Live Webinar September 20th, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: O’Reilly

 You’ve identified a real business need for a big data project …
Now what?

How do you articulate and justify this need, in order to fund the initiative?

When pitching a big data strategy to company stakeholders, you need to know your audience — understanding each role, and its accompanying needs and concerns, is critical.

For instance, business analysts might want a SQL-based solution that integrates with current BI and reporting tools; business owners may want to uncover new revenue streams or increased operational efficiency; and data scientists may look for tools to creatively explore large volumes of data, quickly.

Having a successful big data strategy can deliver massive benefits to the business — new products and services, reduced customer churn, and cost reductions, to name a few — but first you must know your audience’s interests, and connect those interests to business imperatives.

Thinking in terms of revenues, costs, and competitiveness can help you communicate your vision to technologists and business stakeholders alike, and explain what’s required to make the project succeed.

Join Larry Lancaster, Founder of Zebrium, for a blueprint on how to get buy-in for your big data project. In this webcast, you’ll learn how to successfully:

• Envision the business value of your big data project
• Select the right use-case to relay your message
• Identify how the business can monetize new analytics capabilities
• Communicate the benefits of your data strategy, to different audiences

Presenter: Larry Lancaster, (LinkedIn profile) Founder of Zebrium, is well-known in the storage array industry as a visionary of the IoT approach to enterprise storage. Previously he was the Chief Data Scientist at Nimble Storage. Larry had painted the originals of big data, analytical modeling, simulation, forecasting, visualization, and relational tools for the  InfoSight suite of automated services. Larry has a number of patents and publishes a number of peer-reviewed and trade-secret articles in neuroscience, reliability analysis, and industrial applications of queueing theory. Larry founded NetApp’s Engineering Informatics and Support Automation group, invented Glassbeam’s ETL-focused SPL technology and received a leadership award from the International Congress on Neural Networks.

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Techniques For Identifying
Business Value & Aligning Stakeholders

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Live Webinar September 19th, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

One of the most pressing decisions facing midmarket IT leaders is whether they need to build a data warehouse.

Midsize organizations have heard the horror stories about how hard and costly it can be to build a data warehouse. And then there is no guarantee it will be successfully adopted by users.

Most midsize organizations struggle to find the resources and skills needed to successfully complete their BI and analytic projects, yet, midmarket IT leaders know that it is tough to run a business without a sound data foundation.

In this webinar Kurt Schlegel (Gartner bio) Gartner Research VP & Rick Greenwald (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research Director examines how midsize organizations are tackling this decision.

Discussion Topics:

• How can data warehouses increase the value of our data assets
• How are data warehouses different from general purpose DBMS use cases
• What tools and approaches are used to build data warehouses

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Do Midsize Organizations Need A Data Warehouse?

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Live Webinar September 15th, 2016 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar Ian Brown (LinkedIn profile) will discuss an approach to estimating Agile projects that enables repeatability and consistency without sacrificing the flexibility and focus of more typical Agile estimation.

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Agile Estimation: What’s The Point?

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Live Webinar September 16th, 2016 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Agile is more than a set of development practices with catchy names. It involves new ways of functioning as a team.

That is why many Agilists talk about Agile Transformation rather than Agile Adoption.

This webinar explores these new ways of functioning through the lens of the PACT© model, in which Participation, Accountability, Communication and Transparency form a bedrock of organizational trust.

Presenter: Steve Harper (LinkedIn profile), a consulting project manager with over 20 years of IT experience, who grew up in the era of Waterfall.  Four years ago he fell in love with Agile/Scrum and has run projects using those methods ever since.

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Beyond Scrums, Sprints & Standups

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Live Webinar September 14th, 2016 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: O’Reilly

 Get a quick half-hour exposure to querying tables using SQL with SQLite.

This hands-on lesson will walk through basic table navigation using SELECT statements, including filtering, mathematical expressions, text concatenation, and leveraging functions.

No previous database experience is required. This is one lesson in the upcoming live online training, SQL Fundamentals for Data on October 4th and 5th.

Presenter: Thomas Nield (LinkedIn profile) author of Getting Started with SQL: A Hands-On Approach for Beginners, has a business analyst background and works at Southwest Airlines in Revenue Management. Early in his career Thomas mastered programming in Java, C#, Kotlin, and database design. Thomas makes technical content relatable and relevant to those unfamiliar or intimidated by it. He developed several database-driven applications for Southwest Airlines and believes technology should conform to the business, and emphasizes usefulness and real-world practicality.

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A Quick Lesson On SQL Querying Basics

Live Webinar September 14th, 2016 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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Stop The Hop:
How to Build A Culture Of Internal Mobility To Promote Retention

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