Business Architecture: Beyond Theory

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Live Webinar – March 16th, 2016 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

Enterprise Business Architecture is quickly evolving into a mainstream business capability.

Some would argue that it is already there particularly when 50% of the world’s top performing organizations have embraced business architecture as a strategic differentiator ranging from Government, Telco’s, Manufacturing and Financial Institutions.

However there continues to be a large population of change executives, managers and resources who regard Business Architecture as a theoretical practice.

Strategic change initiatives proliferate in business today. The speed and rate of change demands we maintain holistic oversight of all the moving parts to ensure realization of target operating models and designs.

Historically only a few strategic programs would be at play. In the last decade this number has grown to include on-shoring/off-shoring, centralization, spans of control, business transformation, vendor outsourcing, modernization, mergers/acquisitions, channel optimization, client segmentation, journeys and experience.

To facilitate strategic alignment and execution of these initiatives, firms are investing in business architecture.

Beyond Theory will focus on what are the market and internal forces at work which have been driving and will continue to drive organizations to use the models to better understand business impact, scope, execution and benefits realization.

The discussion will address the deployment and adoption challenges and look at industry standards and Blueprinting for strategic opportunities. It will provide a foundational knowledge of the business architecture framework and model types to crystalize scope, identify stakeholders, manage risk and how early analysis, through the lens of the business architecture, will influence estimating, resourcing, time, cost and quality.

Business Architecture is the link between strategy and execution.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Provide clear, rational reasons to do business Architecture.
  2. Present a foundational set of Business Architecture Models, views and uses to mitigate project and analysis risk, drive the value proposition
  3. Recommend a staged Execution Model

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Live Webinar March 1st 2016 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
Duration: 4 Hours Credits: 4 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

 This Session Has 4 Hours Of Strategic Approaches!

This online conference dives into four key tracks from the upcoming O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference (April 10—14, New York Hilton Midtown, NY).

Join four seasoned software architects as they recount larger-than-life architectural challenges and share their strategies and solutions for dealing with them.

Covering microservices, integration architecture, reactive and its variants, security, and much more, this online conference will arm you with new strategies and practical approaches for coping with difficult real-world problems.

Zen Of Architecture

For the beginner architect, there are many options for doing pretty much anything. But for the Master architect, there are only a few.

In this information-filled session Juval will:

  • Explain his approach to large system analysis and design, using volatility to decompose a system into its comprising services.
  • Contrast it with the most common mistake in architecture: using functionality to identify services.
  • Show how to overcome:
    • the real hurdles architects face pursuing volatility-based decomposing,
    • simple and practical techniques for identifying areas of volatility,
    • common telltale signs or “smells” when your design is still functional.

Presenter: Juval Lowy (O’Reilly bio) is founder of IDesign, a master software architect specializing in system and project design and iMicrosoft’s Regional Director for the Silicon Valley. Juval is the author of COM and .NET Component Services (O’Reilly Windows) & Programming WCF Services: Mastering WCF and the Azure AppFabric Service Bus. He participated in the Microsoft internal strategic design reviews for C#, WCF and related technologies. Juval is a frequent keynote speaker. Microsoft has ecognized Juval as a Software Legend as one of the world’s top experts and industry leaders.

Monolith To Microservices Isn’t Easy

Over 40 billion ads are served automatically each day on the AppNexus platform based on rules set up by clients through the API.

The breadth and depth of its features has caused the API to grow into a vast monolithic application.

Migrating from an application of this size to a microservices architecture presents a complex array of challenges—consistency is crucial and mishandling a client’s update can cost millions of dollars in a matter of minutes.

In this presentation, Larry will discuss the complexities of such a migration using real-world examples.

Larry will also share the open source software his team used along with the tools and processes they created to make such a change possible.

Presenter: Larry (Lawrence) Finn (LinkedIn profile) is a principal engineer at Appnexus. Studying computer science at Columbia University he spent a few years in the trenches of financial technology working on equities trading technologies. Lawrence has participated in growing the company from a fledgling startup to a technology powerhouse.

Designing A Reactive Data Platform: Challenges, Patterns & Anti-Patterns

Over the last few years, we’ve seen a tremendous surge in data volume, along with an unparalleled explosion of toolsets and solutions aimed at extracting the most value from this deluge.

Integrating these different technologies in a way that makes sense to the organization is a real challenge that has trampled many experienced engineering teams.

Alex discusses these challenges—their definition, mitigation, and potential solutions—and explains what makes a good design pattern (and what doesn’t) when architecting an integrated data platform.

Alex will cover the key architectural decisions Pluralsight made as it moved from a blank slate to a fully reactive self-service platform that is able to fulfill several business use cases.

