Saturday, December 1, 2018

Business Analysis Webinars for December 2018


Requirements Engineering for Cyber Security Requirements
Presented by: Mikael Lindvall

This webinar will discuss the process of identifying and defining security requirements based on qualifications of associated risk factors, attack surfaces, and future interoperability considerations.  

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, December 4, 2018; 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Host: IT Metrics & Productivity Institute    @ITMPI
Cost: Free




Requirements Prioritization Best Practices
Presented by Rob Stewart, Senior Consultant, IAG Consulting

This two-hour webinar for project managers and business analysts gets right to the point and covers the essential steps for prioritizing business requirements -- a process based on industry best practices ranging from QFD, MoSCoW and others --  and employing IAG's experience and proven techniques for practical requirements prioritization.  
This webinar will explain why prioritization is important, when it is needed (and when it isn't,) when it should be done, what different strategies could be used and what techniques work best. 
Participants will learn a practical process that is adaptable to various types of projects (from large to small) and a variety of environments from agile to waterfall.
It will provide Project Managers and Business Analysts with a clear understanding of what they need to know, and what they need to do, to easily and effectively prioritize the product requirements for their next project. 

Key Content Covered in this Webinar:
·        The Most Effective Prioritization Strategies
·        Different Prioritization Techniques
·        Why Prioritize?
·        When to Prioritize Knowing
·        What to Prioritize
·        The Six Steps to Prioritizing Business Requirements
·        Key Requirements Prioritization Success Factors
·        Facilitating Requirements Prioritization Meetings
·        Rating Facilitation Methods
·        Next Steps

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 5, 2018; 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Host: IAG Consulting    @IAGConsulting
Cost: Free




How to Use Design Thinking to Innovate Faster, Better and More Effectively  
Presented by Haywood Spangler, PhD, Founder and Principal at Work & Think, LLC

Design has become the “it” word and a defining element that can differentiate your business in an increasingly competitive world.

In an economy of rapid commoditization, keeping the customer “front and center” has become the most important factor to include in the innovation equation in order to maintain brand loyalty.

Whether you’re talking about cars, toothbrushes, office space or even the creation of an organization’s culture … Design Thinking gives you the tools to innovate, faster and better, in a customer-centric approach.

What You Will Learn

In this “must-attend” session, you’ll discover why Design Thinking has become the innovation method of choice across forward-thinking industries, and how best-in-class companies are applying it across their organizations.

You’ll also receive an overview of AMA’s Design Thinking course, including:

·        Exposure to the 10-step Design Thinking process and why it’s so important in a disruptive economy
·        How this rapid, collaborative process can help you and your team generate more customer-focused solutions
·        Steps you can take to integrate the process into your organization 
·        The realities of organizational culture, resistance to change and what you can do about it.

While attending this preview is FREE, reservations are required.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 5, 2018; 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Host: American Management Association    @AMAnet
Cost: Free




How to get better results out of your customer journey map
Presented by Blueprint Software Systems

A customer journey map is a visual tool that displays how customers are obtained. The map is about visualizing how your customers experience the product and service along the way. The benefit of using a Customer Journey Map is that you can enhance your understanding of what motivates your customers and explore their needs and pain points.
Customer journey mapping combines two powerful instruments: storytelling and visualization. They are essential to the process because they effectively convey information in a way that is memorable, concise – creating a shared vision.
Join us in this webinar to learn how you can derive better results out of your customer journey map through:

·        Well-defined goals
·        Collaboration between Business and IT stakeholders
·        Storyteller’s Visual Solution Model

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, December 6, 2018; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Host: Blueprint Software Systems    @Blueprintsys
Cost: Free

  


IIBA Certification Chat
Presented by Rich Larson, PMP, CBAP, PMI-PBA, Co-founder, 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, December 7, 2018; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EST
Host: Watermark Learning    @WatermarkLearn
Cost: Free




Presented by Rob Stewart, Senior Consultant, IAG Consulting

Requirements Planning adds incredible value to the requirements process. More than simply creating another “work breakdown structure” document, this is an opportunity to address risks proactively and gain better stakeholder participation.  This session demonstrates how every component of a requirements plan adds value.
 
Learning Objectives:
1.      Illustrate the pitfalls of traditional approaches to Requirements Planning
2.      Deliver guidelines for making Requirements Planning a value-add activity
3.      Know what material must be present in a high quality requirements planning document

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 12, 2018; 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Host: IAG Consulting    @IAGConsulting
Cost: Free

 
 


The Voice of Leadership
Presented by Jennifer Kahnweiler, PhD, Global Speaker and The Champion of Introverts

How Leaders Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results

No matter how compelling your vision or how brilliant your strategy, without strong communication skills, you may fail to get the attention and understanding of those you lead.

