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

Normal people don’t look at data sets just for fun; they analyze them to make business decisions.

Business analysts are more frequently finding themselves on strategic projects that turn large and often highly complex data sets into meaningful information from which conclusive decisions and actions can be derived.

Analysis of big data is already a reality today in most IT organizations and will grow in significance as businesses look to gain a better understanding for capturing, structuring and learning from their data.

In this presentation,  Joy Beatty VP at Seilevel will offer advice on tackling requirements for business analytics projects.

This webinar outlines how to elicit strategic analytics decisions to help prioritize requirements work, and how to prepare for the future of big data by specifying data needs.

Participants will hear examples of questions they can use to engage businesses to think outside the box about their requirements, and consider new possibilities from analytics projects.

Presenter: Joy Beatty, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Research & Development Seilevel. Joy  has 15 years of experience in helping change the way customers create requirements with new requirements methodologies and training courses. She is a contributor to the core team for the new release of the IIBA BABOK^® Guide. She is a co-author of Visual Models for Software Requirements (Best Practices (Microsoft) and Software Requirements, 3rd Edition with Karl Wiegers

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Live Webinar – March 26th 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
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So Who Has An Opinion?

1. The Agile evangelists would say it is a skill the entire team needs.
2. The IIBA would say it is a role that needs to grow in order for companies to gain competitive advantage with their technology deployments and internal automation.
3. PMI® has also spoken on this topic. Their position, based on the certification they developed (PMI-PBA) is it’s a skill successful project managers add to their tool kit of skills and techniques.

What can be factually attested to is the following; as SDLC practitioner positions like developers, testers and architects were being outsource, larger enterprise organizations depended on building software and systems for competitive advantage have been hiring Business Analysts.

Just look at Indeed or Dice or Monster and see which tech jobs are HOT and Business Analyst will be in the top 5.

This presentation will break out the current trends in the software development industry and where BA is seen as skill and were it is being built out as a role.

From there David will take a look at the pros and cons of each view and where things may end up in the end. Ultimately giving you critical information as you plan your career growth goals for 2015 and beyond.

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) – David Mantica has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 9.3 Develop Project Team

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 Business Analysis: Is it a Role or a Skill?

Online Webinar – Recorded March 12, 2015 Offered by : The BA Mentor & Yonix Duration 1 Hr  1 Cat C PDU – Free  PDU

Project managers need to be flexible in their skillets and many project managers are cross training with Business Analysis Skills.

This presentation is a terrific Q & A session on all aspects of getting your first BA Role – from pursuing opportunities in your current company to understanding what potential clients are looking for.

Stephen Hughes (LinkedIn profile, Interview Insights), Glenn Hook (LinkedIn profile, Nationwide) and Alex Papworth (LinkedIn profile, BA Mentor) answer questions from the attendees on what it takes to become a business analyst.

Jody Bullen (LinkedIn profile, Yonix) introduces the session with Alex Papworth (LinkedIn profile).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNBTUxcgJ2g&feature=youtu.be

Or watch on YouTube at How To Get Your First BA Role

Live Webinar March 26th, 2015 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 Don Shafer (LinkedIn profile) presents a current look at the malware running loose in the retail sector and will lay out the risks you face and how you can protect yourself.

Don will outline the critical lessons and risks that can be applied to any software organization.

Don Shafer was an expert witness who represented Dillards in 2010. A jury verdict awarded Dillards 238 million dollars in the software fraud case against their supply chain software provider.

Click to register for Embracing the Cloud: How Is Your POS System Doing?

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