Live Webinar March 19th, 2020 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  Modern Analyst

Effective alignment between the data captured by the business and the language used by the business is a key to business success.

A term may have different meanings for different people based on the context or the interpretation. Misunderstandings caused by incorrect interpretation of business data increase the risk of expensive errors and expose huge business risks.

Having a Business Glossary can help to minimize the potential for misinterpretation.

This event will show you how can jump-start the Business Glossary initiative using a template approach. You can save time and money in developing an effective Business Glossary that provides clarification, structure, and content, via a Universal Business Glossary.

This presentation will show how a Business Analyst can begin a Business Glossary initiative through:

• Implementing best practices for defining terms
• Jump-starting the glossary initiative using templates
• Leveraging universal domains
• Connecting the Business Glossary with the Data Dictionary
• Managing terms and definitions
• Understanding the governance required to ensure the longevity of the Business Glossary program

Presenters:

Len Silverston (best-selling author, LinkedIn profile) President, Universal Data Models, LLC , is a consultant, and speaker with 30+ years of experience integrating organizations’ information, systems, and people. A thought leader in data modeling, data management, and the human dynamics of integrating information, he  is well-known for his “Universal Data Models” – reusable models that help to develop higher-quality data models in less time.Author of “The Data Model Resource Book: A Library of Logical Data Models and Data Warehouse Designs ” series (volumes 1, 2, and 3), which describes hundreds of reusable data models. The volume 1 book was rated No. 12 on the Computer Literacy Best Seller List, and there are Chinese and Korean translations in the series. He is the winner of the 2004  DAMA International Professional Achievement Award  and the 2006 DAMA International Community Award.

Robert Lutton (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Sandhill Consultants is responsible for creating an organization that delivers technology, service, products, and training in the areas of Enterprise Data Governance, Business Glossary, Data Catalog, Data Architecture, and Data Modeling. robert develops  innovative solutions in the areas of Enterprise Modeling, Universal Data Modeling, Universal Business Glossary, and Data Catalog Space. Sandhill Consultants is a certified CMMI / DMM Partner and is focused on enhancing data as an asset via practices and technology to maximize investment in Data Management.

Jeffrey Giles, (LinkedIn profile) Principal Architect Sandhill Consultants has 15+ years experience in Information Technology and is recognized as a Sr Data Management Professional. Jeffrey has been a guest lecturer on Enterprise Architecture at the Boston University School of Management. Jeffrey’s  experience is in customizing Enterprise Architecture frameworks, creating model driven (conceptual, logical, & physical levels) solutions & architectures, business intelligence projects, workflows, and UML application modeling.

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Why You Need A Business Glossary Now:
Data To The Language Of The Busines

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Live Webinar – February 14th, 2020 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP1811)

Ugly babies are everywhere in your organization, and they are taking you down from the inside, causing you unknown (and unneeded) pain.

Despite likely hiding in plain sight, these Ugly Babies may be negatively impacting your ability to deliver on important projects, improve organizational processes, which leads to a disengaging of your staff and team and worst of all, costing you a ton of money.

Note Disclaimer:
All babies are beautiful…
I’m obviously not talking about REAL babies
– Vincent Mirabelli

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• First and foremost, we’ll answer the question:
  • “What is an Ugly Baby?”
• Learn what elements are needed and how to put them in place, to most effectively mitigate the impact and influence of all our Ugly Babies
• Identify the largest sources of Ugly Babies in your organization,
  • And the role they play in your organizational processes

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides
• PDF – Ugly Babies

Presenter: Vincent Mirabelli (LinkedIn profile) PMP CBAP CCXP Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Principal Global Project Synergy Group; is a leader in the fields of Business Process Improvement, Business Analysis and Lean Six Sigma. He is also a founding member of The Uncommon League, and host of the podcast, “In Process”. Vincent is a highly sought after speaker and instructor, who’s primary focus has been to share his knowledge and experience, helping businesses achieve closed loop operational excellence.

