Saturday, August 21, 2021

Business Analysis Webinars for August 2021 - Part IV

 Please scroll down to the date, or name, of the webinar in which you are interested.

IIBA Certification Prep Webinar 

Presented by LN Mishra, AdaptiveUS

 

The demand for BAs is all time high with the US Department of Labor predicting a 14% increase every year. IIBA certified BAs earn 19% more, they progress faster in their career and win the best jobs. At the same time, IIBA examinations are hard to conquer. ~30% students are unable to complete the certification in their first attempt. In this live expert webinar, Adaptive experts discuss how to be IIBA certified in the very first attempt.

 

Agenda

    • How to earn $100K+ with IIBA certifications
    • IIBA certification requirements

    • IIBA certification process

    • Tips for the examination

    • Study aids and support from Adaptive for getting yourself IIBA certified.

    • Q&A on IIBA Certifications

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, August 25, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US      @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

The Trick to Keeping High-Level Requirements High-Level

Presented by Dan Tasker, Author, Consultant, Business Analyst

 

The trick to keeping high-level requirements high-level is recognizing that an information system has five fundamental capabilities. This webinar discusses what those capability types are, and how they can be used to document HLRs that set the scene for either detailed requirements, or evaluating COTS solutions.

This webinar will cover topics such as:
    • Similarities and differences between an HLR and an unrefined user story
    • How HLRs refine a project’s initial scope
    • The five fundamental capabilities of an information system
    • How to avoid detail-level requirements during HLR elicitation
    • The critical difference between stakeholders and subject matter experts

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, August 26, 2021; 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

  

Friday, August 13, 2021

Business Analysis Webinars for August 2021 - Part III

 Please scroll down to the date, or name, of the webinar in which you are interested.

IIBA Certification Prep Webinar 

Presented by LN Mishra, AdaptiveUS

 

The demand for BAs is all time high with the US Department of Labor predicting a 14% increase every year. IIBA certified BAs earn 19% more, they progress faster in their career and win the best jobs. At the same time, IIBA examinations are hard to conquer. ~30% students are unable to complete the certification in their first attempt. In this live expert webinar, Adaptive experts discuss how to be IIBA certified in the very first attempt.

 

Agenda

    • How to earn $100K+ with IIBA certifications
    • IIBA certification requirements

    • IIBA certification process

    • Tips for the examination

    • Study aids and support from Adaptive for getting yourself IIBA certified.

    • Q&A on IIBA Certifications

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, August 18, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US      @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Making Data POP! Telling Better Stories with Numbers

Presented by Lavina Wiebe, Business Analyst

 

Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and large data sets. By using visual elements like charts, graphs, maps, and other visuals data visualization makes it easier to identify, understand and share real-time trends, outliers, and patterns in data.

 

Our eyes are drawn to colors and patterns. We can quickly identify red from blue, square from circle. Our culture is visual, including everything from art and advertisements to TV and movies. Data visualization is another form of visual art that grabs our interest and keeps our eyes on the message. Data visualization helps to tell stories by curating data into a form easier to understand, highlighting the trends and outliers. A good visualization tells a story, removing the noise from data and highlighting the useful information. Find the story hidden in your data. Data visualization is important to see what’s happening, why, and what to do next.

 

Join Lavina Wiebe as she discusses how to make your data POP! and tell better stories using data to your senior management team. This allows the Business Analyst and Data Analyst to use data to support more informed decision making.

 

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, August 18, 2021; 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter

Cost: Free

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Ace the Case – Solving Case-Study & Scenario based CBAP Questions

Presented by Satheesh Sathyaseelan, CBAP, Assistant Manage, KPMG

 

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) is the most recognized Business Analysis certification in the World. Getting CBAP certified enables a professional to build credibility and gain confidence in the workplace. IIBA® Certified professionals (CBAP/CCBA) earn higher salary than non-certified professionals.

 

CBAP Certification Exam comprises Case-study and Scenario based questions. Answering these questions requires understanding of the concepts, their relationships, and application.

 

How is this webinar going to help?

 

We will focus on providing clear and actionable tips and tricks to solve the Case study and Scenario based questions efficiently.

 

Preparing for CBAP or CCBA certifications? Think of this session as a pit stop. You can join this guided and useful session to see how CBAP / CCBA exam questions are solved?

 

TAKEAWAYS

This session will help you to assess your preparation level or help you get started with the practice session.

 

Each participant will get free access to 50 questions with answers and explanations from the TECHCANVASS CBAP Question Bank.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, August 19, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

Monday, August 9, 2021

Business Analysis Webinars for August 2021 - Part II

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Which Agile Technique Should I Use?

