Live Webinar – March 29th 2016, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – ASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

CD Software Development

Continuous Delivery (CD) is gaining steam as a practical set of technical processes for delivering end-to-end application value in a faster, more incremental fashion.

Continuous Delivery is also closely associated with DevOps, although there is much debate about exactly how the two terms overlap.

In this one hour web seminar, Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile) will bring some clarification to these topics as  he presents an overview and takes questions on Continuous Delivery.

Chris will relate CD as a set of workflow and IT management practices to DevOps as a cultural movement, and discuss the complex relationship between the two.

Key areas of discussion will include:

• CD: What is it?
• A brief history of continuous delivery
• Why CD is so important
• Continuous Delivery and DevOps
• Real-world case study: implementing Agile, DevOps, and CD at scale

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Continuous Delivery 101

Live Webinar – March 29th 2016, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – ASPE is an REP and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

BA’s Have A Crucial Role To Play

DevOps focuses on being lean and eliminating waste by retaining the fundamental principles of Agile.  At the same time, it improves the collaboration between dev, IT and ops.

So how does all of this impact the BA?

BA’s have a crucial role to play in coordinating between teams.

DevOps is a cultural change. It’s about sharing business objectives and getting all the stakeholders working towards a common objective.

The BA role can be a key DevOps player and the go-to person for business success.

In this session, Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile) will give you a quick introduction to DevOps and the impact it has on the BA and how the BA role can be a factor for organizations.

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Intro To DevOps For Business Analysts

Live Webinar March 23rd 2016 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

This session is for business analyst leadership and development executive looking to make long term, systematic improvement to their business analyst organization.

IAG will draw from its project experience with over 700 customers to baseline organizations, assess the value of improvement, and determine the action plan for success.

Learning Objectives:

1. How do you assess the maturity of an analyst organization?
2. Where do you focus for improvement?
3. What implementation guidelines should be used to enhance success?

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Managing Requirements Operational Excellence

Live Webinar March 22nd, 2016 – 11:00 pm – 12:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Join Colleen , Cheryl, Giancarlo, Manon, & Dayle for a panel discussion on Business Analysis in PPPM and get a glimpse into some of the key themes to be presented in this content area at PMI Global Congress 2016 –EMEA.

Topics to be discussed include:

• How to define the solution scope using BA tools and techniques and streamline business processes
• How to identify positive deviance and outliers among our stakeholder groups
• Learn how the 6 steps of the risk management process can be integrated within planning activities, and practice a risk-based approach to requirements planning

If any of these resonate, register now to listen in on the discussion.

A Sneak Peak Into :

Best Practices from a Business Analysis Telco Project

This case study will present the experience of a team of business analysts working on a project to determine the feasibility of a potential future programme. By attending this session, you will learn how to define the solution scope using BA tools and techniques; apply elicitation techniques to gather and analyze information and requirements; and learn how to condense the information into a business case to facilitate management decisions.

Greatness: A Place Beyond Stakeholder Expectations!

Managing stakeholder engagement calls upon something much larger than process groups and domains of knowledge; it calls upon the ability to create emotional responses such as trust, enthusiasm, and excitement about a project. This presentation will focus on the method of identifying positive deviance and outliers? among our stakeholder groups. A detailed explanation of the method will be provided through examples of how it has been used in different project settings.

What If You Build It and They Won’t Buy It: Six Steps to Plan and Manage Requirements Problems Before They Happen

Project success has been redefined as on-time, on-budget and providing value to stakeholders. This shifted focus requires business analysts and project managers to go beyond the triple constraints and understand how to maximize value. Learn how the 6 steps of the risk management process can be integrated within planning activities, and practice a risk-based approach to requirements planning.

Presenters: Colleen Braun, Cheryl Lee (LinkedIn profile), Giancarlo Duranti (LinkedIn profile), Manon Deguire (LinkedIn profile), Dayle Beyer (LinkedIn profile)

Note: You have to sign in to ProjectManagement.com with your PMI® credentials to register for this opportunity. If you are not signed in with your PMI® credentials you will not see the “Register for this webinar” link

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Business Analysis:
A Sneak Peek Into PMI® EMEA Global Congress 2016

Live Webinar March 16th, 2016 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: BAW1313
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Well-run requirements workshops are considered one of the most effective ways for delivering high-quality requirements quickly and accurately. They can also promote trust, mutual understanding, and strong communications amongst the project stakeholders and project teams, and increase the probability of producing the desired deliverables to the end-users.

In this webinar, you will learn useful guidelines for planning and conducting an effective requirements workshop; additionally, you will also get familiar with some of the most common processes and techniques used to overcome the challenges of requirements elicitation.

About the Presenter: Scott Kastner, (LinkedIn profile) PMP®, CSM (Certified ScrumMaster), manages the IT Systems Operations at jetBlue Airways, and is also a business analysis and project management instructor and consultant. Scott’s strong technical background coupled with his practical business understanding has made him highly regarded in both the business analysis and project management communities.

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Better, Faster, Stronger: Plan and Conduct More Effective Requirements Workshops

Live Webinar – March 16th, 2016 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or  1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

Enterprise Business Architecture is quickly evolving into a mainstream business capability.

Some would argue that it is already there particularly when 50% of the world’s top performing organizations have embraced business architecture as a strategic differentiator ranging from Government, Telco’s, Manufacturing and Financial Institutions.

However there continues to be a large population of change executives, managers and resources who regard Business Architecture as a theoretical practice.

Strategic change initiatives proliferate in business today. The speed and rate of change demands we maintain holistic oversight of all the moving parts to ensure realization of target operating models and designs.

Historically only a few strategic programs would be at play. In the last decade this number has grown to include on-shoring/off-shoring, centralization, spans of control, business transformation, vendor outsourcing, modernization, mergers/acquisitions, channel optimization, client segmentation, journeys and experience.

To facilitate strategic alignment and execution of these initiatives, firms are investing in business architecture.

Beyond Theory will focus on what are the market and internal forces at work which have been driving and will continue to drive organizations to use the models to better understand business impact, scope, execution and benefits realization.

The discussion will address the deployment and adoption challenges and look at industry standards and Blueprinting for strategic opportunities. It will provide a foundational knowledge of the business architecture framework and model types to crystalize scope, identify stakeholders, manage risk and how early analysis, through the lens of the business architecture, will influence estimating, resourcing, time, cost and quality.

Business Architecture is the link between strategy and execution.

Learning Objectives:

1. Provide clear, rational reasons to do business Architecture.
2. Present a foundational set of Business Architecture Models, views and uses to mitigate project and analysis risk, drive the value proposition
3. Recommend a staged Execution Model

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Business Architecture: Beyond Theory