The ability to get buy-in, garner trust and inspire loyalty isn't a skill you have to be born with.

This preview of the AMA seminar The Voice of Leadership explains how this course helps you develop the skills to inspire others. In addition, this session gives you tactics you can start using immediately to become a more effective communicator.

What You Will Learn

·        How to get and hold your listener’s attention
·        Steps to ensure understanding
·        Ways to develop and use stories to get your message across

While attending this preview is FREE, reservations are required.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 12, 2018; 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Host: American Management Association    @AMAnet
Cost: Free




Soft Skills: Essentials for Project Success
Presented by: Ruffin Veal

This webinar will provide practical tips and best practices to improve the professional soft skill development of PM personnel.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, December 13, 2018; 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Host: IT Metrics & Productivity Institute    @ITMPI
Cost: Free

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Business Analysis Webinars for November 2018 - Part II


20 Visio Tips in 60 Minutes
Presented by Scott Helmers, Partner at Harvard Computing Group

Most of us learned Visio by doing: a boss or a colleague said “Can you create an org chart of our division?” or “We need a flowchart of this process. By tomorrow.” or “Fred created this diagram before he left. Can you update it for Monday’s staff meeting?” We make do with what we know, but never had formal training or time to discover better techniques. This session will give you 20 tips and tricks to move you past where you are now and into a world of new features and enhanced productivity.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

·        Uncover hidden dialogs, techniques, and features in Visio
·        Learn keyboard shortcuts and ribbon tips that will make you a Visio power user
·        Turn Visio diagrams into business intelligence dashboards

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 20, 2018; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Host: BA Times    @BATimes
Cost: Free




What it Takes to be a True Lean Agile Project Manager
Presented by Ross Little, Executive Managing Partner at IAG Consulting

This webinar is for Project Managers looking to become more lean and agile in their organization/career, for those transitioning into an agile organization, or those supporting a transformation to a lean agile project management environment. We will address what lean agile project management really means and what the main differences are with traditional project management. We will explain essential concepts and aspects of project management from various methodologies including Scaled Agile (SAFe®), DSDM, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP. This webinar is ideal PMs seeking or supporting their PMI-ACP, or AgilePM® certification and qualifies for 1 PDU.

Learning Objectives:

·        What does Lean Agile project management mean?
·        What are the principles of Agile Project Management?
·        When and why does Lean Agile Project Management makes sense?
·        What can I do to be Lean Agile?

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 21, 2018; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST
Host: IAG Consulting    @IAGConsulting
Cost: Free




How to Become a Great Consultant
Presented by: Carl Pritchard

Whether you plan to move your career in a different direction or stay where you are, this webinar demonstrates - step-by-step- how you can transform yourself into consultant.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 27, 2018; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Host: IT Metrics & Productivity Institute    @ITMPI
Cost: Free



 
Presented by Rob Stewart, Senior Consultant, IAG Consulting

So you’ve been assigned a complex, poorly defined project concept… now what?
Nothing is worse (or better) for a senior project manager or analyst than being handed a project that is:  strategic, very large, and way outside your comfort zone in complexity.  These projects will sometimes roll around the halls of big companies for months while they struggle to gain sufficient momentum and clarity to really move forward with a sense of purpose and direction. Let’s say one of these career-bruisers/-builders is yours?  What do you do next?
This session is about the tactics of early-stage project intake and clarification – getting clarity efficiently.

Learning Objectives:
1.      Inside the project intake process – why is intake so dysfunctional?
2.      The action plan – simple steps that drive project clarity and milestones that deliver benefit.
3.      Targeted result – time tested deliverables that work

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 28, 2018; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Host: IAG Consulting    @IAGConsulting
Cost: Free




Adaptive Project Leadership: Helping You and Your Teams Succeed in Disruptive Times  
Presented by Tim Wasserman, Chief Learning Officer at Strategy Execution

Complexity Is Here to Stay. How Should You Respond?

As organizations grapple with how to thrive in the midst of continual disruption, project leaders are challenged to be more responsive to unanticipated problems and resilient to unpredictable interferences. As projects become more critical, what "has always worked” in the project management field is no longer enough. Leaders with the right approach, methods, tools, and capability to drive project-based work are an organization’s most valuable asset and will continue to be moving forward.

What does it take to successfully lead across the intersection of strategy, work, and people in today’s complex world?

·        Identify the characteristics of today’s complex business environment and the importance of understanding the context in which you are operating
·        Explore how an adaptive mindset can help you and your teams navigate and solve problems in disruptive and unpredictable times
·        Define a holistic set of adaptive leadership skills that will guide your approach to unprecedented business challenges

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, November 29, 2018; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Host: Strategy Execution   @2080StrategyEx
Cost: Free


  

Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
Presented by Bob Faw, Senior Trainer and Consultant at Corporate Education Group

You need a good strategy to navigate the ever-changing landscape and get to great destinations. Strategy is the roadmap, and the people are the engine. How people feel about their jobs, each other, and your strategy can make or break it before you even start your journey. When people are motivated and steering toward your goals, great things are possible. If the culture is full of inhibiting factors, it puts the brakes on your movement that even the best strategies can't overcome. That is why Merck CEO Dick Clark once said, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast."

