Live Webinar – April 7th 2017, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Offered by Techtown  (REP 2161 was ASPE)

Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – TechtownASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

“Transformation” is a buzzword these days, but that doesn’t change the fact that the most successful organizations are truly embracing it.

Being responsive to technology shifts and market changes in a way that allows you to rapidly adapt and execute your priorities is not just a competitive advantage – it’s the key to survival. But there’s a lot of system-wide cooperation and process that has to be adopted across departments and teams if your transformation is going to escape buzzword status and be successful.

• How do you select and integrate technology tools?
• How do you organize a large company around value streams and prevent unintended local optimization?
• How do you judge value?
• How do you move away from arbitrary, opinion-driven decisions about which projects to execute and which ones to scrap?

These are tough questions, but there is a rapidly growing body of knowledge and proven practices for dealing with them. Join us as host Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile) talks with Corey Post, (LinkedIn profile) an enterprise transformation expert who will answer your questions in real time and help you navigate these issues and many others.

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Lean + Agile Principles For Transformation At Scale
Live, Expert Q&A

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Live Webinar – April 5th, 2017 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour s 1 PDUs free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

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.

Presenter: Rob Stewart,(LinkedIn profile) IAG Consulting

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Myth-Busting The Path To Requirements Success

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Live Webinar March 30th, 2017 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU/CDU
Providers: IIBA  & Sparks Systems

The BABOK Guide has long been acknowledged as the authoritative source of knowledge and practices for business analysis.

In this webinar Kupe Kupersmith & Scott Hebbard will introduce you to the Enterprise Architect Tools and Techniques for the BABOK Guide v3.

Learn how to tackle common business analysis challenges, using real world Enterprise Architect examples in conjunction with the BABOK Guide.

Learn how to:

1. Leverage practical examples, sample Enterprise Architect models and visual documentation,
2. Apply Enterprise Architect modeling tools to BABOK techniques,
3. Rapidly model agile solutions based on proven BABOK techniques, guidelines and knowledge.

You’ll see why Enterprise Architect has become the essential tool for business analysts, as you learn how to interpret, model and apply the Body of Knowledge in new and innovative ways.

This session is also presented with the cooperation of:
Sparks Systems visit their site to lear more.

Presenters:
Scott Hebbard, (LinkedIn profile) Communications Manager at Sparx Systems has 20+ years experience in ICT, and  extensive Governance experience working for Universities, and major industries. .Scott through Sparks Systems conducts regular webinars on Enterprise Architect, covering everything from project management, prototyping and requirements management through to code engineering and simulation. Scott is passionate about Enterprise Architect, politics, astronomy, console gaming and is a devoted family man.

Kupe Kupersmith CBAP®, (LinkedIn @Kupe) President B2T Training, B2T Training: Since its inception in 2000, B2T Training, has focused solely on providing business analysis training and professional development. As experts in the field, B2T Training continues to shape the Business Analysis discipline and the careers of BA professionals in major corporations across the globe through its high impact training sessions and valuable resources.  Kupe possesses over 20 years of experience in software systems development. He has served as the lead Business Analyst and Project Manager on projects in the Energy, television, sports management and marketing industries. Kupe, a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®), is also internationally known for his strong mentorship of business analysis professionals.

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IIBA:
Introduction To The Tools & Techniques
For BABOK Guide v3

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Live Webinar – March 27th 2017, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Offered by Techtown  (REP 2161 was ASPE)

Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – TechtownASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Are Your Computers Safe?

Computer hacking in its various forms has commanded headlines in recent years, and never has the topic had a more obvious impact than in the American political drama of the past half-year or so.

Regardless of our political leanings, it is incumbent upon each of us in the computer “industry” to be well informed on computer security for two reasons:

1. So we can exercise due professional diligence to secure the systems we create and work with, and
2. So we can participate in public discourse in a way that replaces hysteria (on the one extreme) and complacency (on the other) with clear-headed discussion of the available information.

So, was President Trump right when he said to reporters on New Years Eve that, “no computer is safe”?

Join Alan Koch (LinkedIn profile)  and take a look at what is involved in making computers safe as we delve into this question.

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No Computer Is Safe

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Live Webinar – March 8th 2016 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  2 Hour s 2 PDUs free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

This two-hour webinar for project managers and business analysts gets right to the point and covers the essential steps for prioritizing business requirements.

This process is based on industry best practices ranging from QFD, MoSCoW and others —  and employing IAG’s experience and proven techniques for practical requirements prioritization.

This webinar will:

1. Explain why prioritization is important, when it is needed (and when it isn’t,) when it should be done, what different strategies could be used and what techniques work best.
2. Give participants a practical process that is adaptable to various types of projects (from large to small) and a variety of environments from agile to waterfall.
3. Provide Project Managers and Business Analysts with a clear understanding of what they need to know, and what they need to do, to easily and effectively prioritize the product requirements for their next project.

Key Content Covered in this Webinar:

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Requirements Prioritization Best Practices

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Live Webinar February 14th, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU/CDU
Provider: IIBA

Business Analysts Driving Corporate Culture: The 9 Levels of Value Systems
People often talk about Business Analysts being trusted advisors within the organization.

Whether they are IT Business Analysts, Business Architects or Process Analysts they will work with many people within the organization.

To get all needed information, they have to gain trust from every stakeholder. “The 9 Levels of Value Systems ” describes the underlying pattern of social evolution through trans-cultural stages of development.

The knowledge about the 9 levels adds significantly understanding of social processes and help Business Analysts to become trusted advisors.

In this talk Peter Gerstbach (LinkedIn profile) and IngridGerstbach (LinkedIn profile,  @IngridGerstbach )  present findings from a world-wide study conducted in cooperation with IIBA about the value systems of Business Analysts and how to use the knowledge to address cultural issues within organization.

Learn:

1. How values drive corporate culture
2. How to measure and analyze values using the 9 Levels of Value Systems
3. Findings from our research study

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IIBA: Business Analysts Driving Corporate Culture:
The 9 Levels Of Value Systems

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