Live Webinar October 23rd, 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)

In this webinar, you will learn about the important relationship between Business Analysts and Project Managers, in the context of a four-step process for eliciting effective requirements.

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Live Webinar October 23, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

Requirements definition and management and business architecture are complimentary disciplines that must blend together to create the tune everyone wants to hear: Project success and business value.

Organizational strategies need to be linked to:

• Objectives,
• Goals,
• Projects,
• Capabilities,
• Functions,
• Processes, and
• Use cases

While requirements are instrumental in clarifying visions and building solutions into the business architecture.

These two ends of the spectrum of planning and operationalizing value need to function together to maximize business benefits from IT investment.

In this one-hour webinar, Enfocus Solutions, Inc., CEO Keith Ellis (LinkedIn profile) details how to synchronize the projects and requirements layer and the business architecture layer.

Participants will leave with new insights on how to harmonize requirements, manage impact, and value management – all to drive organizational performance, decrease costs, and increase efficiencies

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope

As a Category C, ‘Self Directed Learning’, activity remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder.’

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Live Webinar Oct 23rd, 2013, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT or …
Live Webinar Oct 23rd, 2013, 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hr Webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Is Software Testing A Waste Of Time & Money?

Many people outside of the testing profession seem to think so, and, based on the relative paucity of money devoted to testing compared to other activities in the lifecycle, it’s certainly not a high priority for many organizations.

• Is that smart?
• Why do we test software?
• What benefits, goals, and objectives does testing serve?

Attend this presentation to learn solid, hard-headed, convincing reasons why testing is one of the smartest investments you can make, and why organizations that invest in testing receive long-lasting benefits from doing so.

Rex will lay out the case for software testing and answer your questions.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

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Live Webinar October 22nd, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

Business Analysis Continues To Evolve

Within companies, new roles and titles like product manager, strategic analyst, enterprise analyst are emerging.

…. And outside, some BAs are starting to peddle their services as independents.

That small but growing number of consulting BAs face many challenges and decisions in booting up their solo practice.

This session will elaborate several different approaches and business models to going independent, and will present case studies from five different practitioners who have “taken their show on the road”.

Upon Completion, You will:

1. Know the challenges and rewards of going independent
2. Understand four valid business models for solo BA practice
3. Gained confidence to begin exploring your own possibility for going solo
4. Hear directly from BAs who have made the jump

Presenter: Curtis Michelson (LinkedIn profile, @SpecsRex) is a Board officer of IIBA Central IIBA Florida chapter and brings a diverse professional background to bear on his consulting practice as a solo business analyst, speaker and trainer.With over 15 years in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) as well as prior work in Marketing and Communications, he brings a wide-angle view to organizational change initiatives.

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