Presented by Stephanie Hawkins, MSIA, CISA

 

Agile business analysis practitioners apply their experience and judgment in determining which agile techniques are appropriate to a given context and when to use a technique. A technique is a manner, method, or style for conducting a business analysis task or for shaping its output, according to the BABOK® v3 Guide Glossary

In this presentation, we will explore a variety of techniques in the "Agile Extension to BABOK® Guide V2" and which technique might be useful in a given context.

By participating in this discussion, you will learn technique as it relates to:

What are the three Agile planning horizons
    * How to relate contexts to techniques
    * What techniques work well for internal teams
    * What techniques work well with stakeholders external to the team

This presentation will be in American English.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2021; 7:00 am – 8:30 am EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Experiencing Agile Through Play

Presented by Alison (Ali) Orr Cox LEGO® Serious Play® Method Facilitator, ICAgile-Agile Coach, CBAP, AAC, PMP, PBA, SAFe Agilist, CSM, TKP, MBA, Management 3.0, ICAgile ICP

 

I am often asked why team members should do things like limit their WIP, or meet every day, or do retrospectives. The truth is that the Agile approach and its related practices can be hard to fully understand and embrace unless you experience them personally. For some, the first time they apply Agile is in the midst of their organization’s Agile Transformation efforts, which can be overwhelming and cause people to fall back on “the way we’ve always done it.”

 

I have found that when people step outside of the context of their work and instead walk through a high-level, fun simulation of Agile, it allows them to more fully grasp not only the concepts but also why the concepts are important. We use gamification because we believe games help a team experience new processes in a fun, supportive environment that enables them to understand key points in a relevant, clear, and memorable way through the 'serious play'.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Palmetto IIBA Chapter    @Palmettoiiba

Cost: Free for IIBA Members, $5 for Guests

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

IIBA Certification Prep Webinar 

Presented by LN Mishra, AdaptiveUS

 

The demand for BAs is all time high with the US Department of Labor predicting a 14% increase every year. IIBA certified BAs earn 19% more, they progress faster in their career and win the best jobs. At the same time, IIBA examinations are hard to conquer. ~30% students are unable to complete the certification in their first attempt. In this live expert webinar, Adaptive experts discuss how to be IIBA certified in the very first attempt.

 

Agenda

    • How to earn $100K+ with IIBA certifications
    • IIBA certification requirements

    • IIBA certification process

    • Tips for the examination

    • Study aids and support from Adaptive for getting yourself IIBA certified.

    • Q&A on IIBA Certifications

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, August 11, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US      @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

  

 

From Project to Product: “Big Rock” Constraints and How to Overcome Them

Presented by Anne Steiner, Vice President, Product and Technology, Cprime

 

Project-based thinking and process is often the largest inhibitor of achieving agility. It explains why the notion of ‘Project to Product' has gained such popularity to the point of becoming a buzzword in recent years.

Despite the enthusiasm about becoming a product-driven organization, many companies still hang onto their old project-based ways due to some “big rock” constraints, including funding and separation of IT and business.

So, what can you do to make a successful shift?

Join Anne Steiner, Cprime’s VP of Product & Technology, to explore the challenges you may face in your 
product agility journey and how to overcome them. We’ll explore:

    • Common constraints you may encounter when shifting from project to product and how to address them

    • How to shift to product-based funding models

    • The role of the product manager

    • Benefits you’ll experience with true product agility

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, August 12, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Cprime

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Lean Portfolio Strategy Part 3: Epic Management - Take the Exits

Presented by Michiko Quinones and Jean Dahl

 

Organizations might have set up all the process steps for portfolio flow: the monthly strategic portfolio review, the portfolio kanban, even the lean business case. But, they are still not getting the idea that small, testable, constantly evaluated initiatives are what really increase your output of value to the customer and put you way ahead of the competition.

In 
part 1 of this webinar we explored how signs of imitation LPM show up in an organization’s approach to strategy. In part 2, we covered how to organize around value streams with examples of successful LPM.

Now, in this third webinar in our Lean Portfolio Management series we’ll join Cprime's Michiko Quinones (Jira Align Consultant) and Jean Dahl (General Manager, Scaled Agility) to learn techniques to:

    • Question performing work that doesn't clearly align to your organization's strategy

    •         Develop a process that makes things smaller and testable when it comes to initiative creation and management

    • Build a culture that allows work to stop if it's not going to meet its intended purpose

    • Make sure that you are "thinking lean," rather than just "doing lean"

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, August 12, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Cprime

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Navigating Difficult Conversations

Presented by Andrea Brockmeier, PMP, PBA, ECBA, AAC, Watermark Learning

 

