Live Webinar October 1st, 2015 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT or …
Live Webinar October 1st, 2015 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1.5 Hr Webinar Credits: 1.5 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Have You Just Hired Or Have You Developed Your Test Team?

The IT industry is focused on developing software, and, for the last 20 years or so, we’ve been obsessed by the process by which software is developed.

However, since software is still built mostly by hand, are we talking too much about how we develop software and not enough about how we develop the teams that develop the software?

At RBCS, they think there’s been entirely too much religious warfare about SDLCs, and not enough healthy discussion of how to develop, build, and nurture our people.

So, in this webinar, Rex will describe a solid, proven process for determining the skills your team needs, assessing which of those skills your team already has, and putting in place a plan to grow the skills that are lacking.

Through this process, you can develop a test team that has the skills and experience needed to succeed—regardless of the chosen lifecycle.

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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Live Webinar – September 30th, 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 June 24th 2015, but when you register for the session on the page you will see:

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Managing Requirements Maturity
Wednesday, Sept 30, 2015 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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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Live Webinar – September 29th 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.

The need to change how sales teams engage with their customers is well established as customers now expect business solutions to their business challenges.

This means an evolution in how to sell, and who to sell to.

To be successful means engaging with CxO level stakeholders to uncover the strategic business needs of the organisation.

To achieve this requires new skills and capabilities, a fresh perspective on how the customer relationship is viewed, and a set of techniques and tools to ensure success.

This webinar explains the concepts and drivers for a business outcome led approach to selling, and introduces methodology to uncover these customer business needs, and position business solutions to them.

The key techniques and tools covered are:

• Business Outcome Led Method
  • Being Business Relevant
  • Business Value of IT Investments
• Business Transformation
  • Addition of new capabilities
  • Modification of existing capabilities
  • Removal of redundant capabilities

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

Watch for the webinar series 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 September 23rd, 2015, 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A Free
Previously recorded version also available.

Please Note :  At this time the date on the webpage is wrong the page states the webinar is on June 24th 2015, but when you register for the session on the page you will see:

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Inside Effective Business Requirements Documentation
Wednesday, Sept 23, 2015 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

This session is a deep dive into requirements documentation issues showing examples of good documentation practices and samples of materials that only look good on the surface, but have significant buried problems. Find out the 3 most common documentation mistakes, and learn about 5 critical success factors for effective requirements documentation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Know what material must be present in high quality requirements documentation.
2. See how documentation defects impact project performance.
3. Learn how to simplify your strategy for documentation by focusing on the right information at the right time

You will have to register – then the webinar will load in the page Please be patient this may take a min or two to load. (You may have to use the side scroll bar to place the webinar on pause)

Click to register for the Live version of Inside Effective Business Requirements Documentation

Recorded Version Information: If you watch the recorded version of this webinar it is a good idea to record the information about this webinar date, time, and list this prerecorded event for your PDU Audit folder.

Click to view a recorded version (2008-10-28) of Inside Effective Business Requirements Documentation .

Online Webinar – Recorded November 15th 2010
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Being an effective analyst requires that you be able to ask both intelligent and revealing questions to ensure that you get the information needed to fully understand the problem.

However, you can ask incredibly good questions, but if you don’t listen, you have just wasted everyone’s time.

You can also be a great listener, but if you don’t ask good questions, you ‘ve made the same mistake.

What it takes is the ability to do both! We will show you how to become a better listener and how to develop great questions so that the quality of your requirements takes a great leap forward.

Join Mary and learn Importance of “Questioning & Listening Skills”, her enthusiasm is exhaustive and contagious.!

Presenter: Mary Repetto Mary’s passion lies in the areas of strategic planning, project management and sales consulting, . With 25+ years of experience working with and for Fortune 500 companies in North America, Europe, South America and Asia, she is able to command the respect and attention of audiences  participants worldwide. Mary holds degrees in Marketing, Business Administration (MBA in Finance), and a Master’s Certificate in Project Management, Six Sigma practices

Click to register for The Importance of Questioning and Listening Skills for BAs

Live Webinar – September 16th, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Please Note :  At this time the date on the webpage is wrong the page states the webinar is on June 18th 2015, but when you register for the session on the page you will see:

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Harmonizing Agility & Discipline
Wednesday, Sept 16, 2015  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

Demystify a wide range of agile & traditional requirements / development methodologies!

This session looks at the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and gives prescriptive guidelines to requirements leadership looking to improve results by striking a better balance between agile and disciplined practices.

These practices are not mutually exclusive – the real issue is to look at your current circumstances and find the right balance to maximize success.

This session refocuses the agility versus discipline dialogue.

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