Live Webinar February 1st, 2017 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

Improving organizational Requirements Maturity is a strategic approach to improving project success and aligning IT with the business to meet objectives on time and on budget consistently.

According to the recent IAG BA Benchmark study of 437 large and medium organizations in North America and Europe, the organizational level of Requirements Maturity is directly proportional to the likelihood of project success.

Companies invest millions of dollars in recruitment, hiring, and training of Business Analysts every year without a detailed understanding of the role and how to integrate into the enterprise; the average Requirements Maturity level in North America is only 1.8 on a scale of 1-5, and only a fraction of those measured qualified at a level 3 or higher.

For individual and organizations that are serious about improving in a consistent and measurable way, IAG will explain the key concepts and results you can expect by improving organizational Requirements Maturity

Learning Objectives:

1. The impact of requirements maturity on overall business and project objectives.
2. The Requirements Maturity Model.
3. A high level roadmap to improving requirements capabilities.

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Managing Requirements Maturity

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Online Webinar  – Recorded March 12th 2008
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU Free
Provider:  TenStep Inc. (Rep 1774)

Much of the work that you do can be organized as a project. When the projects are large, they need to be managed with formal project management discipline.

But many projects are not large.

They are small work efforts that need to be organized and managed efficiently, but not with the full rigor and structure of formal project management discipline.

These are the projects of accountants, teachers, administrators and many others. These projects represent the vast majority of all work executed in businesses all over the world.

This webinar describes fundamental work management techniques and skills for these non-project management professionals.

Attendees will see how to understand the work that is requested, how to organize the work, how to manage the work and how to execute the work.

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Managing Small Projects

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Live Webinar January 27th, 2017 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: International Institute for Software Testing (IIST)

Agile methodologies stress the benefits of collaboration and working with cross-functional teams to encourage strong communication between business owners, from whom we get requirements for products, and the technical team that produces the product.

Two of the four values in the Agile Manifesto highlight the emphasis Agile methodologies place on strong collaboration. “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools” reminds us of the importance of strong and respectful communication.

For example, rather than testers and developers using a defect tracking tool to record bugs, they are encouraged to sit and work together to recreate and resolve issues.

Agile methodologies require frequent and face-to-face communication between all team members. Being a highly skilled and versatile communicator is vital in the Agile environment for success.

Key to this is the ability to understand different behavioral styles and learn how to adapt to build solid and positive relationships with both team members and customers.

You can increase your success 25%, 50% even 75% by developing style flexibility and communicating based on the others personal style.

This is in the spirit of the Platinum Rule: Treat others in the way they prefer to be treated!

This session will provide an understanding of: personal communication style, identify styles of others quickly, adapt your style to build rapport which will enable you to increase your success in collaborating with others.

Presenter: Tammy Schembari  (LinkedIn profile) has worked as a program and project manager for over 20 years, developing software, managing large teams and responsible for project budgets u to $20 million dollars in size. Tammy encourages the value of good communication, and well rounded leadership skills which creates an engaging environment for teams. This allows her teams to perform at their best. Tammy is focused on coaching to share her passions with motivated leaders to heighten their abilities, boost their performance and optimize their teams.

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Succeed In The Agile Project Environment:
Increase Collaboration Through Communication

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Live Webinar February 2nd, 2017, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Understanding enterprise technology spend to effectively optimize both cost and value is now more critical than ever.

In this session Jim McGittigan, (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Research Director, focuses on the challenges and recommendations  on how to best optimize cost to prepare for the future.

Jim reviews Gartner’s top 10 recommended ideas cost optimization ideas for 2017.

Also learn how to implement a cost optimization program to evaluate these and other cost optimization ideas to pick the right ones for your organization.

Discussion Topics:

• Challenges faced by others in effectively optimizing IT cost and what to do about them
• Methods to identify good cost optimization ideas
• Frameworks and processes that can be used to identify the right ideas

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Key Challenges In IT Cost Optimization

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