Live Webinar July 20 2011 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Cat A Free

The Business Analysis Benchmark is rapidly becoming the world’s leading source of information on the impact of requirements quality on project outcome.

We will discuss:

1. The Facts of Performance: What is the impact of requirements maturity on technology projects?
2. Myth Busting: There are many commonly held beliefs that prevent organizations from successfully making change.
3. Path To Success: What activities can be taken to improve development success.

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Live Webinar July 19, 2011 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU Free Course ID: BAW1306

Smart business analysts rely on models and other artifacts like decision tables and prototypes to help them ask the right questions at the right level of detail, to avoid making assumptions and to avoid leaving out something important.

Use cases, context diagrams, workflow models, state diagrams and other artifacts including UML models help business analysts to structure the conversations with subject matter experts, to analyze the requirements and to communicate the precise details to the people who have to deliver the solution; however, there are so many models out that that it can be confusing to know which one to use and when; and how they relate to the business requirements document.

In this webinar, you’ll learn the most useful models for business analysis, and you will learn guidelines for determining which model to use, and when, and how to incorporate them into the business requirements document.

Learning objectives include:

• Recognize the visual requirements models available to business analysts
• Understand what questions each type of model is designed to answer
• Identify when a business analyst should apply each model

About the presenter: Phil Vincent (LinkedIn profile), PMP®, CBAP®, Certified ScrumMaster and Certified Rational Solution Designer, is a Senior Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group. Phil works as a professional coach to business analysts and project management professionals in organizations all across the United States and Canada. Phil also teaches business analysis programs to professionals and will draw on his experiences to provide you with proven techniques for determining which artifact to use and when.

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Live Webinar July 13 2011 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Cat A Free

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.

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.

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Online Webinar
Duration: Webinar 1 hr
Credits: 1 PDU Category C
Posted On: iRise

Many teams jump straight to defining requirements without really understanding the context for the solution and the business problems that need to be solved.

To help provide better solutions, Kurt Bittner provides a webcast where you will discover the issues associated with problem identification, analysis and explore how to better connect to traditional requirements approaches.

Learn how to attain a real understanding of the needs of stakeholders and examine the desired outcomes for defining software requirements.

This presentation uses a consistent example throughout to clearly explain techniques that can be used by any team to improve their understanding of the real needs of stakeholders. The result is fewer false starts and improved quality of delivered applications.

Presenter: Kurt Bittner (LinkedIn profile)

The director for Requirements Management Solutions at Rational Software, Kurt Bittner served on the original Rational Unified Process development team. He has twenty years of experience in software development, including work in requirements capture, analysis, design, development, and project and product management.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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 – June 30, 2011 3:00 – 4:00PM EDT
Presenter: Journyx Inc.
Duration: 1 hour 1 CAT B FREE

Prevent the first instance of failure by productively managing your Scope and Requirements processes.

Relationship-based approach or force-feed approach will not optimize precious time with your customers, sponsors, and teams. Excellence in execution only goes so far without the right mindset and right set of priorities. Shaving off time from an inefficient Scope and Requirements process will only further the damage.

To have successful projects, you must assess the big picture. With set goals in sight, you can map your team and customer time to their highest value efforts, thus driving goals to completion.

Attendees will walk away with the ability to lead their teams through a value-based, document-centric short and productive planning process.

Initial work in the first stages of a project is usually document-based rather than technical or physical. Without a proven plan in place, it is easy to become distracted and to have the words, “Deadlines don’t matter at the start of a project, only at the end–we’ll catch up” uttered about your project.

Disaster awaits those who allow their projects to muddle through the first half of their project life, then attempt to “catch up” during the second half.

Learn how to manage projects effectively from the start.

This webinar is 1 hour long and attendees are eligible for 1 PDU.

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Live Webinar May 4th, 2011 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Duration: 1 hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A
Presented by: Computer Aid IT Metrics and Productivity Institute (REP 2733)

Requirements are a significantly weak link in many software projects. They frequently lead to significant ‘scope creep’ when customers change their minds, business needs evolve, and missed or misunderstood items are discovered.

Late changes in requirements are very defect prone and often lead to significant cost and schedule overruns.

Many software projects deliver systems that do not satisfy customers – the infamous “that’s not what we expected” from the customer followed by “but we met the specs” from the developer. In this webinar, Gary Gack (LinkedIn profile) will explore how you can combine some of the best features of several different approaches to “tame the tiger”.

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