Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Business Analysis Webinars for April 2020


Short Cycle-Time Projects
Presented by Carl Pritchard

In this webinar, we will help you identify the tools that are vital to the success of short-term projects with near-term goals.
 
Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 1 ,2020; 11:00 am – 11:15 am EDT
Host: The Great IT Pro
Cost: Free




Value Stream Mapping: What and Why
Presented by Alan Koch

Your organization’s success depends on your ability to deliver value to your customers. This is true whether your organization is for-profit, non-profit, educational, government, or any other type. With that in mind, a key question is this: How effectively do your organization’s processes deliver value?

Value Stream Mapping is a technique that is designed to give you the answer to that question. And more importantly, it gives your team the insights they need to tune, change, and automate the processes they use so they can deliver value in the most effective way. Instead of optimizing merely for cost (with the risk of negative impacts on our customers), we can seek the most efficient ways to delight our customers.

In this webinar, after clarifying what Value Stream Mapping is and how it differs from process mapping or process analysis, we will show how the Value Stream Mapping technique enables you to see your processes as more than just sequences of actions. We will see how to picture a process as a value-delivery mechanism, how to see waste as any negative impact on value delivery, and how to measure the efficiency of value delivery.

We will survey a variety of analyses that are done in Value Stream Mapping, the view of the process that they provide, and the insights they can provide to support true process improvement.

After this webinar, you will be able to:

·        Define Value Stream Mapping and contrast it to Process Mapping
·        Use your teams’ Value Stream Maps to truly improve your processes
·        Use results to improve customer satisfaction with your products and services

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, April 2, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: ASPE Training    @ASPE_Training
Cost: Free




Digital Leadership – Best-in-class talent profiles for leading in the digital organization
Presented by Melissa Swift and Christoffer Ellehuus  

Organizations are projecting to spend more than $1 trillion globally on digital transformation in 2020 to change their business and products and refine the customer and employee experience. However, as many as 84% of those transformation projects fail. Lack of the right skills and capabilities of their people and leaders is a leading concern and reason why.

Organizations are looking for leaders with not only the right technical skills and understanding, but also with an adaptive and creative mindset; those with the ability to pivot and thrive amid unexpected change.

Korn Ferry has analyzed the traits, competencies and drivers of more than 511 best-in-class digital transformation leaders compared to a population of 4.5 million assessment data points to create a distinctive profile of the qualities needed for the digital age. 

Join this webcast to learn how you can transform your leaders with the skills and mindset needed to thrive in the digital age and realize your organization's growth objectives.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, April 2, 2020; 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Host: Strategy Execution
Cost: Free




IIBA Certification
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; April 3, 2020; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: Watermark Learning    @WatermarkLearn
Cost: Free




Intro to Microsoft Teams – Chat and Conversations
Presented by Andy Huneycutt

Learn how to effectively communicate in Teams. We’ll guide you through the different ways to chat with one or more teammates whether it's a private chat or an open conversation for the whole team. Learn how to manage conversations about work in channels as well as keeping the team informed with news and updates through announcements. Also, discover how to organize and search your communications. Finally, we'll discuss best practices to make everyone's Teams experience great!

We Will Cover:

·        Private chat for communicating 1-to1 or within a small group
·        Posts for open conversations for the whole team
·        Using the message formatter
·        Expressing yourself with emoji, GIFs, and memes
·        Making calls and scheduling meetings from chat/posts
·        Setting important and urgent messages
·        And More

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Monday, April 6, 2020; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Host: ASPE Training    @ASPE_Training
Cost: Free

  


Why IIBA Certifications Live Discussions?
Presented by Lora McCoy, CBAP and LN Mishra, ECBA, CCBA, CBAP, AAC, Adaptive US, Inc.

IIBA examinations are hard to conquer. In this live training, Adaptive faculty will discuss different types of questions that come in IIBA exams, their answers and how to reach those answers.

This training is invaluable for all those who want to get IIBA certified.

The demand for BAs is all time high with US Department of Labor predicting 14% increase every year.

It's worth repeating that IIBA certified BAs earn significantly more, they progress faster in their career and win the Best jobs.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
·        IIBA certification requirements and process
·        IIBA exam model questions discussions (5 knowledge based + 5 scenario based)
·        Any other questions on IIBA certification exams or BABOK

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 7, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: Adaptive US   @AdaptiveUS
Cost: Free




5 Tips for Uncovering Expectations
Presented by Elizabeth Larson, Consultant at Watermark Learning

Many stakeholders think once they’ve provided the vision of their solution, the project team should go away and give them what they’ve asked for. Yet they are often unhappy with the final product. This presentation provides tips and techniques for avoiding the trap of “Oh no! You gave me what I asked for.” Using scenarios and real-life examples, this presentation provides techniques for not only for defining the real need, but for asking the right questions to uncover expectations.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 7, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: Palmetto IIBA Chapter
Cost: Free

 
  

Best Practices for Building Data Apps
Presented by Kevin McGinley, Field CTO at Snowflake

Whether you are building a startup or adding features to an existing data-intensive application, the underlying infrastructure and architecture is what will determine its scale, efficiency, and flexibility—and whether your app will gain user traction or not.