Presenter: Alex Silva (LinkedIn profile) Chief Data Architect, Pluralsight, leads the development of the company’s data infrastructure and services. Instrumental in establishing Pluralsight’s data initiative by architecting their impressive  platform. Previously Alex was a principal data engineer at Rackspace, leading  the company’s data initiative. Alex has also held senior-level engineering positions at Walt Disney World Internet Group, Pentaho, OutStart, ESPN Emerging Technologies, and Travelatro.com.  With a reputation as a passionate & pragmatic data evangelist he is seen as a big data platform guru.

How To Make Threat Modeling Work For You

Threat modeling helps you think about what could go wrong and how to prevent it.

In building software, we either skip threat modeling for secure design or we try threat modeling but can’t figure how to connect threat models to real world development and priorities.

In this presentation, you will learn practical strategies in threat modeling for secure software design and apply risk management to deal with the threats.

Presenter: Robert Hurlbut MVP (ISC)2 CSSL  (LinkedIn profile, @RobertHurlbut) is an independent software security consultant, architect, developer, and trainer through Robert Hurlbut Consulting Services.  Robert has over 20+ years of industry experience in secure coding, software architecture, and software development and has served at times as a project manager, chief architect, and director of software development for several clients. Check out Robert’s Blog, where he shares links and other useful information.

PDU Category C documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 8 – Quality

  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
  • 5.2 Collect Requirements
  • 5.3 Define Scope
  • 8.1 Plan Quality

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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Strategic Approaches To Real-World Architectural Challenges

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Live Webinar February 24th 2016 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar Lory Wingate (LinkedIn profile) will address the topic areas of innovation, project leadership, project definition, project planning, and project controls.

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A Project Management Approach For Achieving Positive Innovation Outcomes

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The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
ITMPI Membership

Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
An Excellent Value!!

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Memberships Include all PDU Codes

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Live Webinar February 17th, 2016 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

The IT4IT is an operating model that allows the IT function to achieve the same level of business discipline, predictability and efficiency as other functions in the business.

In this webinar Chris Armstrong (LinkedIn profile) will provide an overview of IT4IT and describe how it is being used to drive organizational change.

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IT4IT: The Enterprise Architecture Of IT

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The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
ITMPI Membership

Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
An Excellent Value!!

Search for “2733” to see other great titles available!
Memberships Include all PDU Codes

Note: ITMPI charges a fee to obtain individual PDU codes. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code should be able to be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. An ITMPI Membership entitles you to receive all ITMPI PDU Codes and recordings.

Virtual Teams: Fact Vs. Fiction

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Live Webinar – February 4th, 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 1 Hr  1 Cat A PDU/CDUs – Free  PDU / CDU

Increasingly, people need to work together remotely, yet the research shows that effectiveness dramatically decreases as soon as people are more than 90 feet away from each other.

  • In fact, did you know that 39% of people are sleeping during your virtual meetings?
  • Some are multitasking; they’re catching up on email, and sorting through their to-do list.
  • Others are engaging in Social Media, and some are simply not even paying attention.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

If your virtual project team meetings suffer from any of these symptoms then you need to join us for Fact Vs. Fiction: An interactive session about the myths surrounding virtual teams

This engaging  lunch and learn will uncover the myths surrounding virtual teams, and give you the tools you need to ensure productive and engaging virtual meetings.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

  • Demystify the top 5 myths of virtual teams
  • Discuss 3 virtual meeting strategies
  • Determine how to build trust in a virtual team

Who should attend?

  • Project Managers,
  • BA’s
  • Team members of virtual teams

With the Course You Will Receive:

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

Presenter: Claire Sookman (LinkedIn profile) the driving force behind Virtual Team Builders, brings to the table 20+ years of corporate & public sector consulting experience, working with over 4,500 Project Managers in the past three years. Specializing in virtual team building and communication strategies, Virtual Team Builders provides consulting expertise that results in virtual project teams working more efficiently. Claire began her career PMSI Project Mentors and worked with project managers and team members worldwide. The common challenge these teams were facing was working in and leading a dispersed teams and 1999 Virtual Team Builders was born. Visit Claire’s website at Virtualteambuilders

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Predicting Project Outcomes

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Live Webinar January 13th 2016, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

This session provides attendees with hands on techniques for determining the outcome of their projects before the project really gets rolling.

This session is about facts, and presents extensive research from IAG’s new Business Analysis Benchmark Study to help project managers build a predictive risk assessment model.

This session puts the intake and requirements gathering process of the project lifecycle under the microscope to determine what actions project managers can take to more consistently achieve a successful outcome on their projects.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Executive perspectives on making requirements change
  2. Techniques for optimizing requirements discovery
  3. The tactics of requirements competency development

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Predicting Project Outcomes

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