Live Webinar February 26th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

NOTE: We have listed this as a Category B but the provider has stated that this session is ** Eligible for PDUs, CDUs. ** This most likely will be a category A presentation by Diversified Business Communications (Rep #1811 – parent company). More Information will be available will be available at the end of the session.

There was a time in the BA’s not so distant past when the source code also served as the documentation of what was actually implemented.

Quality assurance engineers could compare it with the BA’s requirement specifications relatively easily.

Those days are gone.

The sheer number of lines of code (LOC) has grown exponentially and continues to mushroom. A multimedia project can easily have 50 million lines and as BA’s you need the right tools and strategies to develop and link up supportive documentation with requirements specifications.

Nowadays, code is no longer a workable way to provide project documentation and ensure project integrity and consistency.

Furthermore, effective BAs have to be good translators.

They must be able to speak the language of the business, effectively interpret it for the analytical minds of the technical implementers, plus find the right vehicles to convey the information.

In order to achieve all this, you need the right tools and strategies to develop and link up supportive documentation with requirements specifications.

This webinar will provide you with practical tips and real life best practice recommendations for effectively managing requirements specifications and supportive documentation in the 21st century.

When you attend this event you will:

1. Learn how to balance what is written in the user story and how the projects specifications are updated
2. Unlock synergies across disparate development teams to empower all collaborators to resound faster to business requirements
3. Find out about mitigating and managing risk in your regulatory compliance documentation?

Who can benefit from this webinar?

• Business Analysts, System Analysts, Requirements Managers
• Project Managers, Quality Assurance Manage

Presenter: Jiri Walek, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Product Management, Polarion Software

Click to register for Requirements vs. System Documentation

Live Webinar February 25th, 2015 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

• Are you a Business Analyst trying to find your role in an Agile project?
• Are you looking for ways to ramp up your Agile team’s productivity?

There are a lot of misconceptions about Business Analysis in an Agile development environment, and sometimes Business Analysts find it hard to adapt to the short iterations, just-in-time planning and minimalist documentation that characterizes Agile development.

This webinar is a frank discussion about what Agile demands from a Business Analyst and how Business Analysts can succeed and ensure their team succeeds.

Learning Objectives:

1. Dispel common myths about Agile, including the belief that Business Analysts aren’t welcome in Agile
2. Explain why every development team needs excellent business analysis to be successful
3. Guide analysts in how to deliver the most value in Agile settings

Note:  A recorded version of this session is available.

Click to register for Three Ways Business Analysts Enable Agile Success

Live Webinar February 26th 2015, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Cat A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number and may need to be recorded as a Category C PDU. Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

Change is no longer an isolated event. In the digital world, professional and personal change is constant.

Change Is The New Normal

Today’s leaders and teams are asked to handle relentless upheavals, while still being expected to deliver on their short-term goals. To succeed, they must toggle between the often-conflicting priorities of today’s profits and tomorrow’s growth.

Organizational change management has been documented and many approaches exist; the same can be said for personal change. But rarely have organizations holistically thought about how these two drivers of positive change can collectively enable ongoing success.

Join Jocelyn Bérard and Phil Buckley for this informative hour-long webinar to learn a powerful and practical framework to help you manage organizational and personal change. Specifically, you will learn how to:

• Develop organizational and personal success requirements prior to major changes.
• Discover and assess change agility gaps across organizations (processes, systems, culture) and people (knowledge, skills, behaviours).
• Align the organization and people through the many transitions (phases) that lead to new ways of working.
• Create the tactics that ensure that the changes embed into the DNA of an organization and its people.

Presenters:

Phil Buckley, (LinkedIn profile)  Managing Director at Change with Confidence a senior change management professional with 20+ years of experience, and bestselling author, he helps individuals, teams and organizations achieve business goals. His book “Change with Confidence: Answers to the 50 Biggest Questions that Keep Change Leaders Up at Night”  was awarded “30 Best Business Books of 2013” He has managed 28 large-scale change projects, including co-leading global change for the $19.6 billion Kraft Foods acquisition of Cadbury with a team of 40 change leads across 60 countries.  Phil’s work has been featured in numerous publications including Forbes, Businessweek, The Globe and Mail.

Jocelyn Bérard (LinkedIn profile) Global Knowledge Vice President, International Leadership and Business Solutions, has worked in leadership and talent management for 25 years. A psychologist specializing in human performance his book “Accelerating Leadership Development: Practical Solutions for Building Your Organization’s Potential” will help you raise your knowledge and awareness about your personality traits and personal characteristics, how they impact communication and how to use them effectively.  A sought-after speaker, Jocelyn has presented at numerous HR associations and corporate events in, including CSTD, HRPA, CRHA, HRANS and SHRM Global Forum, and he frequently speaks at Global Knowledge Executive Speaker Series events around the world.

Click to register for Change Agility: Mastering Constant Change

Live Webinar – February 26th, 2015 7:30 am – 8:30 am EST
Live Webinar – February 26th, 2015 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Sponsored by:APM a division of  APMG International

This session provides a practical guide to the knowledge and skills you need to have if you are to be an effective change manager.

Learn what the terms mean, what skills and abilities are needed and what sort out outputs are expected using requirements specified in change management job descriptions.

This webinar is designed for anyone taking on a change role for the first time, and those hiring change managers.

The session will also help learning and development professionals responsible for creating or buying training in change and business transformation.

Click to register for What You Need To Know About Change Management

Live Webinar Feb 25th, 2015 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EST or …
Live Webinar Feb 25th, 2015 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hr Webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Note:  Although RBCS is an REP this presentation will need to be recorded as a Category C

Should YOU Pull The PLUG?

What would John Connor, son of Sarah Connor, hero of the resistance in the “Terminator” movie series, say about the Internet of things, the ubiquity of mobile devices, the fact that we almost ran out of IP addresses, software that updates itself, and other signs of the coming computer apocalypse?

He’d probably tell us to pull the plug, quickly!

Beyond the nightmare scenario of the “Terminator” films, what are the implications of quality, and lack of quality, for the now-real situation that everything is connected to everything else? Will it be Neuromancer, “Terminator,” androids dreaming of electric sheep, or something more benign?

Join Rex for some fun and interesting speculation and prediction on the future of limitless connectivity.

In this webinar, Rex will discuss these points and more, helping you be more effective in Agile projects.

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

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 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’

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of Skynet Has Arrived: Will Ubiquitous Connectivity Via Mobile & Distributed Computing Give Us Convenience Or The Terminator?

Click to register for the 2:00 am – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of Skynet Has Arrived: Will Ubiquitous Connectivity Via Mobile & Distributed Computing Give Us Convenience Or The Terminator?