understanding agility from these different viewpoints will help you influence digital transformation in your organization.

Audience: IIBA Members
Date/Time: Thursday, June 18, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA
Cost: Free




Agile Analysis Virtual Meetup
Presented by: Aaron Whittenberger, CBAP, CSPO, AAC

This is an 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.

Target Audience:
• Professionals seeking to understand the agile analyst role         
• Professionals seeking knowledge of agile frameworks
• Professionals seeking IIBA®-AAC Certification  

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday, June 19, 2020; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass
Cost: Free





Augment Business Analysis Skills with Specialized Certification
Presented by Winton Myers and Abhishek Srivastava

As digital transforms the way organizations do business, the roles where business analysis professionals’ practice are also changing. The rapid adoption of agile analysis has emerged new, in-demand roles for business analysis professionals with the right experience, knowledge, and skill sets. In this webinar we’ll discuss these career paths for BAs, examine the market demand, and share how BAs can prepare themselves for the next step in their careers with specialized certifications like Agile Analysis Certification (IIBA®-AAC).

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 24, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA
Cost: Free




Applied Requirements Engineering: How to increase project success in any project setting
Presented by Stan Bühne, Vice Managing Director at IREB GmbH

Key Message: Requirements Engineering (RE) skills are massively underestimated in many projects
• Today, software development must cope with multiple challenges Increased complexity of system and environment
• New competitors that arrive in the digital market space
• Limited time-to-market for new products
• Stretched IT/ project budgets 

Consequently, companies may switch to adaptive/agile approaches to address these challenges. In the transformation phase from plan-driven to adaptive/agile approaches, they are often tempted to save time and effort when it comes to requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation. This often results in software that does not meet user expectations at all. 
The reasons are unclear requirements at all stages of development: 
• Designers and developers who do not know the actual needs and requirements
• Testers who cannot validate the solution due to missing requirements
• Product owners who have lost the overview of existing software capabilities 

Even in an adaptive/agile world, requirements still need to be elicited, understood, documented, consolidated and managed – though perhaps to a lesser extent than in classical, plan-driven approaches. 
When attending the webinar, you will: 
• Understand the fundamental principles of RE.
• Learn how RE makes the difference in your projects. 
• Learn how to find the best fitting RE approach for your project setup. 
  
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, June 24, 2020; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Host: Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalyst
Cost: Free




Presented by Mary Lemmer

One of the many things we’ve learned in 2020 is that there is a lot we cannot control! Everything is changing and we’re always figuring it out as we go. Whether they realize it or not, leaders are improv comedians, often with worse senses of humor :). Great business leaders and great improvisers adapt to change, build trust among teams, communicate clearly, and make decisions with limited information. Just like improv comedians create their scripts from scratch and are masters of handling uncertainty, we can learn to embrace uncertainty and change, turning chaos into comedy. During this jam session (webinar), we’ll share principles and techniques to improvise your leadership and teams all while having fun and laughing!

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday, June 25, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Host: Netmind    @Netmind_US
Cost: Free




Enterprise Agility: Buzz or Business Impact
Presented by Christopher Handscomb, Partner at McKinsey and Dave West  

Many organizations are racing to become more agile. But do the numbers support the hype? Does adopting an agile operating model have a direct impact on the bottom line? In this webinar, Christopher Handscomb, partner at McKinsey and Dave West, CEO Scrum.org discuss the results of new research on measuring the impact of agility on the bottom line. They discuss the value of agile and how it really does make a difference on performance and results.
The webinar will cover how financial performance is improved by direct impact on three key areas of employee engagement, customer satisfaction and operational performance. 

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 30, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Host: Scrum.org
Cost: Free


Saturday, February 8, 2020

Business Analysis Webinars for February 2020

IIBA Certification Chat
Presented by Rich Larson, PMP, CBAP, PMI-PBA, Consultant at Watermark Learning

The event is a free chat session using webinar technology. 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, or CBAP application to the exams to re-certification.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday, February 7, 2020; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: Watermark Learning    @WatermarkLearn
Cost: Free




Agile Analysis Virtual Meetup
Presented by: Lauren Jeandervin, AAC, Technical Writer at Verisk 3E

This is an 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: Monday, February 10, 2020; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EST
Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass
Cost: Free
Registration:    IIBA Bluegrass Webinar Registration                              




Industry 4.0/Work 4.0/Risk 4.0
Presented by Carl Pritchard

Has the comprehensive integration of IoT, systems thinking and automation taken hold in your day-to-day life yet?  This webinar examines the mindset necessary to jump into the 4.0 environment.  

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 11, 2020; 11:00 am – 11:30 am
Host: The Great IT Pro
Cost: Free




Strategic Planning for a Digital Transformation
Presented by Peggy Salvatore

In this webinar, we will examine the decision making that drives digital transformation. A case study will be discussed.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 12, 2020; 11:00 am – 11:30 am EST
Host: The Great IT Pro
Cost: Free




The What, Why + How of Agile and Scrum Webinar
Presented by Netmind  

Are you ready to make 2020 the year that you finally start your agile transformation? Or maybe you have started but are struggling. Or maybe you understand the new way of work but your team members and those in other departments still don’t get it. Join us for this free webinar to get an introduction to Agile and Scrum! 

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 12, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Host: Netmind    @Netmind
Cost: Free
Registration:   Netmind Webinar Registration
  



Best Practices for Writing Requirements
Presented by Preston Mitchell, Business Consulting Manager at Jama Software

“Needs.” “Features.” “Requirements.”

What your team calls the things it wants to achieve with a product isn’t important. The highest priority should be ensuring a product’s promise, functionality, appearance, and value are all clearly and effectively defined for a variety of stakeholders.

In this webinar, we’ll walk through the different ways teams can write better requirements. We’ll also show how improving requirements benefits products by anchoring alignment through the chaotic shifts of development.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to:

·        Create a simple, systematic process everyone can follow
·        Separate requirements from design and establish hierarchy
·        Ensure traceability of requirements during development

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, February 13, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Host: Jama Software
Cost: Free




Ugly Babies and What to Do with Them
Presented by Vincent Mirabelli, Gobal Project Synergy Group

Ugly babies are everywhere in your organization, and they are taking you down from the inside, causing you unknown (and unneeded) pain. Despite likely hiding in plain sight, these Ugly Babies may be negatively impacting your ability to deliver on important projects, improve organizational processes, which leads to a disengaging of your staff and team and worst of all, costing you a ton of money. (Disclaimer: All babies are beautiful...I’m obviously not talking about REAL babies – VM)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

·        First and foremost, we’ll answer the question, “What is an Ugly Baby?”
·        Learn what elements are needed and how to put them in place, to most effectively mitigate the impact and influence of all our Ugly Babies
·        Identify the largest sources of Ugly Babies in your organization, and the role they play in your organizational processes

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday; February 14, 2020; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Host: BA Times    @BATimes
Cost: Free