Live Webinar November 25th, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

• Are you a Business Analyst trying to find your role in an Agile project?
• Are you looking for ways to ramp up your Agile team’s productivity?

There are a lot of misconceptions about Business Analysis in an Agile development environment, and sometimes Business Analysts find it hard to adapt to the short iterations, just-in-time planning and minimalist documentation that characterizes Agile development.

This webinar is a frank discussion about what Agile demands from a Business Analyst and how Business Analysts can succeed and ensure their team succeeds.

Learning Objectives:

1. Dispel common myths about Agile, including the belief that Business Analysts aren’t welcome in Agile
2. Explain why every development team needs excellent business analysis to be successful
3. Guide analysts in how to deliver the most value in Agile settings

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Online Webinar – Recorded July 29th 2015
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Hiring the right people is the most important thing a manager can do and a great business analyst can have a profound impact on your organization.

The challenge is in determining if a job candidate is a great BA or just someone who talks a good game.

After attending this webinar, you’ll understand how to attract the right talent to your organization and identify great business analysts.

You’ll find out how to separate great business analysts from mediocre ones and learn what to do after the offer is accepted to set your new hire up for success.

Presenter: Dave Saboe (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar November 19th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category A – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

NOTE: We have listed this as a Category A as the provider has stated that this session is ** Eligible for PDUs, CDUs. ** This most likely will be a category A presentation presented by Diversified Business Communications (Rep #1811 – parent company). More Information will be available will be available at the end of the session.

As a Business Analyst, if you are charged to improve collaboration across your disparate development environment in any industries where systems and software are key drivers for innovation, then this webinar is mandatory for you!

Learn how you can build highly complex products easier and faster.

Discover an innovative and collaborative approach to managing your business requirements so you can improve your organization’s ability to reduce risk as well as how to improve your ability to manage traceability and audits more effectively by providing a clear line of sight for all changes.

Join us to discover best practices and how:

• The hybrid process will enhance your team’s unique requirements
• To work on multiple components at the same time and avoid errors
• To benefit from traceability between regulatory requirements and user stories
• To expand agile from Software teams to Hardware teams as well
• To allow engineers to communicate product specifications to the development team easier and faster
• The benefits of connecting your traditional methodology with agile for your products

Register today to learn how you can benefit from the use of a unified tool that allows your team to directly connect development efforts with the underlying business requirements so the inevitable change arising during the product lifecycle can be managed in context and with access to real-time feedback.

See how a unified and highly transparent approach to software development can accelerate your innovation and time to market momentum while protecting the integrity of your products.

Click to register for Manage Your Requirements In Any Methodology: Agile, Traditional Or Hybrid

Live Webinar Nov 18th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

A wrap-up of all the fundamental IT methodology webinars, this session focuses on how the various lifecycles can be implemented.

Review the QAIassist Integrated Methodology and learn the benefits that can be derived from its successful implementation.

Ensure that you have a solid foundation to before you get started!

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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Live Webinar – November 12th, 2015 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hours + QA – 1 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs
Presented by: SD Times (Software Development Times)

We’re all familiar with modeling data the relational way.

When we move to a document database we need to think about things a little differently.

In this webinar, learn how to best plan, model and maintain your data using a NoSQL document database.

Join Matthew Revell, (LinkedIn profile) Dir. Developer Advocacy at Couchbase, as he takes you through some brand new NoSQL capabilities that will allow you more flexibility when modeling your data.

Matthew will review:

• Basic hygiene for modelling sustainable JSON documents
• Creating manual secondary indexes
• Automating secondary indexing with views
• Modelling documents for the best level of query-ability

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 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.’

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Online Webinar – Recorded September 4th 2012
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

As a business analyst, you are most likely highly organized, but without the planning tools and business analysis expectations; you may have the appearance of being disorganized in your plight to deliver effective requirements.

Most organizations have identified productivity as a strategic goal for all employees.

Business analysts can contribute by developing their plans and working toward the plans. We are challenged to deliver with speed, increased productivity & efficiency, and to help deliver a competitive advantage. Management will most likely press to complete the analysis phase quicker than possible. The plans will provide you the ammunition to discuss the options to meet aggressive timelines.

This web seminar will give you some hints and tips for producing key business analysis plans. If you are currently in the role of a business analyst, or interface with business analysts, then this webinar is for you.

Presenter: Billie Johnson, CBAP, (LinkedIn profile) has 20+ years of experience in the field of business analysis spanning financial, manufacturing, consulting, education, and government industries. As an early adopter of the IIBA® and CBAP® certification, she received her CBAP® certification in May 2007. Billie is currently a Business Analysis Instructor/Coach/Mentor and enjoys furthering the field of business analysis.

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