Snowflake provides builders and developers of data-intensive applications a platform to build solutions that meet the demands of today’s organizations and their customers

Join Kevin McGinley, Field CTO at Snowflake, for a live webinar and Q&A session, where he will cover key best practices for building data apps using Snowflake.

You will learn: 
·        Modern architecture for building apps that help break out of scalability, concurrency, and performance barriers 
·        Tips for keeping costs under control 
·        Key features that reduce DevOps overhead

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 7, 2020; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EDT
Host: Snowflake    @SnowflakeDB
Cost: Free




5 Tips for Uncovering Expectations
Presented by Elizabeth Larson, Consultant at Watermark Learning

Many stakeholders think once they’ve provided the vision of their solution, the project team should go away and give them what they’ve asked for. Yet they are often unhappy with the final product. This presentation provides tips and techniques for avoiding the trap of “Oh no! You gave me what I asked for.” Using scenarios and real-life examples, this presentation provides techniques for not only for defining the real need, but for asking the right questions to uncover expectations.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 7, 2020; 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT
Host: Palmetto IIBA Chapter
Cost: Free

 
 

Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - Wim Heemskerk - Answering Your Questions about Scrum and Agile Leadership
Presented by Wim Heemskerk  

Scrum itself is a simple framework for effective team collaboration on complex products. While it is lightweight and simple to understand, it is difficult to master. 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. 

In this episode of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer, PST Wim Heemskerk will be available to answer any questions you may have live on this webinar. He is happy to answer any questions about challenges your Scrum team is facing, and has some deep expertise in facilitation and leadership in agile, specifically. Please bring your most pressing questions for this opportunity!

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 8, 2020; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Host: Scrum.org
Cost: Free



  
Turning Data Into Dollars
Presented by Jay Arthur

Most companies will spend a fortune trying to increase sales, but few know how to analyze and reduce preventable costs. In this webinar you will learn how to use and manage data about defects, mistakes and errors to easily pinpoint and fix these problems.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 8, 2020; 11:00 am – 11:30 am EDT
Host The Great IT Pro
Cost: Free




Fixing YourScrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems
Presented by Ryan Ripley, Professional Scrum Trainer

Presentation will be from 12pm-1pm Eastern time. You must be a DC Agile member to receive access to the on-line event.

Broken Scrum practices limit your organization's ability to take full advantage of the agility Scrum should bring: The development team isn't cross-functional or self-organizing, the product owner doesn't get value for their investment, and stakeholders and customers are left wondering when something--anything--will get delivered. Learn how experienced Scrum masters balance the demands of these three levels of servant leadership, while removing organizational impediments and helping Scrum teams deliver real-world value. Discover how to visualize your work, resolve impediments, and empower your teams to self-organize and deliver using advanced coaching and facilitation techniques that honor and support the Scrum values and agile principles.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 8, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: Derby City Agile
Cost: Free





BYOBA - (Bring Your Own BA!) Happy Hour Special!
Presented by Bob Prentiss (Bob the BA) and Amy Ruddell  

Join Bob and Amy for their first BYOBA (Bring your Own BA!) Happy Hour Special!
Bob will kick off the hour with a 15 minute presentation centered on maintaining calm and focus (both professionally and personally) in these uncertain times. We will then jump into a fully interactive experience: real time Q&A, Trivia, Prizes and - if you know Bob and Amy – a lot of singing! Bring your questions and your sense of humour (even a glass of wine!). Our goal is to have fun, share insight and experiences. Did we mention there will prizes? And wine? This will be the Happiest Happy Hour ever!
You are welcome to send your questions beforehand. They can be about the future of the Project/BA profession, your own career path, personal life etc. Mail to: aruddell@macgregorcom.com
We will try our best to answer all questions!

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 8, 2020; 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT
Host: BA Times    @BATimes
Cost: Free


Monday, March 16, 2020

Business Analysis Webinars for March 2020 - Part II


Why IIBA Certifications Live Discussions?
Presented by Lora McCoy, CBAP and LN Mishra, ECBA, CCBA, CBAP, AAC, Adaptive US, Inc.

IIBA examinations are hard to conquer. In this live training, Adaptive faculty will discuss different types of questions that come in IIBA exams, their answers and how to reach those answers.