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Ugly Babies & What To Do With Them

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Online Webinar – Recorded – June 12th 2019
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 2 PDU – Free
Provider:  IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

PDU Of The Day has published THOUSANDS of Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2019, we are publishing some  of our readers & editors favorite recorded opportunities, as a special treat for our readers!

Each of these webinars is available online!

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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Online Webinar – Recorded – October 31st 2018
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 2 PDUs – Free
Provider:  IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

PDU Of The Day has published THOUSANDS of Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2019, we are publishing some  of our readers & editors favorite recorded opportunities, as a special treat for our readers!

Each of these webinars is available online!

Key content covered in the webinar:

• Business Use Cases and Business Requirements
• Use Cases, the Application Life Cycle, and the Project Management Process
• The Components of a Use Case
• The Different Forms of Use Cases
• The Seven Steps to Writing a Business Use Case
• Detailed Use Case Modeling
• Tips for Eliciting Use Cases
• Use Cases and Business Rules
• Use Cases and User Stories in an Agile Approach
• Next Steps – What do you do when you’re done?

Get specific answers to:

• “Which comes first use cases or requirements? or What’s the difference between use cases and requirements?”
• “What is the difference between a business and a system use case”
• “How do you determine what the uses cases are for a system/project?”
• “How many use cases do I need?”
• “How detailed do the use cases need to be?”
• “What questions should I ask to build a good use case?
• “How many alternate flows do I need?”
• “When do I know I’m done?
• “What is the purpose of use case diagrams?”

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Writing A Business Use Case In 7 Steps

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Online Webinar – Recorded – November 20th, 2018
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP1811)

PDU Of The Day has published THOUSANDS of Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2019, we are publishing some  of our readers & editors favorite recorded opportunities, as a special treat for our readers!

Each of these webinars is available online!

Most of us learned Visio by doing: a boss or a colleague said

1. “Can you create an org chart of our division?” or
2. “We need a flowchart of this process. By tomorrow.” or
3. “Fred created this diagram before he left. Can you update it for Monday’s staff meeting?”

We make do with what we know, but never had formal training or time to discover better techniques.

This session will give you 20 tips and tricks to move you past where you are now and into a world of new features and enhanced productivity.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Uncover hidden dialogs, techniques, and features in Visio
• Learn keyboard shortcuts and ribbon tips that will make you a Visio power user
• Turn Visio diagrams into business intelligence dashboards

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Scott Helmers (LinkedIn profile  @VisProcess) Visio MVP – Based on his knowledge of Microsoft Visio and his active participation supporting Visio online, Microsoft has named Scott a Visio Most Valuable Professional, one of 13 in the world. Scott recently wrote “Microsoft Visio 2010 Step by Step” for Microsoft Press as a followup to his bestsellers Visio 2007 For Dummies & Microsoft Visio 2013 Step By Step.

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20 Visio Tips In 60 Minutes

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Live Webinar – December 3rd 2019, 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training   1/2 Hour .5 PDU
Provider:  Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)

A quick 30 minute introduction to Business Analysis.

This webinar looks at why the BA is essential to the business, what BAs do, and certification paths for Business Analysts.

In this webinar, you will:

• Define business analysis and explain why it is essential for identifying business needs and defining solutions
• Summarize what a BA does and identify the different job titles a BA may have
• List and define the core BA skills
• Differentiate between the two worldwide organizations addressing the practice of business analysis and their respective BA certifications

Presenter: Paul LaSalle (LinkedIn profile) has 40+ years of experience as a trainer who brings an understanding and appreciation of business needs and objectives into the classroom. Working through numerous organizations, Paul has served as a Systems Analyst, Network Analyst, Network Architect, Project Manager, Management Consultant, and Business Analyst. He is a co-author of the TCP/IP Bible.

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Business Analysis In 30 Minutes

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