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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Live Webinar November 19th, 2019 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1.5 Hrs  1.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

Many people outside of the testing profession seem to think so, and, based on the relative paucity of money devoted to testing compared to other activities in the lifecycle, it’s certainly not a high priority for many organizations.

1. Is that smart?
2. Why do we test software?
3. What benefits, goals,
4. and objectives does testing serve?

Attend this presentation to learn solid, hard-headed, convincing reasons why testing is one of the smartest investments you can make, and why organizations that invest in testing receive long-lasting benefits from doing so.

Rex will lay out the case for software testing and answer your questions.

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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Is Testing A Waste Of Time & Money?

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Live Webinar October 7th, 2019, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Data and analytics increasingly drive success in today’s organizations, but are we truly reaping the benefits that they promise?

Join Rick Greenwald (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Director Analyst & Adam Ronthal (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Director Analyst, for this webinar as they  delve into the key trends in the data management solutions for analytics market.

Gain new insights about the state of the market, the rise of cloud, the role of the data lake, logical data warehouse architectures, and what’s up with Hadoop.

This webinar focuses on Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics (DMSA), the critical capabilities for DMSA, and other vendors to consider.

Discussion Topics:

• The key trends in the data management solutions for analytics market
• The key players impacting this market
• The modern analytic data management solution architecture

Return to the web page to watch both the live and on-demand webinar.

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Key Trends In Data Management Solutions For Analytics

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