Business Analysis Webinars for June 2021 - Part IV

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 Should a Project Manager Become a Scrum Master?

Presented by Eric Naiburg, Chief Operating Officer, Scrum.org

 

This question comes up often: “I am a project manager and our company is moving to agile or Scrum, does that mean I will now become a Scrum Master?” In response, we hesitate and then give the unwelcomed answer of “It depends.” And it really does depend. The Scrum Master role is deep and wide. Scrum Masters need to support their teams while working with the rest of the people in their organizations to build awareness and enable greater agility. A Scrum Master’s job is not to manage a project or deliver status reports — duties that people associate with the role of a traditional project manager. As a matter of fact, Scrum Masters may not get involved in status reports at all. In this webinar, Eric Naiburg, COO, Scrum.org, will discuss the potential move to an agile way of working, the role of the Scrum Master, and what that means for people currently in the role of Project Manager.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 22, 2021; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org and BA Times     @BATimes

Cost: Free

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Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - Product Backlog Management - Chuck Suscheck

Presented by Check Suscheck, Professional Scrum Trainer

 

Do you have a tough time delivering product frequently? Do you seem to always have carry over in your Sprints? Maybe you’re not refining your Product Backlog effectively. Ask all of your questions about Product Backlog management to PST Dr. Chuck Suscheck, in this episode of the Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer webinar series. You will learn about his experience and advice for Product Backlog breakdown. Chuck is a Course Steward for the Professional Scrum Product Owner course and has helped many companies break down work so that they can deliver faster and have more predictability and he’ll be at your disposal in this session of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, June 23, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

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10 Business Analysis Techniques for Business Intelligence Analysts

Presented by Rachel Wilterkink, Senior Business Analyst, Skyline Technologies

 

Are you a Business Intelligence Analyst or Engineer? Are you sometimes tasked with not only developing BI solutions, but also identifying and modeling the requirements for them? If so (or if not), you may struggle with tools to elicit and analyze the right requirements. Well, you are in luck, because the IIBA has a plethora of techniques that anyone performing your job can learn to get better requirements to build the best solutions. Join me to learn more about these basic Business Analysis techniques.

 

Key Objective:

    Add new Business Analysis techniques to your BI Analyst toolbox

 

Audience: IIBA Members

Date/Time: Wednesday, June 23, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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Cracking CBAP Certification: Smarter Approach

Presented by Satheesh S.

 

IIBA’s Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) is the top Business Analysis certification in the world. Getting CBAP certified enables a professional to build credibility and gain confidence in the workplace. There is a difference between working hard and working smart and there is always a more efficient approach for the same. Busy business analysis professionals are usually short on time. Wouldn’t you like to know how you can be smarter in your approach to prepare for certification? Techcanvass has developed an approach based on discussions with hundreds of CBAP certified professionals over the last few years, and this webinar will help you devise an optimal approach – the smarter way – to crack these certifications.

 

We will focus on:

    • CBAP Certification exam and its format

    • What makes people crack CBAP certification?

    • What are the primary reasons for failure?

    • The smarter way to crack the exam – A step by step approach

    • Questions and Answers FREE TO PARTICIPANTS:

 

During the webinar, Techcanvass Representative will give away access codes for a free Requirements Life cycle Management (RLCM) knowledge area video course with quiz.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, June 24, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis     @IIBA

Cost: Free

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The Thoughtless Design of Everyday Things

Presented by Karl Wiegers, Principal Consultant, Process Impact

 

Why do so many software systems and physical products seem to have been designed by someone who has never used a product like that before? This presentation explores that mystery. You’ll see numerous examples of thoughtlessly designed products that violate nine principles of good design, along with some examples of particularly effective designs. Studying such products reveals many lessons that can help designers, product development managers, and even consumers. You’ll also see multiple techniques to help designers craft products with a focus on how consumers will use them, not just on their features. Whether you're a designer or just an interested and curious consumer -- like me -- you'll find this presentation insightful and entertaining.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, June 24, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalyst

Cost: Free

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Leveraging the Early Warning Signs of IT Project Failure (and Success)

Presented by John Bowen

 

In this presentation we will explain why the key to project success is tracking the Early Warning Signs of project malfunction, how to monitor them continuously and how to leverage strategic project intelligence to implement a systemic approach to effective project management, and success.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, June 24, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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 BAs on the Street with Retta Witter       

Presented by Stephanie Hawkins and Retta Witter, Bluegrass IIBA Chapter

 

BAs on the Street is a new live event and video series in which we will have conversations with business analysis professionals in our local community to see what is going on in the local business analysis community. We will talk with business analyst all along the experience spectrum from those new to the profession to those with decades of business analysis experience. We will talk about the thrills and challenges of being a BA; and discuss the daily work of business analysts and where they may see the profession going in the future. We will then take questions from the audience.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, June 24, 2021; 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for June 2021 - Part III

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Networking Strategies for Your Career

Presented by Kristen Call, Intel; and Susan Moore, IIBA

 

Networking should be a key part of your career growth strategy. So why is it so hard? Compounded with the pandemic, connecting with the right people is more difficult than ever.

 

In this panel discussion we will cover:

    -  The importance of networking & tips you can employ to make those vital connections

    -  Experiences and successes with networking from our panelists

    -  How to use your network to find the right mentors or land you your next job opportunity

  

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 15, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

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Prepare Your People for the Challenging Business World: Management Certification and Women’s Leadership Development

Presented by Lauren McNally, Director at AMA Women’s Leadership Center; and Jeff Becker, Director at Corporate Learning Solutions at AMA

 

This webinar will highlight the benefits of the Global Knowledge’s exciting new offerings through the American Management Association (AMA)—AMA’s Certified Professional in Management^TM (AMA-CPM) and AMA’s Women’s Leadership Center (WLC).

 

In order to keep up with the changing ways of business, organizations need their people to be prepared to lead. The American Management Association has developed AMA-CPMTM as the ground-breaking professional certification for managers. Attend this event to discover the four critical competencies successful managers need to respond to the growing demands of today’s business world. In addition, learn how AMA’s Women’s Leadership Center (WLC) can bring value and long-term benefits to your present and future women leaders through community and meaningful education.

 

In this Webinar, you will learn:

    -  The value of a Management Framework, AMA-CPMTM for your organization

    -  How having higher performing managers can reduce turnover and inefficiencies in your organization

    -  How your women’s leadership initiative can strength leadership skills for women and support achieving a more diverse and inclusive workplace

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 15, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Host: Global Knowledge    @GlobalKnowledge

Cost: Free

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BA Career Series: What is Organizational Change Management?

Presented by Mary Valli, CBAP, Lead Business Analyst, Progressive Insurance

 

Come join us as Mary Valli walks us through the principles and tenets of Organizational Change Management. Attendees will learn:

    ·   What is Organizational Change Management?

    ·   Why use OCM?

    ·   How can it integrate with “common” methodologies?

    ·   What BA skillsets are used with OCM?

    ·   What to avoid?

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 15, 2021; 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm EDT

Host: Cleveland IIBA Chapter and Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

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Want to Flow faster? Then get your 4x4 in gear.

Presented by Jim Sammons, Professional Scrum Trainer 

 

Understanding the 4 Kanban practices and the 4 Kanban metrics of Professional Scrum with Kanban

Scrum is an excellent framework for many teams, but in my experience some teams want or need more.
More data, more visualization, more focus on getting things done. But, sometimes the team needs less.
Less anxiety. Less ambiguity. Less waste.