This training is invaluable for all those who want to get IIBA certified.

The demand for BAs is all time high with US Department of Labor predicting 14% increase every year.

It's worth repeating that IIBA certified BAs earn significantly more, they progress faster in their career and win the Best jobs.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
·        IIBA certification requirements and process
·        IIBA exam model questions discussions (5 knowledge based + 5 scenario based)
·        Any other questions on IIBA certification exams or BABOK

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 17, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: Adaptive US   @AdaptiveUS
Cost: Free




Working Remotely Live Coaching Session
Presented by Laura Brandenburg, CBAP, Founder at Bridging-the-Gap

With one company after another announcing mandatory work-from-home policies, you might be working from home today! Many professionals in our community have never worked from home before or facilitated a meeting remotely. This can bring up a lot of fear and uncertainty in an already uncertain time.

My team and I have decided to host a complimentary group coaching session tomorrow, where we will share some of our best practices for working remotely.

We’ll be discussing:

·        How to set yourself up for success.
·        Practical virtual communication strategies.
·        Protecting your mindset in uncertain times.

There is no need to register.
Here are the details to join me live – 12 PM Eastern tomorrow (Tuesday, March 17).



I’ll also be streaming the session live on the Bridging the Gap YouTube channel, so if the Zoom session fills up, please join me over there.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 17, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: Bridging-the-Gap     @LLBrandenburg
Cost: Free


Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - Krystian Kaczor - Answering Your Hard Questions about Scrum
Presented by Krystian Kaczor, PST

Scrum itself is a simple framework for effective team collaboration on complex products. While it is lightweight and simple to understand, it is difficult to master. 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. 

In this episode of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer, PST Krystian Kaczor will be available to answer any Scrum related questions you may have live on this webinar. Krystian works as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master to walk the talk. He leads Agile Transformations and improves Scrum implementations. His experience ranges from small, local teams to geographically distributed corporations. Krystian often works with higher management and the managing board to build support for transformation via culture change and a safe environment. Please bring your questions for this opportunity! 

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 18, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Host: Scrum.org
Cost: Free




How to Stay Ahead in 2020
Presented by LN Mishra, President at Adaptive US

Times are changing. So are the expectations from BAs. As Business Analysts, we are constantly looking for opportunities to improve our organizations products, processes and technologies. What will keep us, we the business analysts stay ahead in the game?

This webinar tries to achieve the following objectives:
·        Key changes observed in business analysis domain
·        Skills expected to stay ahead of the curve
·        A structured path to acquire necessary BA skills of future

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 18, 2020: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA
Sponsor: Adaptive US     @AdaptiveUS
Cost: Free
  



Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems
Presented by Ryan Ripley, PST and Todd Miller, PST

Broken Scrum practices limit your organization’s ability to take full advantage of the agility Scrum should bring: the Development Team isn’t cross-functional or self-organizing, the Product Owner doesn’t get value for their investment, and stakeholders and customers are left wondering when something—anything—will get delivered.

In this webinar, Professional Scrum Trainers Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller will walk through some content in their new book, Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems, and talk about how experienced Scrum Masters balance the demands of these three levels of servant leadership, while removing organizational impediments and helping Scrum Teams deliver real-world value. You will discover how to visualize your work, resolve impediments, and empower your teams to self-organize and deliver using advanced coaching and facilitation techniques that honor and support the Scrum Values and agile principles.


Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, March 26, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Host: Scrum.org
Cost: Free




Trends in Cybersecurity
Presented by Ray Lugo, Instructor at 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, March 26, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: Global Knowledge    @GlobalKnowledge
Cost: Free




Agile Analysis Virtual Meetup
Presented by: Aaron Whittenberger, CBAP, CSPO, AAC, Vice President of Professional Development at Bluegrass IIBA Chapter

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, March 27, 2020; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass
Cost: Free
Registration: Agile Analysis Meetup Registration     




Cybersecurity Imperatives: Vision 2020
Presented by Dan Raywood

Cybersecurity is at the center of executive discussions in 2020. Business leaders recognize that earlier involvement of cyber analysis can help avoid a data breach, which could cripple production operations, or worse, cause a loss of trust in the brand. Learn about the top cybersecurity risks and opportunities they offer to reorganize business plans, security plans and career plans.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 31, 2020; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis   @IIBA
Cost: Free



  
7 Leadership Secrets from Ender Wiggin (Ender's Game)
Presented by Hans Eckman, Info-Tech Research Group

For managers, authority is assigned and leadership assumed, but there are big differences between management and leadership. Leadership must be demonstrated and authority earned through trust and respect. Many employees feel frustrated that they aren’t in a position to be leaders, and they often feel alone and underappreciated. In “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card, Ender Wiggin faced similar challenges as he moved through the battle school. Initially Ender was not only in a contributor position, but he was actively inhibited from demonstrating value. Ender quickly learned what makes a true leader that people will follow, regardless of the organizational structure and institutional rules. Join us to learn the 7 secrets of leadership Ender developed during his time at Battle and Command schools. See how his leadership lessons can be applied to your professional growth, development, and perspective as a leader in your company and projects. Even if you are not ready to step from the shadows yet, these lessons will improve your work as a key contributor and facilitate your path to future leadership.