Engaging in difficult conversations constructively is a skill that can make or break working relationships. Environments where people are able to have tough discussions in a safe, positive way are more collaborative, creative, and productive. In this presentation, explore the myths surrounding conflict and get a new perspective on how to approach those dicey discussions most of us would rather avoid. You will learn the various responses to conflict and get an opportunity to reflect on your own biases. A structured conversation approach will be illustrated that can be used to create better outcomes for everyone involved. Expect to leave with fresh perspectives about how to navigate difficult conversations often resulting from the inevitable differences we experience when working with others.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, August 13, 2021; 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT

Host: Watermark Learning    @WatermarkLearn

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Agile Analysis Certification Chat

Presented by April Llamas, AAC

 

This is a free 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: Friday, August 13, 2021; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm PHT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

Monday, August 2, 2021

Business Analysis Webinars for August 2021

 Please scroll down to the date, or name, of the webinar in which you are interested.

IIBA Certification Prep Webinar 

Presented by LN Mishra, AdaptiveUS

 

The demand for BAs is all time high with the US Department of Labor predicting a 14% increase every year. IIBA certified BAs earn 19% more, they progress faster in their career and win the best jobs. At the same time, IIBA examinations are hard to conquer. ~30% students are unable to complete the certification in their first attempt. In this live expert webinar, Adaptive experts discuss how to be IIBA certified in the very first attempt.

 

Agenda

    • How to earn $100K+ with IIBA certifications
    • IIBA certification requirements

    • IIBA certification process

    • Tips for the examination

    • Study aids and support from Adaptive for getting yourself IIBA certified.

    • Q&A on IIBA Certifications

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, August 4, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US      @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

IIBA® Certification Chat

Presented by Andrea Brockmeier, PMP, PBA, ECBA, AAC, 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, August 6, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Watermark Learning     @WatermarkLearn

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

Monday, July 26, 2021

Business Analysis Webinars for July 2021 - Part IV

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Humans aren't resources; Change my mind

Presented by Coaching Agile Journeys

 

CAJ 064-Chris Stone-Humans aren't resources; Change my mind

Description and bio coming soon...

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Monday, July 26, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Coaching Agile Journeys      @CoachingAgileJo

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

The Role of Data in Business Analysis

Presented by Yulia Kosarenko, Principal Consultant, Why Change Consulting

 

A business analysis professional is responsible for understanding the business, the context of the business problem, and the processes that drive the organization. But analysis may not include a review of the data. By exploring business data, new information can be discovered to build understanding of the business behavior and performance.

 

How can data analysis be useful in your business analysis activities? What are possible sources for data exploration? Join us and find out!

 

Audience: IIBA Members

Date/Time: Wednesday, July 28, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis      @IIBA

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE] (Login to view Members Only webinars)

 

 

 

 

IIBA Certification Prep Webinar 

Presented by  LN Mishra, AdaptiveUS

 

The demand for BAs is all time high with the US Department of Labor predicting a 14% increase every year. IIBA certified BAs earn 19% more, they progress faster in their career and win the best jobs. At the same time, IIBA examinations are hard to conquer. ~30% students are unable to complete the certification in their first attempt. In this live expert webinar, Adaptive experts discuss how to be IIBA certified in the very first attempt.

 

Agenda

    • How to earn $100K+ with IIBA certifications
    • IIBA certification requirements

    • IIBA certification process

    • Tips for the examination

    • Study aids and support from Adaptive for getting yourself IIBA certified.

    • Q&A on IIBA Certifications

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, July 29, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US      @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

From Project to Product: “Big Rock” Constraints and How to Overcome Them

Presented by Ann Steiner, Vice President of Product and Technology, Cprime

 

Project-based thinking and process is often the largest inhibitor of achieving agility. It explains why the notion of ‘Project to Product' has gained such popularity to the point of becoming a buzzword in recent years.

Despite the enthusiasm about becoming a product-driven organization, many companies still hang onto their old project-based ways due to some “big rock” constraints, including funding and separation of IT and business.

So, what can you do to make a successful shift?

Join Anne Steiner, Cprime’s VP of Product & Technology, to explore the challenges you may face in your 
product agility journey and how to overcome them. We’ll explore:

    • Common constraints you may encounter when shifting from project to product and how to address them

    • How to shift to product-based funding models

    • The role of the product manager

    • Benefits you’ll experience with true product agility

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, July 29, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Cprime      @Cprimeinc

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

The Business Analyst and Strategic Thinking

Presented by Steve Blais, PMP, PBA, Author | Consultant | Coach

 

All projects are tactical. And as a result, project managers are trained as tacticians, tactical thinkers. However, all projects start as part of an overall strategy for the organization; each project is a step toward achieving one of the organization’s strategic goals. Successful projects never lose the strategic vision of which the project is a part. Recommendations, decisions, actions taken all have to have some sense in light of the strategic impact of those decisions or actions.