By combining Professional Scrum with Kanban principles and metrics we have a phenomenal opportunity to ask the right questions sooner, solve the right problems faster and measure more of what matters. In this webinar, Professional Scrum Trainer Jim Sammons will discuss the Professional Scrum with Kanban “4x4”. The 4 principle and 4 metrics that will help your Scrum Team focus on flow and be able to use data to solve the right problems sooner, have better conversations with stakeholders and optimize their flow. Jim will discuss the practices and metrics that Scrum Teams can use with Kanban to focus on their flow and create a basis for continuous improvement.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, June 16, 2021; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for June 2021 - Part II

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Leveraging the Early Warning Signs of IT Project Failure (and Success)

Presented by John Bowen

 

In this presentation we will explain why the key to project success is tracking the Early Warning Signs of project malfunction, how to monitor them continuously and how to leverage strategic project intelligence to implement a systemic approach to effective project management, and success.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, June 10, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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IIBA® Certification Chat

Presented by Susan Heidorn, CBAP, PMP, 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, June 11, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT

Host: Watermark Learning     @WatermarkLearn

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for June 2021

 

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Women in Leadership & Technology: Elevate with Grit Panel Series

Presented by Marie-Christine Legault, Head of Canada at Cprime; and Joanne Yo, Canada Regional Lead at Atlassian

 

What is "Elevate with Grit"?

 

Hear from women in the workforce as they share obstacles overcome and lessons learned from climbing the career ladder to positions of power and influence. Listen to their stories and be inspired to continue barreling a wider path forward and upward for females and their careers. Marie-Christine Legault, Head of Canada at Cprime, and Joanne Yo, Canada Regional Lead at Atlassian, will host and moderate each episode of the panel series.

Theme: Speaking Up

This episode features Debra Christmas (Sr Executive Partner, Gartner), Judy Croon (Canada’s Key Humorist), and Sarah Monzel (Sr Director of Product Agility, Cprime). We will explore different ways they have spoken up and made their voices heard, whether it is a boardroom, on stage, or a Zoom meeting!

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 1, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Cprime     @Cprimeinc

Cost: Free

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You Need User Acceptance Tests (UATs) as well as User Story Acceptance Tests

Presented by Robin Goldsmith

 

In this webinar you will learn how to create true UATs that catch and prevent Agile’s well-known difficulties integrating multiple pieces of working code.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 1, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro  

Cost: Free

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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, June 3, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for May 2021 - Part III

Listen with Empathy – A Story Telling of Hearts Touches Hearts with Empathy

Presented by Rose Chui

 

In this webinar, we will introduce you to a "Listening with Empathy Story Telling Workshop" that anyone can learn to facilitate.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 27, 2021; 11:00 am – 11:30 am EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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Financial Analysis for Business Analysis Professionals

Presented by LN Mishra, CBAP, AAC, President, Adaptive US

 

Business stakeholders speak the language of Finance. Business analysts often come with a background in information technology and lack knowledge of finance. Understanding financial analysis is key for business analysts to convince stakeholders regarding the need for investing into IT.

 

We'll discuss:

    • What is financial analysis

    • Why business analysts must learn financial analysis

    • Common techniques used during financial analysis

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 27, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Sponsor: Adaptive US     @AdaptiveUS

Cost: Free

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Leveraging the Early Warning Signs of IT Project Failure (and Success)

Presented by John Bowen

 

In this presentation we will explain why the key to project success is tracking the Early Warning Signs of project malfunction, how to monitor them continuously and how to leverage strategic project intelligence to implement a systemic approach to effective project management, and success.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 27, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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How to Navigate the Messy Connection Between Work and Value in Your Team

Presented by Dave West, CEO, Scrum.org

 

Everyone knows that agile approaches are designed to deliver value. The idea of incremental delivery in pursuit of a mission for customers is fundamental to Scrum and the Agile Manifesto. So why is it so hard to decide on a Sprint Goal? And why, when asked about progress, do people talk about velocity and Story Points? Many Scrum Teams’ reality is that their very reason for being is defined not by value but by work. But what changes when teams and organizations look to value instead of work?

