Live Webinar March 15th, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Bringing project stakeholders together in collaborative meetings is an effective way to quickly make decisions and complete project work with a high degree of alignment and buy-in.

Use of a brainstorming activity is a high energy and powerful way to uncover hundreds of ideas during meetings. However, there is more to brainstorming than just gathering a list of ideas which can often be misinterpreted or dismissed, after the energy of the meeting subsides.

Understanding what those rapidly collected ideas really meant to the stakeholders, before the meaning is forgotten, is where the real value and power of brainstorming is leveraged.

In this 1 hour live in-depth Webinar participants learn how to:

• Structure brainstorming sessions to collect ideas in collaborative meetings
• Focus ideas captured during brainstorming to increase relevance to the meeting objective
• Use questioning techniques to guide brainstorming and improve brainstorm quality
• Use questioning techniques to drive clarity and increase buy in of brainstormed ideas
• How to avoid common mistakes which sabotage a brainstorm activity

Solutions Cube Group’s live Webinars address many relevant project issues. Join us for this 1 hour in depth presentation to learn how to increase the value and effectiveness of brainstorming while avoiding the common pitfalls which sabotage the best intentions of any brainstorming effort.

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Live Webinar March 14th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

This webinar will focus on the quality aspect of the software deliverable and how the organization can design, implement and manage a quality management system for the software that they produce.

Presenter: Janet Russac (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar – March 14th, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Offered by BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 2 Hr 2 Cat A PDU/CDUs – $89.99 USD for 2 PDUs / CDUs
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All Access Pass – 6 Months for $229.95 USD or 1 YR $349.95
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In this advanced webinar Greg will cover the role of the Agile BA, and go deeper into the areas of working with user experience, developers, testers, product owners, and the business. Greg will also cover behavior driven development, and the criticality of defining acceptance criteria before tests or code are written.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Understand how to use traditional business analysis practices in parallel with Agile requirement management techniques
• Understand the role of the product owner, and how the Business Analyst interacts with the role
• Learn tools to use for managing requirements discovered mid-project

Additional Learning Objectives

• Learn advanced analysis techniques such as staggered sprints and story mapping
• Discover the secret to ensuring the BA, QA, and Development are in sync before coding begins – or tests are written.

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Numerous templates and examples you can use in your workplace
• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Greg Smith (LinkedIn profile) is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Agile Project Manager, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, a seasoned Agile coach and the founder of GS Solutions Group. Greg has received numerous awards for his work in helping start-ups establish good software practices, and for helping large enterprises overcome bureaucracy and deliver urgent projects. Greg has been instructing Agile Project Management courses since 2005 and in 2009 Greg co-authored Becoming Agile: …in an imperfect world. This book is on the suggested reading list for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner exam.

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Live Webinar March 14th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

Problem Tracking Systems
Ensure Issues Are Not Neglected Or Lost

Problem tracking provides an organized approach to tracking, management, and resolution of defects, issues, problems, and risks throughout business analysis activities.

Management of issues is important so that they can be resolved in a timely manner to ensure success. Problems may include issues, questions, risks, defects, conflicts, or other concerns that need to be tracked to resolution.

This webinar series is open to everyone in the BA Community and the IIBA strongly encourages you to invite your project Managers, senior leaders and key decision makers in your organization to attend. This webinar will also be archived and posted on our website for further viewing.

Join IIBA for their vendor webinar series dedicated to showing you specific tools that will help you perform your business analysis duties more effectively.

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Live Webinar March 15th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Project teams must be able to understand and document the full scope of their project effort and communicate all of the project deliverables that must be built. Without this complete picture of the project outcomes, the risk of project failure increases due to higher probability that requirements and related solutions will missed from the project effort.

Establishing the project’s Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) provides the most comprehensive baseline of expected project deliverables. Building the WBS is not a one time project activity. The WBS is expanded using progressive elaboration to incorporate growing knowledge of the project as the project scope is being defined.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn about:

• Factors that influence the content of the WBS
• Updating the WBS to reflect clarifications provided by Objectives, Context Diagram, Constraints, CSFs and Project Assumptions
• Ensuring the WBS accurately reflects only those deliverables that are in scope for the project

Solutions Cube Group’s live Webinars address many relevant project issues. Join them for this 1 hour in depth presentation to learn about how the Project Scope Statement provides valuable knowledge to build and adjust the WBS ensuring it represents the full scope of the project effort.

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Live Webinar March 14th, 2013 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU Free Course ID: MDW1267

Leadership Is About Change And Moving Forward

Successful project managers are effective communicators that know when and how to be a leader. Each person, organization, and project requires a different style and approach to leadership.

This webinar will introduce the three fundamental building blocks of leadership; who, what, and how. You will examine who is the leader and who needs to lead, what leadership is needed for the project (taking into consideration organizational, cultural, and project needs) and how you can use leadership models, skills, and techniques to build your leadership platform.

Learning objectives include:

• Understand the three fundamental building blocks of leaders and leadership
• Determine who needs to lead and what does the perfect leader look like for a project
• Examine organizational cultural dimensions and the impact on leading your projects
• Explore several leadership models and where they work best

About the Presenter:

Star Dargin (LinkedIn profile), PCC, CPCC, instructor and consultant for Corporate Education Group, is founder of Star Leadership, a management consulting firm that offers coaching, training, and consulting services for businesses.

Star held leadership positions at several high-tech companies, in roles such as Director of Engineering, Director of Project Managers, and International Program Manager; additionally, Star is an adjunct professor at Boston University where she teaches graduate level courses on Leadership and Communication for Project Managers.

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