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 – 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.’

Click to register for Three Things You Need To Know About Document Data Modeling In NoSQL

Live Webinar November 12th, 2015 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST or …
Live Webinar November 12th, 2015 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EST
Duration: 1.5 Hr Webinar Credits: 1.5 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

With the prevalence of continuous integration, many people are now incorporating code coverage tools to measure how thoroughly they’ve tested the code.

However, few people really understand what these tools do, how they work, and what exactly all the metrics mean.

In this webinar, Rex will discuss the use of sophisticated code coverage techniques.

By the end of this hour-long session, you’ll be ready to work with your developer colleagues on enhancing your tests via better white-box coverage.

Join this webinar, illustrated with examples throughout, to learn these useful techniques—and why not bring a developer with you.

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

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Initiating, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

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’

Click to register for the 2:00 am – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of Understanding White-box Coverage Metrics

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of Understanding White-box Coverage Metrics

Live Webinar – November 10th 2015, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST
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.”

The change in how and who to engage with, in the customer organisation drives a requirement to be able to credibly talk with business leaders.

Enhanced business acumen ensures alignment with the customer, enabling a number of benefits.

These benefits include:

• Building credibility when discussing business topics
• The ability to understand the business and financial state of the organisation and how that impacts the project
• Developing a business case focused on and aligned to the customer’s expectations and viewpoints.

The key techniques and tools covered are:

• Understanding the 5 Business Drivers to improve relationships with stakeholders
  • Cash
  • People
  • Profit
  • Assets
  • Growth
• Key Financial Concepts
  • WACC – Weighted average cost of capital
  • ROCE – Return on capital employed

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’

Click to register for PM Strategic Planning & Sales Excellence Series: Developing Business Acumen

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.

Click to register for Business Analyst Work Plan

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.

Click to register for CBAP And CCBA Certification Q & A