Live Webinar – October 3rd 2013, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
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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

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 10.2 Manage Communications

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 Project Initiation: Eliciting High-Level and Mid-Level Requirements

Live Webinar September 26th, 2012 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)
Presented by:

We never have enough time to do it right, but we always have enough time to do it over.

Does this often quoted remark summarize projects that you’ve managed?

Poor project requirements not only “cost” time and money, they can “cost” you your job!

Study after study shows that it can cost 1,000 times more to fix a requirements problem during the execution phase (or worse, after the project has been delivered), than if that same problem were discovered in the planning phase.

Although the IT industry is the celebrated “poster child” for such requirements issues, no industry sector is immune from the problem; to be sure, the construction industry has certainly had more than its fair share of blunders and mistakes in the form of cost and schedule overruns, quality issues, and unhappy customers due to poor project requirements.

• Is there anything that can be done to mitigate the problem?
• Are we forever resigned to the fact that poor project requirements are just a part of life and the cost of doing business?

J. LeRoy Ward doesn’t think so, and he will present a pragmatic, proven approach to writing better project requirements learned from his more than 35 years of experience in the field. Using examples from multiple industry sectors, he will prove we don’t have to accept the status quo.

Poor project requirements not only “cost” time and money, they can “cost” you your job!

Learn the 4 steps to writing better project requirements including 11 elicitation techniques and 6 ways to document requirements for any project.

You can reduce your risk of incomplete and inaccurate requirements and delight clients at the same time.

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

Presented by: J. LeRoy Ward, (LinkedIn profile) PMP®, PgMP®, Executive Vice President of Product Strategy & Management, ESI International is the author of many publications including: theDictionary of Project Management Terms 3rd edition, thePMP Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide, Eighth Edition, Conversations on Passing the PMP® Exam,, the PgMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide, Fourth Edition,

Click to register for Writing Better Requirements: Lower Cost, Astonishing Clients

Live Webinar – Sept 19th, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
By BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 2 Hrs 2 Cat A PDU/CDUs – $89.99 USD for 2 PDU / CDU

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Enfocus Solutions Inc.’s Chief Visionary Officer, John Parker, discusses the complexities of agile requirements, sharing lessons learned and best practices specific to this iterative and incremental approach to development.

The webinar covers agile requirements in large enterprises, the role of business analysts, and how user stories can be defined and elaborated using test scenarios, user conversations, and functional and nonfunctional requirements.

The 2 hour presentation is a must-attend for organizations looking to move to agile, and for product owners, business analysts, scrum masters, and agile teams in organizations already using the method.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Learn how applying Agile in the Enterprise is different than using Agile on small software development projects.
• Learn about the fundamentals of agile requirements including user stories, conversations, and confirmations.Learn about how agile projects should start with clear business objectives and how each story should be directly tied to the business objectives.

More Learning Objectives:

• Learn why it is easier to start with epics instead of stories when appying Agile to enterprise projects.
• Learn how to trace development and test artifacts to user stories to epics and to business objectives.
• Learn why there is a need for multiple backlogs for managing agile requirements.

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides
• Some Additional Practice Aids of how to Apply Agile in the Enterprise

Presenter: John E. Parker – (LinkedIn profile) Enfocus Solutions Inc. is a seasoned expert in IT strategy, requirements management, business analysis, project management, IT strategic planning, and IT value management. . Drawing from his vast knowledge of business analyses and project management, John leads the design and development of Enfocus Requirements Suite’s valuable mind maps, templates, examples, and tools. John also regularly blogs and shares his expertise and insights.

Click to register for GET AGILE: What you Need to know about Agile Requirements for Enterprise Projects

Live Webinar Sept 18th, 2013 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Featured Sponsor : Jama

Delivering products and services to market is a major investment, therefore many organizations look to requirements reuse as a way to speed business innovation, reduce risk, and control costs. Requirements reuse enables you to create a set of requirements once and use those to support other products, markets, channels and customers.

Join Karl Wiegers, the renowned author and speaker on requirements management, and Matt Walker, Jama Solutions Architect, as they discuss the following topics:

• Different kinds of requirements reuse
• Classes of requirements information that have reuse potential
• Recommendations on how to make requirements reuse work for you

Presenters:

Matt Walker, (LinkedIn profile) Solutions Architect, Jama Software

Karl E. Wiegers (LinkedIn profile) Principal Consultant Process Impact has provided training and consulting services worldwide on many aspects of software development, management and process improvement.

His published books include:

• Software Requirements 3rd ed.
• More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice
• Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools (Best Practices
• Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide
• Creating a Software Engineering Culture
• Pearls from Sand: How Small Encounters Lead to Powerful Lessons

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 6 – Time 10 – Communications

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule
• 10.2 Manage Communications

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 Requirements Reuse – Fantasy or Feasible?

Live Webinar September 6th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

Reuse Is An Eternal Goal For Organizations
Seeking Higher Software Capability

Reusing requirements can increase productivity, improve quality, and lead to greater consistency between related systems. But effective reuse is hard!

This presentation, based on the newly-released book Software Requirements 3rd Edition, by Karl Wiegers and Joy Beatty, offers numerous suggestions about how to perform requirements reuse.

It describes several kinds of requirements reuse, identifies some classes of requirements information that have reuse potential in various contexts, and presents some issues around making requirements reusable.

The presentation concludes by identifying both barriers to effective reuse and success factors that can help your organization leverage its existing body of requirements knowledge.

Click to register for Requirements Reuse: Fantasy or Feasible?

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Live Webinar – August 28th, 2013 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

Requirements Planning adds incredible value to the requirements process.

More than simply creating another “work breakdown structure” document, this is an opportunity to address risks proactively and gain better stakeholder participation.

This session demonstrates how every component of a requirements plan adds value.

Learning Objectives:

1. Illustrate the pitfalls of traditional approaches to Requirements Planning
2. Deliver guidelines for making Requirements Planning a value-add activity
3. Know what material must be present in a high quality requirements planning document

Click to register for 5 Things You Must Know About Requirements Planning