Learning objectives:

·        Understand how to integrate strategy and culture to create true synergy.
·        Strategy is the roadmap and the people are the engine – learn to rev up the people to traverse the strategy.
·        Ensure your change is not one of the 70% of strategic initiatives that fail due to misalignment with culture.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, November 29, 2018; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Host: Corporate Education Group    @CorpEdGroup
Cost: Free




Functional vs. Nonfunctional Requirements
Presented by Mark Monteleone, CBAP, PMP, Independent Consultant

In this webinar, Mark Monteleone describes and compares functional and nonfunctional requirements and how to document them using declaratives, user stories, and use cases in the context of software applications. Mark starts the webinar by briefly reviewing the source of business needs; enterprise analysis. He then lists four requirement levels. 

·        Business; needs that are required to compete or be in compliance 
·        Stakeholder; what stakeholder capabilities are needed to realize business needs 
·        Solution; what product or service requirements are needed to provide stakeholder capabilities and under what conditions are the capabilities effective and efficient 
·        Transition; what product or service requirements are needed to ensure a smooth change in implementing the new capabilities. 

With that quick background, Mark focuses the webinar by further decomposing solution requirements into functional capabilities and nonfunctional conditions and formally defines the word requirement. He highlights how these requirements are documented by business analysts using: 

·        Action Verbs for functional requirements with references to business rules, and 
·        Adjectives and nouns for nonfunctional requirements with embedded metrics.

Mark then shows how functional and nonfunctional requirements are documented using declaratives, user stories, and use cases. To ensure clarity, he wraps-up the webinar by providing several examples of functional capabilities paired with nonfunctional conditions using the above techniques.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, November 29, 2018; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Host:  Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalyst
Cost: Free

Monday, November 5, 2018

Business Analysis Webinars for November 2018

IIBA Certification Chat
Presented by Rich Larson, PMP, CBAP, PMI-PBA, Co-founder, 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, November 2, 2018; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: Watermark Learning    @WatermarkLearn
Cost: Free
Registration:   IIBA Certification Chat Registration




Getting it Right: Best Practices for Requirements Management
Presented by Dr. Martin Schedlbauer, Ph.D., CBAP, OCUP, Senior Trainer and Consultant at Corporate Education Group

Requirements are at the core of any project, and, therefore, must be carefully managed. In this webinar, you will learn the essential requirements management practices, including the requirements life cycle from inception to implementation, requirements management planning, and requirements management tools. In addition, you will learn how to write SMART requirements statements that are useful and actionable. Finally, we will contrast and compare the traditional requirements management approach with agile requirements management.

Learning objectives include:


·        Understand the requirements management process 
·        Learn how to write good requirements
·        Appreciate the value of a requirements management plan 
·        Contrast plan-driven and change-driven requirements management approaches

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 6, 2018; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Host: Corporate Education Group    @CorpEdGroup
Cost: Free
Registration:   Corp Education Group Webinar Registration




Tips for Planning Requirements Elicitation on Large Projects
Presented by Rob Stewart, Senior Consultant, IAG Consulting

The large, complex project brings with it a unique set of problems that may not be encountered in a smaller project. This one-hour webinar will focus on the planning phase for a large, complex project. The participant will learn the importance of developing an understanding of the complete scope of analysis and developing an integrated series of requirements plans to eliminate redundancy of effort and to provide for better input to the high level architectural design decisions that must be made.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

·        How to define the complete scope of analysis
·        How to develop comprehensive, integrated Requirements Management Plans
·        How to ensure the necessary and sufficient input is available to optimize the high level architectural design decisions

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 7, 2016; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Host: IAG Consulting    @IAGConsulting
Cost: Free
Registration:   IAG Consulting Public Webinar Registration




Scaling Agile
Presented by Christof Ebert

This webinar will introduce you to scalable agile. We explore the state of the practice with scalable agile frameworks such as SoS, SAFe, LeSS and DAD. Hands-on guidance will help attendees to apply scaled agile also in their own context. 

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, November 08, 2018; 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
Host: IT Metrics & Productivity Institute    @ITMPI
Cost: Free
Registration:   ITMPI Public Webinar Registration


  

The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength
Presented by Jennifer Kahnweiler, PH.D., Champion of Introverts

Introverts ARE leaders. This inspirational and practical web event will demonstrate how introverts can use their quiet strengths to conquer leadership challenges. Extroverts and “ambiverts”—those whose personality type is between an introvert and extrovert—will also learn how to expand their leadership skills. All participants will discover how to use their natural style and flex to others.

