Live Webinar January 19th, 2017 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute
(Rep 2733)

In this webinar Adolfo Villafiorita (LinkedIn profile) will look at some distinguishing characteristics of open source projects and what they can teach us from a management perspective.

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Source Development Projects:
A Management Perspective

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Live Webinar January 19th, 2017 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  Modern Analyst

• In an agile world do we still need requirements?
• How do requirements change in a world of agile development methods?
• What skills and tools do business analysts need to thrive in this space?

Agile methodologies have gained a lot of traction in recent years. Better risk mitigation and increased visibility into development have converted many waterfall aficionados.

Unfortunately, many agile pundits have singled out requirements as the source of bloat and inflexibility in the software development life-cycle, and some recommend not writing requirements at all.

The real goal of project managers, business analysts, developers, and users is project success. How, then, can business analysts work within agile methodologies and help them succeed?

What do requirements look like without all of the overhead? What is the right balance between agility and rigidity?

This presentation will answer these questions and provide tips and techniques analysts can use to add value in an agile world.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will learn specific techniques used to solve common problems with requirements in agile development cycles.
2. Participants will have a better understanding of the benefits and common problems with agile approaches.
3. Participants will leave the session with an understanding of the differences between a traditional requirements approach and agile approaches.

Presenters:

Joy Beatty, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Research & Development Seilevel, Joy Beatty 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

Candase Hokanson (LinkedIn profile) Senior Product Manager Seilevel, a requirements consulting firm that redefines how software requirements are created. Candase helps clients to clearly understand the desired business value of their projects and has cut up to 80% of project scope in unrelated or low priority requirements for multiple projects. Candase has also developed requirements for a variety of products such as: a management accounting and profitability application, a globally used consolidated sales tool and a globally used software portal where customers can access their digital products for a multi-billion dollar technology company.

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It’s An Agile World:
Requirements At The Speed Of Thought

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Live Webinar January 19th, 2017, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

For many years’ data and analytics leaders, particularly data and application architects, have assumed that data should be centralized or left distributed.

Data warehouses, data lakes, ERP systems and master data management represent differing degrees of centralization.

As a result, information governance, data sharing and integration efforts have had to cope with an “all or nothing” extreme.

To connect and link current and new ideas cogently, in this webinar, Andrew White (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) introduces the data hub strategy.

Discussion Topics:

• Why the “centralize it all” or “leave it at the edge” approaches need to be re-examined
• What a data hub is and the purpose and value of a data hub strategy
• How to get started with your data hub strategy

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To Hub Or Not To Hub:
That Is The Data Question

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Live Webinar January 19th, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: O’Reilly

Machine Learning is not new, but its application across memory-optimized distributed systems has led to an explosion in both the number and capability of its uses.

Pandora develops personalized content recommendations with machine learning algorithms, Tesla has produced the first widely distributed autonomous vehicle, and Amazon uses autonomous robots to move packages within its warehouses and even deliver packages.

When coupled with real-time data, advanced analytics approaches like machine learning and deep learning create immediate business opportunities.

Machine learning has never been more accessible—if your data pipelines support real-time analysis.

Attendees will learn tools and techniques for integrating machine learning models across industries and organizations. Steven Camiña, MemSQL Product Manager, will walk through critical technologies needed in your technology ecosystem, including Python, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, and a real-time database.

The webcast also features:

• Live predictive analytics demonstration
• Examples of machine learning applications in the energy and supply chain industries
• Architectural diagrams and technology stacks from real-world use cases

President:  Steven Camiña (LinkedIn profile) is a Principal Product Manager at MemSQL. His experience spans B2B enterprise solutions, including databases and middleware platforms. He is a veteran in the in-memory space, having worked on the Oracle TimesTen database. He likes to engineer compelling products that are user-friendly and drive business value.

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Building The Ideal Stack For Machine Learning

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Live Webinar January 20th, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: BAW1322
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

As organizations move from a traditional waterfall methodology to Agile; a question that is often asked is, “How do I begin to adapt from my current process documentation to an Agile approach?”

In this webinar Terrell Smith will explain how you can apply Agile documentation practices side by side with traditional documentation methods.

The two life-cycle methods, as they relate to documents, will be compared and contrasted.

You will receive practical guidance for project documentation, where a blend of both traditional waterfall and Agile projects may exist. The big question to be addressed is, “How does the documentation compare and how do I become more Agile?”

Discover:

• Parallel worlds: Agile and waterfall – documentation comparisons
• Moving to iteration-oriented development – Five levels of Agile planning
• A deeper look at Agile documentation
• Iteration zero – what kind of documentation?
• Agile documentation recommendations

Terrell will also highlight and examine methods to prepare documentation for Agile projects when transitioning from waterfall to Agile.

Presenter: Terrell Smith (LinkedIn profile),, MPA, PMP, CBAP With over 25 years of experience in a wide range of project management and business analysis assignments, he brings concepts to life in a practical and easy to apply manner. Terrell has assisted clients in the development of project management methodologies, risk assessments, quality management, agile methods, problem solving, rescuing troubled projects, implementing business analysis best practices, and team building.

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Waterfall To Agile:
How To Change Your Documentation Style

Live Webinar January 18th, 2017 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: ProjectManagement.com/Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Risks combine and interact to create turbulence in the time, cost, and scope of the project.

Of the nine knowledge areas of project management, risk management is the most challenging domain for construction professionals due to the shortage of qualified manpower and limited resourceful contracting agencies (technical and commercial).

The process of taking a project from conception to completion is complex and entails time-consuming design and production.

A project goes through various levels of interaction between multitudes of people, with different skill sets competing interests and also involves planning, scheduling, and coordination of a wide range of both independent and interrelated activities.

In addition, the influence of external factors requires this industry to solve complex environmental issues.

In this webinar Manavasi Ramesh (LinkedIn profile) aims to explain risk management principles, the implementation of a risk management plan, and strategies to overcome threats and turn around the perception of risks from negative to positive opportunities.

Manavasi will also focus on the challenges faced by the construction sector to overcome the impact of risks through case studies. The emphasis is on a broader understanding of risk management practices to ensure the success of the projects.

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Risk Management In The Construction Sector

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