Live Webinar November 6th, 2015 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: .5 Hour Credits: .5 PDU/CDU Category C – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: Watermark Learning (REP 1025)

NOTE: Although Watermark Learning is an REP they have chosen to have participants record their sessions as a Category C Activity. For more information contact Watermark Learning or see their “Self Reporting” page.

Thinking About A BA Certification?

Many Project Managers are looking to increase their skill set by adding proven Business Analysis techniques to their playbook.

This event is a free chat session using webinar technology. It features written questions and live answers by an experienced CBAP from Watermark Learning.

Topics include anything related to IIBA’s certifications you want, ranging from the CBAP or CCBA application to the exams to re-certification.

Note: This session is available on several dates if the date you want is not available  because the session is full or was cancelled there will be alternate dates available for you to choose.

Speaker : Dayle Beyer, (LinkedIn profile) PMP, CBAP, ACC, PMI-RMP, IT-SVM has inspired excellence by providing international best practice tools and techniques for project management, business analysis, to drive successful organizational change initiatives. Contributor to the PMI-SP Exam Success Series: MP3 Audio Flashcards and Discovering the PMBOK Guide Dayle has served in executive roles for information technology and telecommunications solution providers, and is a board member of the Chicagoland Coach Federation.

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Live Webinar – October 27th 2015, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number and may need to be recorded as a Category C PDU. Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

This is the next webinar in GK’s new Weekly series “The Sales Excellence Webinar Series for Business Outcomes.”

In the journey to enable the customer to achieve their business objectives and goals, understanding the overall strategy and vision is a key element.

Once that is understood, the level of detail required to enable that change within the organisation becomes much greater.

The business changes will drive requirements within the organisation, as will various stakeholders and other groups.

Understanding, validating and constantly checking progress against these requirements is a key step to ensuring the direction taken is correct.

The key techniques and tools covered are:

• Facilitation Techniques
  • Being an effective facilitator
  • Planning and guiding proceedings effectively
• Requirements Discovery Process
  • Identifying system requirements
  • Needs and desires for a system or application
  • Functions, features and constraints

This webinar introduces the key elements required to ensure comprehensive requirements gathering.

Watch for these webinars on PDU Of The Day:

• Changing The Sales Engagement
• Uncovering Customers Business Needs
• Engaging with Customer Stakeholders
• Translating Requirements to Capabilities
• Managing Customer Business Requirements
• Modelling the Customers Business
• Developing Business Acumen
• Creating the Solution Business Case
• Delivering Benefits Realisation to the Customer
• Additional Development Support and Tools

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 5.6 Control Scope
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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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Live Webinar – October 27th, 2015 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
Live Webinar – October 27th, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM BT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Sponsored by:APM a division of  APMG International

The Business Analyst is a critical role within agile projects and with more and more organizations adopting agile approaches.

It is important to ensure those performing this crucial role have the necessary skills and expertise.

During this session, Dot Tudor (LinkedIn profile) will explain:

• Why the role is so vital
• The positive impact an effective Agile Business Analyst can have on ensuring:
  • An agile project remains on track
  • Sticks to the project scope and objectives,
  • Ensures that requirements are gathered and prioritised in the appropriate detail at the right time and ….
  • That project stakeholders are effectively engaged.

Dot will also introduce AgileBA – the latest professional training and certification programme from APMG International, in partnership with DSDM Consortium.

The scheme’s syllabus and exams are based on the AgileBA Handbook, written by Dot Tudor and published by the DSDM Consortium.

The Handbook offers the first comprehensive set of guidance, framework and practices for the business analyst working on an agile project.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 9.4 Manage 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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Live Webinar October 20th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

If you missed the August BABOK® Series: Knowledge Area Webinars you have a second chance to Join Deborah Oliver, Product Manager-BA Professional Development as she presents the Knowledge Areas from BABOK v3.

Learn More About The Changes To
The Knowledge Areas And…
Ask Questions!

Presenter:  Deborah Oliver (LinkedIn profile, BA Connection interview) started her career in Marketing Research and Project Management. Deb has honed her skill set as a Business Analyst to deliver on capability in the realm of website re/design, system procurement, technology upgrades/ enhancements, data migration and process improvement. Her experience in enterprise-sized projects has strengthened her commitment to focus on how to manage the impact a capability change has on all aspects of an Organization’s environment. Recently, Deb has taken on the role as IIBA® Product Manager.

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Live Webinar October 21st, 2015 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
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

Prior to reaching a successful conclusion, the functionality that was designed, developed, and tested by the project team must receive the proper authorization before being handed over to the user community in a production environment.

This can be accomplished through leveraging the following integrated methodologies:

1. Requirements traceability log,
2. Unit test authorization,
3. System integration test (SIT) authorization,
4. User acceptance test (UAT) authorization and project closeout.

The purpose and utility for each of these deliverables will be discussed during this tutorial.

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 – October 7th, 2015 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

Please Note :  At this time the date on the webpage is wrong the page states the webinar is on July 8th 2015, but when you register for the session on the page you will see:

You have successfully registered for the following Webinar:

Myth-Busting: The Path to Requirements Success
Wednesday, Oct 7, 2015  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

The optimal path to mature requirements practices is often obscured by misinformation. Register now to see how to make significant operational improvement in requirements maturity and select a path based on a strong foundation of research and quantified success.

The Business Analysis Benchmark is rapidly becoming the world’s leading source of information on the impact of requirements quality on project outcome. We are pleased to announce the release of the 2009 survey results.

Learn:

1. The Facts of Performance: What is the impact of requirements maturity on technology projects?
2. Myth Busting: there are many commonly held beliefs that prevent organizations from successfully making change.
3. Path To Success: What activities can be taken to improve development success.

Featured Speaker: Rob Stewart, IAG Consulting (LinkedIn profile)

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