In this talk, Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org, discusses the interesting, messy connection between work and value. He outlines how changes to the Scrum Guide have shone a spotlight on the challenge that many teams face when delivering more value.

In this webinar you will learn:

    • Why value is important and what happens when you are missing it.

    • How to measure value inside and outside the team.

    • What teams and leaders can do to better orient towards value.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 27, 2021; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

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Business Analysis Webinars for May 2021-Part II

How to Capture Business Decisions using DMN

Presented by Matteo Mortari and Denis Gagné  

 

Businesses continuously make Business Decisions. Some of these decisions are strategic business decisions, but a lot are operational business decisions taken every day within every transaction. With the ever-increasing number of laws and regulations that may apply or regulate these operational business decisions, business analysts are more often called upon to document/specify how these business decisions are to be taken in order to provide transparency and to offer auditable traces of the actual decisions taken. In this insightful session, we will introduce how business analysts can use DMN to capture the requirements for operational business decisions, some of the recurring basic patterns in modeling these business decisions and will even show how to transform these decision models into actual executable business decision services.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Monday, May 17, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis     @IIBA

Cost: Free

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A Few Things About The Internet of Things (IoT) – An Introduction

Presented by Henry Will

 

In this webinar, you will be able to gain a better understanding of what IoT is, how it works, and where it’s used. 

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 18, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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The Fundamentals of Product Ownership Analysis

Presented by Howard Podeswa, Author, Thought Leader

 

Are you interested in growing in the area of Product Ownership, but not sure where to start? Product Owner job growth is projected to be 24%* in the US, and worldwide the market for individuals with Product Ownership and analysis skills is in demand. In IIBA’s next webinar in the Product Ownership series, we walk you through the main fundamentals of Product Ownership Analysis.

 

Webinar participants will learn about:

    • An overall understanding of the Product Owner role and its intersection points with Business Analysis

    • Core competencies of Product Ownership

    • Key frameworks and practices in the Agile family that impact the PO: Kanban, Scrum, XP, DevOps, SAFe, ATDD

    • Tips on selecting an Agile planning framework

    • Additional important aspects to consider in Agile organizations

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 19, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Succeeding with OKRs in Agile with Allan Kelly

Presented by Allan Kelly, Author

 

OKRs are about goals bigger than the next story. OKRs prioritize purpose and strategy over backlogs. Objectives are big goals; key results are smaller goals that build towards the objective.

Does your agile team get lead astray by burning fires? Do you struggle to keep your agile team focused? Do you want to know more about OKRs and how they can help? Then this is the webinar for you.

In this interactive webinar, Allan Kelly, author of "Succeeding with OKRs in Agile: How to create & deliver objectives & key results for teams" will answer your questions. During the session you'll hear:

✔ What OKRs are, and how they differ from traditional 'management by objective' approaches
✔ How OKRS relate to backlogs, how they can be measured, and the importance of removing subjectivity
✔ Why having a strategy is more important in an agile context, and how OKRs relate to strategy
✔ Common OKR challenges and how to overcome them.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 20, 2021; 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Host: Blackmetric Business Solutions     @Blackmetric

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

BAs on the Street with Stephanie Hawkins

Presented by Bluegrass IIBA Chapter

 

BAs on the Street is a new live event and video series in which we will have conversations with business analysis professionals in our local community to see what is going on in the local business analysis community. We will talk with business analyst all along the experience spectrum from those new to the profession to those with decades of business analysis experience. We will talk about the thrills and challenges of being a BA; and discuss the daily work of business analysts and where they may see the profession going in the future. We will then take questions from the audience.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 20, 2021; 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter     @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

Business Analysis Webinars for May 2021

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Digital Transformation Through Portfolio Management

Presented by Steve Blais, PMP, Senior Instructor, Consultant, Coach, International Institute for Learning

 

Digital transformation is the major emphasis of corporations today, especially international and global corporations. It is driven by a continuing stream of new and disruptive technologies that allow corporations to reach and interact with their customers in new and innovative ways.

