Live Webinar January 14h, 2016 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar Brad Mitchell will discuss alignment concepts and the importance of basic business analysis skills to define, assess and monitor the project portfolio.

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Leveraging Business Analysis To Manage The Project Portfolio

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Live Webinar January 12th, 2016 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

When it comes to business intelligence, the good thing is we live in a society where there is no shortage of raw data.

The bad thing is most companies need skilled professionals to help them transform the raw data into meaningful and useful information and integrate it into their strategic, tactical and operational decision making processes.

This webinar will provide you with proven techniques to:

• Help Business Analyst Integrate business intelligence into the requirements development process;
• Become confident in delivering data driven solutions; and
• Learn 5 tips for successful business intelligence projects.

Presenter: Edwina Simons, (LinkedIn profile) MBA, CBAP, SSGB is the Founder of Tech Hybrids, Inc. and a and a a contributing author for the latest IIBA BABOK Guide v3.   An accomplished business analyst, project manager and trainer Edwina  has over 17 years  experience achieving operational efficiency and increasing revenue in the insurance, banking, clinical research, pharmaceutical and legal industries.

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Why is Business Intelligence important to a Business Analyst?

Online Webinar – Recorded May 23rd 2014
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

PLEASE NOTE: In spite of what the ASPE page states this Session Is ONLY 1 hour and 1 minute long the session IS NOT 3 h.ours 1 minute long and does qualify for only 1 PDU.

Leaders often proceed under the mistaken belief that as organizational or technical experts, they can simply think their way through difficult problems.

Yet experimental evidence has time and again illustrated that so-called experts often do no better than non-experts in such analytical situations.

The Critical Thinking Skills course is focused on providing practitioners with both the whys and hows of proper analytical techniques.

It provides a detailed presentation of the ways in which practitioners may consider alternatives and challenge assumptions, all the while illustrating how evidence-based techniques can greatly improve judgmental forecasting and decision making in any type of organization.

You will learn:

• How to decompose information into smaller elements in order to arrange these into a logical pattern
• Employ rigorous brain storming techniques that encourage a broad range of perspectives, including minority and dissenting opinions
• Improve your performance as a leader, manager, and analyst
• Master techniques to generate hypotheses that explain available information and can be used to perform tests to confirm/deny
• Demonstrate an ability to assess cause and effect and then perform a critical review of the premises, assumptions, and logic of the analysis
• Know how to properly structure and test your hypothesis
• Recognize biases and prejudices that get in the way of reliable analysis
• Learn how to select the best analytical tool for a situation from an array of analytic techniques

Dave Caccamo PMP, (LinkedIn profile) has three decades of experience in engineering, economics and project management. With a BSc from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Economics from North Carolina State University, Dave has demonstrated time and again his ability to make complex business and engineering concepts understandable to executives, managers and technicians through his fundamental modeling of subject matter.

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Online Webinar – Recorded January 31, 2011
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Like an author experiencing writer’s block, the underlying competency of Creative Thinking (or lack thereof) can stop the best of us in our tracks.

Learn what Creative Thinking is and discover opportunities to blow away your paradigms and move your analysis forward.

Then enhance your BA value by defining ways to complement that recharged creativity with Critical and Strategic Thinking skills.

Presented by: Bonnie Baldus, PMP, (LinkedIn profile) has 20+ years of experience in project management, leadership, and business analysis training and business analysis. As an alumni of Iowa State University  BSc degree and  advanced studies in Technical Communication, Bonnie is a member of both PMI®, the Project Management Institute, and ASTD, the American Society of Training and Development.

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Live Webinar December 17th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

Business analysts, product managers, and product owners have embraced the power of visual models in software requirements projects.

However, as teams transition to Agile, the place for visual models is evolving.

This presentation will discuss:

• The use and timing of visual models in agile,
• How to use models to identify user stories and system stories for the backlog, and
• How models can be employed when elaborating stories in the backlog.
  • Joy will also  show you specific examples of this approach, using a simple scenario.

Presenter: Joy Beatty, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Research & Development Seilevel, Joy Beatty has 15 years of experience in helping change the way customers create requirements with new requirements methodologies and training courses. She is a contributor to the core team for the new release of the IIBA BABOK^® Guide. She is a co-author of Visual Models for Software Requirements (Best Practices (Microsoft) and Software Requirements, 3rd Edition with Karl Wiegers

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Live Webinar December 16th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDWxx
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

The role of a Business Analyst versus the role of a Project Manager is an age old discussion that has caused quite a bit of controversy over the years.

Although the presence of a Business Analyst on a project does not seem odd, the role still brings a great deal of confusion among stakeholders.

This confusion has been the root of much tension on projects and has put the Business Analyst on some occasions at odds with the Project Manager.

Eliminating the confusion between the two roles is critical for project success.

This webinar will explore real-life scenarios.

Learn proven techniques to:

• Eliminate the confusion between BA & PM responsibilities once and for all!
• Maximize synergies between the two roles, and …
• Make sure your project has continuous success.

Presenter: Edwina Simons, (LinkedIn profile) MBA, CBAP, SSGB is the Founder of Tech Hybrids, Inc. and a and a a contributing author for the latest IIBA BABOK Guide v3.   An accomplished business analyst, project manager and trainer Edwina  has over 17 years  experience achieving operational efficiency and increasing revenue in the insurance, banking, clinical research, pharmaceutical and legal industries.

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