And who is going to provide that strategic oversight to the tactical project?

The business analyst is in the best role to apply that strategic thinking to a project to make sure the results of the project contribute to the strategic goals of the organization and those results do not have a negative organizational impact in the future.

This webinar discusses the things a business analyst can do to become more aligned to thinking strategically and applying that strategic thinking to the projects the business analyst is involved with, as well as to everything else the business analyst does in life.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, July 29, 2021; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst      @ModernAnalyst

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

  

Friday, July 16, 2021

Business Analysis Webinars for July 2021 - Part III

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How to Align your Investments with Future Strategic Outcomes Using Participatory Budgeting

Presented by Deema Dajani, Scaled Agile, and John Kosco, Cprime

 

Participatory Budgeting is the Lean Portfolio Management process of allocating the total portfolio budgets to its value streams. It offers Portfolio stakeholders the ability to gain cross-functional participation in portfolio budgeting decisioning while allowing organizations to optimize their investment dollars.

The results are higher quality investments, greater organization buy-in, better ownership of outcomes, improved morale, and better responsiveness to market demands.

Join Deema Dajani, SPCT Advisor and Scaled Agile Product Manager (Scaled Agile, Inc.) and John Kosco, Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach (Cprime), for a valuable 30 minute demo of Participatory Budgeting focusing on:

    • Gaining alignment and commitment from key portfolio stakeholders

    • lncreasing responsiveness, visibility and understanding future strategic investments

    • Increasing effective use of investment dollars aligned to outcomes

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 20, 2021; 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm EDT

Host: Cprime      @Cprimeinc

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

  

 

 

Agile Metrics Survey 2021 — How Do You Compare?

Presented by Stefan Wolpers and Dr. Alex Bergmann

 

In 2020 and 2021, more than 1,153 participants from over 20 countries and organizations from less than 50 to more than 10,000 employees participated in a hands-on survey on agile metrics launched by Berlin-Product-People. The goal of this survey was to learn about who is using what agile metrics in which context to get a better understanding of how becoming agile is progressing at a team level or within an organization?

 

Join Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers and Dr. Alex Bergmann, Statistician to learn what they discovered!

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, July 22, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

IIBA Certification Prep Webinar 

Presented by  LN Mishra, AdaptiveUS

 

The demand for BAs is all time high with the US Department of Labor predicting a 14% increase every year. IIBA certified BAs earn 19% more, they progress faster in their career and win the best jobs. At the same time, IIBA examinations are hard to conquer. ~30% students are unable to complete the certification in their first attempt. In this live expert webinar, Adaptive experts discuss how to be IIBA certified in the very first attempt.

 

Agenda

    • How to earn $100K+ with IIBA certifications
    • IIBA certification requirements

    • IIBA certification process

    • Tips for the examination

    • Study aids and support from Adaptive for getting yourself IIBA certified.

    • Q&A on IIBA Certifications

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, July 22, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Adaptive US      @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Implement OKRs for Breakthrough Performance

Presented by Dan Weikart, Cprime, and Evan Campbell, Gtmhub

 

Numerous recent studies illustrate the woeful state of employee engagement, motivation and alignment in corporations across the globe. Engagement, Motivation and Alignment translate directly to measures of productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. Even employees with the best intentions are ineffective at best, destructive at worst if they’re working on the wrong things instead of producing outcomes that advance corporate strategy.

Successful strategy doesn’t come from defining a great strategy, it comes from deploying and executing a great strategy. Strategy deployment and execution must overcome the powerful force of entropy that produces strategy decay. Strategy decay causes the best strategy to become misunderstood and mis-implemented by your workers.

Join Dan and Evan as they illustrate powerful patterns and practices for maximizing alignment through OKRs, and will share the proven methods for maximizing knowledge-worker motivation and engagement, and share some simple models that demonstrate MASSIVE HARD FINANCIAL BENEFITS produced by mastering adaptive strategy through OKRs. 

 

3 Key Learning Objectives:

    • Understand the linkage between employee alignment, motivation, and engagement

    • Understand how the above three drive employee and organizational effectiveness

    • Understand how OKRs combined with modern organizational leadership practices produce hard financial benefits and competitive advantage

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, July 22, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Cprime      @Cprimeinc

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

5 Steps to Successful Negotiation

Presented by Susan Heidorn, CBAP, PMP, BRMP, CSM, AAC, ACA, Watermark Learning

 

Being able to negotiate well is critical for any project professional. You need to clarify what you hope to gain from negotiating, as well as understand the other side’s objectives to reach a mutually beneficial result. This webinar provides a quick overview of negotiation, the key components in a negotiation, and the 5 steps that will lead you to successful negotiation.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, July 23, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Watermark Learning      @WatermarkLearn

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]