Online Webinar – Recorded October 3rd 2013
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Course ID: WS100313

A business stakeholder has discovered a new business opportunity they want to pursue, or has described a problem that needs to be solved. Projects are born from either of these strategic initiatives, and Business Analysts are assigned to those projects.

Some of the first activities that we perform as BAs are to determine and agree the scope of the project and the solution approach we might take.

Along the way, we need to discover the stakeholders who will be impacted by the solution.

And finally, we need to describe the high-level and mid-level requirements that will help our stakeholders understand the extent of the investment they are about to make.

Join ASPE and Kris Ashton, (LinkedIn profile) of The Center for Requirements Excellence, in this one-hour webinar to explore the elicitation techniques and models that can best help us.

Discover high – and mid-level requirements that describe::

• The boundaries of the system (project scope)
• The interfaces of the system
• Key inputs and outputs
• Rules that govern the system and its users
• The processes or use cases contained within the system boundary

Click to register for Project Initiation: Eliciting High-Level and Mid-Level Requirements

Online Webinar
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDU –  Category A  $25 USD PDU
Presented by: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

In this webinar Fissure will focus on elicitation; the data gathering portion of the business analyst skill set that can often demand the lion’s share of an analyst’s time and effort.

In This Webinar You Will Learn:

• How elicitation fits into the six BA Knowledge Areas
• The keys to successful stakeholder analysis
• How to select appropriate elicitation techniques
• Effective interviewing preparation
• Best listening practices for interviews
• Tips for successful facilitation
• Dealing with problem participants

Click to register for Business Analysis Spotlight: Navigating Elicitation Challenges

Live Webinar December 18th, 2014 – 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

This webinar addresses top project and requirement management challenges and the seven keys to requirements management success.

This webinar, a repeat performance of a presentation of the same name at the PMI 2014 NA Congress in Phoenix reveals the top requirements management tips as collected by your RqM Council leaders Beth Ouellette (LinkedIn profile) and Mike Frenette (LinkedIn profile) using experiences gained during two years of monthly webinars delivered to the Community and results from a survey sent to you – the over 18,000 Community subscribers.

Deliver project success more frequently by managing requirements smarter and tighter.

Focus on some of the seven Success Keys to improve project performance, yield higher business value through involving the right people, setting the right expectations, increasing quality, managing change and building in timely approvals.

If you can focus on just a couple of the seven Success Keys, your project is sure to improve. Let’s manage requirements a little bit smarter, tighter, and deliver project success more frequently.

Cheers to Better Requirements!

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

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Live Webinar – December 17th, 2014 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

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 – November 20th, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
By BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 1 Hr  1 Cat A PDU/CDUs – Free  PDU / CDU

By far the most requested topic from clients and people performing business analysis is “What are the right questions to ask?”

Asking questions is at the core of performing business analysis and the “correct” answer to this question is as varied as the projects analysts are involved with and the techniques they utilize.

This presentation will provide a framework for ensuring that you’re asking the right questions, at the right time, and of the right audience.

Discussions will include factors that will impact the types of questions required and techniques to help drive the right questions. Participants will be provided checklists for use after the session as job aids.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Discuss factors that impact the right questions
• Determine the right questions to ask based on where you are in the project
• Discuss the use of techniques to drive and highlight the right questions to ask
• Understand how validation is a critical component to ensuring you asked the right questions

With the Course You Will Receive:

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

Presenter: Kupe Kupersmith CBAP®, President B2T Training, (LinkedIn @Kupe) possesses over 14 years of experience in software systems development. He has served as the lead Business Analyst and Project Manager on projects in the Energy, television, sports management and marketing industries. Kupe, a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®), is also internationally known for his strong mentorship of business analysis professionals.

Read Kupe’s blog on BA topics: Kupe’s blog on BA Times.
And …
BA’s Don’t Miss: B2T’s Valuable Downloadable Resources.

B2T Training: Since its inception in 2000, B2T Training, has focused solely on providing business analysis training and professional development. As experts in the field, B2T Training continues to shape the Business Analysis discipline and the careers of BA professionals in major corporations across the globe through its high impact training sessions and valuable resources.

Click to register for Ask the Right Questions

Live Webinar November 20th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

In short, the presentation will demonstrate that comprehensive requirements management is not about the sophistication of the tool used.

This presentation will:

• Review the role of requirements management in supporting the Proof of Concept and Solution Selection processes.
• Explore the benefit and value of combining the requirements management process w/ Proof of Concept for supporting Solution Selection
• Use a spreadsheet matrix designed to support an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution deployment  for illustrative purposes.

Comprehensive requirements management instead requires thoughtful planning and a well-designed process for documenting, categorizing, prioritizing, comparing and tracking requirements.

Presenter: Barry M. Milteer, MBA, PMP, MCTS (LinkedIn profile) is well-versed in many areas of Business and IT.  Having over 10 years’ experience in Project, Program and Portfolio integration, scope, schedule, cost and risk management. Barry also has significant additional multi- platform Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience including Business Case Development, Requirements Management, Solution Selection, Proof of Concept (POC), Installation/Setup, Configuration, Deployment and Training.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

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