Presenter Jennifer Kahnweiler draws upon her latest research as well as enlightening stories to demonstrate how organizations can harness introvert power. She will walk you through a well-oiled leadership and career development process called the 4 P’s. Learn how Preparing, being Present, Pushing, and Practicing can help us all become the leaders we were meant to be.

What You Will Learn

·        The differences between introverts and extroverts 
·        Challenges for introverts in a Type A workplace and practical tips on how to overcome them 
·        Particular challenges for women who are introverted 
·        The 4 P’s process of leadership success and how women can use it to succeed in all types of work environments 
·        How female introverted leaders in technology and other male dominated industries use their strengths 
·        Customized suggestions to help your organization become a more introvert-friendly workplace 
·        How to define action steps that can be immediately applied

While attending this program is FREE, reservations are required.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, November 8, 2018; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Host: American Management Association    @AMAnet
Cost: Free
Registration:   AMA Public Webinar Registration




IIBA® Certification Screen-side Chat  
Presented by: Bill Powers, CBAP, Senior Business Analyst, Republic Bank & Trust

This is a free online chat session with one of our CBAP® recipients. The CBAP mentor 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 mentor.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Friday, November 9, 2018; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass
Cost: Free
Registration:   Bluegrass IIBA Public Webinar Registration
  



Requirements Definition Best Practices for Business Intelligence Projects
Presented by Ross Little, Executive Managing Partner, IAG Consulting

This two hour webinar gives an overview of key business intelligence and data warehouse concepts for Project Managers and Business Analysts. We will provide a simple, easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply process that analyzes and defines the business objectives, usage scenarios, questions and queries that will yield a conceptual multi-dimension model and form the basis of the business requirements for the data warehouse and business intelligence system requirements of your projects.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 14, 2018; 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Host: IAG Consulting    @IAGConsulting
Cost: Free
Registration:   IAG Consulting Public Webinar Registration




Leading Multicultural Teams: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence
Presented by Marie Bankuti, Senior Trainer and Consultant at Corporate Education Group

Are you managing a team of individuals from different countries, or different cultural backgrounds? While research shows that diversity on a team is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member, if you aren't comfortable working with and managing the various approaches, it can feel like you're working in a foreign land yourself.

Cultural nuances around directness, formality, assertiveness, body language, and the like can lead to false assumptions about motivation and engagement, often resulting in decisions that further alienate. Performance can suffer, both individually and as a team.

In this interactive session you'll:

·        Gain insight into different cultural norms and values in business.
·        Develop confidence working with and leading folks from different cultures.
·        Understand how to assess, appreciate, and leverage cultural differences.
·        Support your team members and their interactions with less struggle.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 14, 2018; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EST
Host: Corporate Education Group    @CorpEdGroup
Cost: Free
Registration:   Corp Education Group Webinar Registration




Critical Thinking
Presented by Jody Jones, Ph.D., President at Strategic Transformations

Steps to Making Clearer and More Effective Decisions

In this fast-paced world, one thing is certain: We need sharp critical thinkers who are able to size up a situation, realize the potential where others may not, and seize opportunities through prompt decision making.

We all perform some level of critical thinking in our daily lives, yet most of us don’t really know what it entails or how we do what we do. 

This preview offers you a practical introduction to the highly popular AMA seminar, Critical Thinking. We’ll introduce you to the RED model of critical thinking and describe the basics of putting it into action using a practical case study.

What You Will Learn

AMA's Critical Thinking seminar walks you through making reasoned judgments that are well thought out. Join us to get a preview of how the seminar reveals the methods used to improve your ability to engage in logical and rational thinking, including: 

·        How the RED (Recognize assumptions, Evaluate arguments, Draw conclusions) Model is used to get to a decision point 
·        The importance of separating facts from opinions 
·        Three steps you can take to apply critical thinking skills right away

While attending this preview is FREE, reservations are required.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 14, 2018; 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Host: American Management Association    @AMAnet
Cost: Free
Registration:   AMA Public Webinar Registration




How to Optimize and Improve Your AWS Architecture
Presented by Ryan Dymek, AWS Consultant and Instructor

Organizations too often jump in to cloud expecting to see immediate efficiencies and cost savings, however this isn’t always the case. Join us to:

·        Explore common inefficient cloud architectures that impact areas, such as costs, performance and security.
·        Learn how you can investigate the underlying issue
·        Find solutions to these issues so you’re maximizing the ROI on AWS

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, November 15, 2018; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Host: Global Knowledge    @GlobalKnowledge
Cost: Free
Registration:   Global Knowledge Webinar Registration