Live Webinar September 21st, 2016 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

Improving organizational Requirements Maturity is a strategic approach to improving project success and aligning IT with the business to meet objectives on time and on budget consistently.

According to the recent IAG BA Benchmark study of 437 large and medium organizations in North America and Europe, the organizational level of Requirements Maturity is directly proportional to the likelihood of project success.

Companies invest millions of dollars in recruitment, hiring, and training of Business Analysts every year without a detailed understanding of the role and how to integrate into the enterprise; the average Requirements Maturity level in North America is only 1.8 on a scale of 1-5, and only a fraction of those measured qualified at a level 3 or higher.

For individual and organizations that are serious about improving in a consistent and measurable way, IAG will explain the key concepts and results you can expect by improving organizational Requirements Maturity

Learning Objectives:

1. The impact of requirements maturity on overall business and project objectives.
2. The Requirements Maturity Model.
3. A high level roadmap to improving requirements capabilities.

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Managing Requirements Maturity

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Live Webinar September 20th, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: O’Reilly

 You’ve identified a real business need for a big data project …
Now what?

How do you articulate and justify this need, in order to fund the initiative?

When pitching a big data strategy to company stakeholders, you need to know your audience — understanding each role, and its accompanying needs and concerns, is critical.

For instance, business analysts might want a SQL-based solution that integrates with current BI and reporting tools; business owners may want to uncover new revenue streams or increased operational efficiency; and data scientists may look for tools to creatively explore large volumes of data, quickly.

Having a successful big data strategy can deliver massive benefits to the business — new products and services, reduced customer churn, and cost reductions, to name a few — but first you must know your audience’s interests, and connect those interests to business imperatives.

Thinking in terms of revenues, costs, and competitiveness can help you communicate your vision to technologists and business stakeholders alike, and explain what’s required to make the project succeed.

Join Larry Lancaster, Founder of Zebrium, for a blueprint on how to get buy-in for your big data project. In this webcast, you’ll learn how to successfully:

• Envision the business value of your big data project
• Select the right use-case to relay your message
• Identify how the business can monetize new analytics capabilities
• Communicate the benefits of your data strategy, to different audiences

Presenter: Larry Lancaster, (LinkedIn profile) Founder of Zebrium, is well-known in the storage array industry as a visionary of the IoT approach to enterprise storage. Previously he was the Chief Data Scientist at Nimble Storage. Larry had painted the originals of big data, analytical modeling, simulation, forecasting, visualization, and relational tools for the  InfoSight suite of automated services. Larry has a number of patents and publishes a number of peer-reviewed and trade-secret articles in neuroscience, reliability analysis, and industrial applications of queueing theory. Larry founded NetApp’s Engineering Informatics and Support Automation group, invented Glassbeam’s ETL-focused SPL technology and received a leadership award from the International Congress on Neural Networks.

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Techniques For Identifying
Business Value & Aligning Stakeholders

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Live Webinar – September 7th, 2016 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

The large, complex project brings with it a unique set of problems that may not be encountered in a smaller project.

This one-hour webinar will focus on the planning phase for a large, complex project.

Learn the importance of developing an understanding of the complete scope of analysis and developing an integrated series of requirements plans to eliminate redundancy of effort and to provide for better input to the high level architectural design decisions that must be made.

Learning Objectives:

• How to define the complete scope of analysis
• How to develop comprehensive, integrated Requirements Management Plans
• How to ensure the necessary and sufficient input is available to optimize the high level architectural design decisions

What’s Included:

• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides
• Large Project Requirements Planning Checklist
• Large Project Vision and Scope Document Template
• Large Project Requirements Management Plan Template

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Tips For Planning Requirements Elicitation
On Large Projects

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Live Webinar September 7th 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 .5 Hrs  1.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

Some people use the terms “verification” and “validation” interchangeably, but there are significant differences between them.

Some people disparage verification, or deny that it’s even involved in testing.

However, you can’t adequately build confidence and reduce risk in the software you test without using the proper mix of both.

In this webinar, Rex will clarify the meaning of these two terms, give examples, and explain why both are essential to proper software testing.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

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Verification and Validation:
What’s the Difference & Why Both Matter

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Live Webinar September 1st, 2016 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Customer analytics is a high priority for almost every organization, but organizations often get into the rut of thinking customer analytics is about segmentation strategies for acquisition, cross-sell and retention.

Although valuable, in limiting their thinking to these segmentation strategies, organizations are missing opportunities, as some of the most innovative and significant customer experiences are driven by other types of customer analysis.

Join Gareth Herschel (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) as he discusses how, based on over a hundred different examples of customer analysis, Gartner identified six different styles of customer analysis that can be relevant to almost every organization.

Executives responsible for customer strategy or analysis should learn from thought leaders in multiple industries about other styles of analysis. And consider how these best practices might be applied to their own organization.

Discussion Topics:

• The six styles of customer analytics
• How to prioritize them for your needs and organization

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The Six Styles Of Customer Analytics

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Live Webinar August 25th 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT or …
Live Webinar August 25th 2016 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 .5 Hrs  1.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

The Seven Deadly Sins of Testing:

1. Irrelevance/redundancy
2. Ignorance of relevant skills or facts
3. Obstructionism
4. Adversarialism
5. Nit-picking
6. Blindness to project/organizational priorities
7. Last-moment-ism

Are you your own worst enemy?

You might recognize your own behaviors, or behaviors of others on your test team. Rex will discuss these seven sins and more, helping you be more effective in Agile projects.

Rex gives examples of these behaviors through case studies, and tells you how to stop the behaviors and solve the problems those behaviors have created. For sinners and non-sinners alike, Rex offers ideas on how to become a testing saint.

Join Rex and discuss these seven deadly sins.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

Click to register for the 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of:
The Seven Deadly Sins of Testing

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of:
The Seven Deadly Sins of Testing

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