 

Technologies are allowing, and even demanding, that organizations change the way they do business. The success stories in digital transformation are legend. But digital transformation cannot be managed in the traditional project and program management approaches.

 

One of the more successful approaches to managing digital transformation is through portfolio management. This webinar explains what digital transformation is and what it might mean to your organization, how digital transformation is affected, and why portfolio management might be the best way to manage a successful digital transformation.

 

What You Will Learn:

After this one-hour session, you will be able to answer the following questions:

    • What is digital transformation?

    • How will digital transformation affect me?

    • How is digital transformation being pursued inside an organization?

    • How should digital transformation initiatives be managed within the organization?

  

Audience: Public

Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Host: International Institute for Learning     @IIL

Cost: Free

Time: 6:00 am – 7:00 am EDT: [REGISTER HERE]   OR   Time: 1:30 Pm – 2:30 Pm EDT: [REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

7 Lessons Learned When Scaling and Aligning Outcomes Using Nexus

Presented by Anca Tanase and Ravi Verma

 

In this webinar, Anca Tanase and Ravi Verma will recap their journey of scaling Professional Scrum across 21 teams using the Nexus framework. They will share the key challenges they faced and the lessons they learned when scaling multiple Nexuses to form a Nexus+. of teams that were not only geographically distributed across 3 continents, but also represented 6 distinct organizations.

Along the way, Anca and Ravi unpack the lessons they learned by answering the 7 questions they faced when scaling Scrum and Agile across 21 teams in an organization.

-Why scale?
-How do we choose our scaling framework?
-Who should we include in our scaling initiative?
-How do we learn about scaling?
-What barriers might impede our scaling initiative?
-How do we overcome these barriers?
-How do we measure the benefits of scaling?

  

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 6, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

The Influencing Formula: Tapping into Your Influencing Potential

Presented by Andrea Brockmeier, PMP, CSM, PBA, AAC

 

Project managers, business analysts, and other project professionals seldom have authority over the resources they depend on to get things done. Even leaders at the highest levels are more effective when they rely on influence as opposed to authority when working with others. What are the components of influencing that seem to be second nature to some and a mystery to others? This presentation will identify a simple Influencing Formula that can be used by anyone in any position who needs to have an impact on how others think, feel, or act.

Specifically, this presentation describes:

    • The components of the Influencing Formula

    • Tips for building and maintaining trust

    • Keys to being prepared to influence

    • The role of courage in effective influencing

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: May 7, 2021; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Watermark Learning     @WatermarkLearn

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

Trends and Career Opportunities in Business Analysis

Presented by Delvin Fletcher, President and CEO, International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) 

 

The International Institute of Business Analysis has the unique perspective of looking at key trends and how business analysis is being conducted around the world. That research has accelerated under Delvin Fletcher’s leadership. In this presentation we’ll take a brief look at some of these trends and their impact on business analysis skills and roles.

Topics to be covered include:

    • Business analysis skills and capabilities sought by leaders

    • Trends in certification growth and requirements

    • A look at how leaders look at business analysis         

    • Trends that will impact how BA professional long and near term career planning

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 11, 2021; 7:00 am – 8:30 am EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter     @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

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BA Fringe: Celebrating Ideas at the Edges (S2E5): Season Finale!

Presented by Blackmetric Business Solutions

 

This episode includes:

✔ BAs can't work in a vacuum: Tips for cultivating change in complex situations - with Dr. Emma Langman
✔ The future of business analysis - with Dr. Debra Paul, Christina Lovelock & David Beckham
✔ Culture & Measurement - with James Robertson
✔ Clean Language with Will Izzard

PLUS a chance for one lucky winner to WIN a prize courtesy of our sponsors, IIBA!

More to be announced!