Learning Objectives:
·        Identify leadership traps and how to avoid them.
·        Learn how to apply leadership techniques within teams, regardless if you are in a “lead” position.
·        Discover non-traditional leadership approaches based on applied lessons.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 31, 2020; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Host: BA Times     @BATimes
Cost: Free
Registration:   BA Times Webinar Registration

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Business Analysis Webinars for March 2020


CAJ 045-Daryl Kulak-The Politics of Business Agility
Presented by Daryl Kulak, Consultant, Author and Speaker

Join Daryl for an interactive conversation about Agile projects and transformations. There are so many factors that can influence the success of a project or a transformation. But which types of factors are most often to blame when there are failures? In our experience, it is often “office politics” that is to blame. So why don’t we know more about politics? Why don’t we have a detailed set of tools to use when there are political problems, just like we have for technical problems? Testing tools, code analyzers, debuggers – but for politics! In this session, Daryl will explain some tools that can help with exactly that! You will learn about tools and processes that you can put into practice to help political problems lessen and bring people together for problem-solving, decision-making and cohesive teamwork. Intrigued? Join us!

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Monday, March 2, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Host: Coaching Agile Journeys    @CoachingAgileJo
Cost: Free




Why IIBA Certifications Live Discussions?
Presented by Lora McCoy, CBAP and LN Mishra, ECBA, CCBA, CBAP, AAC, Adaptive US, Inc.

IIBA examinations are hard to conquer. In this live training, Adaptive faculty will discuss different types of questions that come in IIBA exams, their answers and how to reach those answers.

This training is invaluable for all those who want to get IIBA certified.

The demand for BAs is all time high with US Department of Labor predicting 14% increase every year.

It's worth repeating that IIBA certified BAs earn significantly more, they progress faster in their career and win the Best jobs.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
·        IIBA certification requirements and process
·        IIBA exam model questions discussions (5 knowledge based + 5 scenario based)
·        Any other questions on IIBA certification exams or BABOK

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 3, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Host: Adaptive US   @AdaptiveUS
Cost: Free




How and Why I Became an Entrepreneur in the Agile Industry - A Discussion with a Panel of Women
Panelists: Magdalena Firlit, Jill Graves, and Shirley Santiago

In this Scrum Pulse webinar taking place around International Women's Day 2020, we will be featuring a female panel of entrepreneurs in the Agile coaching and consulting space. This conversation will be facilitated by Patricia Kong at Scrum.org and will consist of Professional Scrum Trainers Magdalena Firlit from Poland, Jill Graves from Canada and Shirley Santiago from the Philippines. These three successful entrepreneurs all created their own businesses focused on coaching, consulting and training for Scrum and agile practices as a whole. 

This unique opportunity will cover how these successful women got their start, why they chose to start their own businesses along with the challenges, hurdles and successes they have had along their journey. They will be sharing advice for others considering or starting their own businesses.
There will be time allotted for Q and A, so be sure to come prepared with questions!

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, March 5, 2020; 9:30 am – 10:30 am EST
Host: Scrum.org
Cost: Free
  



Women in Business Analysis
Panelists: Regdan Yasar, Barbara Carkenord, and Lora McCoy

Women in Business Analysis webinar panelists will share insights into the challenges and opportunities for women working in business analysis. Our expert panel will share their experiences, influences, and provide tips and advice.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Thursday, March 5, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA
Cost: Free




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, March 6, 2020; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EST
Host: Watermark Learning    @WatermarkLearn
Cost: Free
Registration:   IIBA Certification Chat




CAJ Virtual Lean Coffee 006
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.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Monday, March 9, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Host: Coaching Agile Journeys     @CoachingAgileJo
Cost: Free
Registration:   CAJ Lean Coffee Registration




Starting a Career in Business Analysis 2020
Presented by Christine Sigrist, Laura Brandenburg, and Leslie Macumber

If you are looking for a job in business analysis or want to learn more about what business analysis is, then this webinar is for you. Learn about business analysis skills and competencies you need to gain or improve, how to differentiate yourself from other candidates and how to get job-ready for your first year on the job.

Audience: Public
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 11, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA
Cost: Free