#BAFringe is a livestreamed event that discusses ideas on the fringes of business analysis. This includes new perspectives, new ideas, and concepts from disciplines that intersect with business analysis. Proudly sponsored by IIBA.

Get your place now for the season 2 finale of #BAFringe! The agenda will be announced shortly. There will also be an exclusive ‘afterparty’ —15 minutes of the show that are available live, in Zoom, and won’t be recorded. Miss it, miss out!

That’s the #BAFringe. It’s fun, experimental and authentically live.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 11, 2021; 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm EDT

Host: Blackmetric Business Solutions     @Blackmetric

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - Russell Miller - Answering Your Most Pressing Questions about Scrum

Presented by Russell Miller, Professional Scrum Trainer

 

Scrum itself is a simple framework for effective team collaboration on complex products. 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, Professional Scrum Trainer Russell Miller will answer your questions about Scrum. How can we improve customer outcomes by focusing on values within the Scrum Team? How can you inspect the values at work in your team? What are team values? How can you identify the behaviors team members think are important? Come learn how to create positive, productive team norms that lead to high morale and great customer outcomes!

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 12, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

10 Techniques for Business Analysts to Model and Analyze Business Intelligence Requirements

Presented by Rachel Wilterdink, CBAP, Senior Business Analyst Consultant, Skyline Technologies

  

Are you a Business Analyst working on a business intelligence project for the first time? If you are (and maybe if you aren’t), you might struggle with identifying and modeling your requirements. BI projects are unique and present different challenges from traditional software development work. Fortunately, IIBA has many techniques that can aid you in this task. Join Rachael Wilterdink to learn more about these techniques.

 

Audience: IIBA Members

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

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis     @IIBA

Cost: Free

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From Project to Product: Let’s Talk Funding

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

 

Despite the substantial buzz about becoming a product-driven organization, all too often companies are holding on to their old project-based ways due to some "big rock" constraints. The biggest one being the project-based funding model.

In this webinar with Anne Steiner, Vice President of Product and Technology at Cprime, you’ll learn:

    • How the transition from project to product affects funding models

    • Why project-based funding models stifle agility

    • The benefits of product-based funding models

 

We'll share real life examples, provide guidance on how to approach this conversation with your finance department, and suggest a path to iteratively change funding models for your organization.

 

 

Audience: Public

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

Host: Cprime

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

 

 

BA Career Series: The Rise and Benefits of Robotic Process Automation

Presented by Thomas Haver, Test Automation Architect

 

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a term given to technology that allows developers to programmatically emulate the actions of a human to execute a business process. RPA often operates on the user interface (UI) layer to capture data or interact with an application or across multiple applications to perform tasks that are considered repetitive or time-consuming. Originally focused on business processes, many RPA solutions now integrate with SDLC tools. While the promises of easy adoption and scaling are made by almost every vendor, the reality is long-term commitment to an RPA program is the same as any new application. In this presentation, the audience will learn about the benefits of RPA, multiple RPA use cases, and how RPA can be assimilated into an enterprise.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 12, 2021; 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT

Host: Columbus, OH and Bluegrass IIBA Chapters     @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

The Science of Emotional Intelligence

Presented by Debbie Kvacky

 

In this webinar we will explore the brain science behind emotions and some practical methods for managing them, for both personal and professional success.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 13, 2021; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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Leveraging the Early Warning Signs of IT Project Failure (and Success)

Presented by John Bowen

 

In this presentation we will explain why the key to project success is tracking the Early Warning Signs of project malfunction, how to monitor them continuously and how to leverage strategic project intelligence to implement a systemic approach to effective project management, and success.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, May 13, 2021; 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Host: The Great IT Pro

Cost: Free

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Agile Analysis Certification Screen-side Chat

Presented by Bharati Parimi, CSM, AAC and Cherie Roehm, PMP, AAC, One10 Marketing

 

This is a free online chat session with some 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 mentors. 

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, May 14, 2021; 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter     @IIBABluegrass

Cost: Free

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