Live Webinar January 28th 2015, 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

Live Webinar January 30th, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Purchasing a project solution versus building one internally to avoid the cost and time of re-inventing the wheel is becoming more common on projects. Selecting a vendor through a Request For Proposal (RFP) process doesn’t always guarantee that the solution the vendor proposed, and the project team selected, really meets the project’s needs and stakeholder’s expectations.

In order for vendors to effectively propose a viable project solution, they must have all of the necessary information regarding the project environment and needs. To prepare a complete RFP document, the project team needs to include information for 7 distinct components of the RFP.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• The 7 components of an RFP
• The role each of the RFP components plays in selecting the right vendor
• The critical project information that should be given to the potential vendors in an RFP.

Join Solutions Cube for this 1 hour in-depth webinar and learn what the 7 RFP components are and how they are used to influence the decisions associated with selecting the right vendor and solution.

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

Click to purchase Anatomy of an RFP: RFP Series 2 of 4

Live Webinar January 23rd, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Purchasing a project solution versus building one internally to avoid the cost and time of re-inventing the wheel is becoming more common on projects.

Selecting a vendor through a Request For Proposal (RFP) process doesn’t always guarantee that the solution the vendor proposed, and the project team selected, really meets the project’s needs and stakeholder’s expectations.

Often project teams make the mistake of jumping straight to the proposal portion of the their project lifecycle before clearly defining the project needs. The resulting RFP sent to vendors is vague and fails to communicate the critical requirements vendors need to propose accurate solutions.

Vendors who respond to the RFP are left with little choice except to make many assumptions on what the project needs are and base their proposals on these, often times, false assumptions. Because the project requirements are so vague, almost any vendor solution appears to adequately address the need.

Learn the critical success factors of an RFP effort and the characteristics that cause many RFP efforts to fail.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn about:

• Critical Success Factors of the RFP process
• Characteristics of a successful RFP process
• Common pitfalls that cause RFP efforts to fail

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

Click to purchase RFP Critical Success Factors: RFP Series 1 of 4

Live Webinar January 21st 2015 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 is for business analyst leadership and development executive looking to make long term, systematic improvement to their business analyst organization.

IAG will draw from its project experience with over 700 customers to baseline organizations, assess the value of improvement, and determine the action plan for success.

Learning Objectives:

1. How do you assess the maturity of an analyst organization?
2. Where do you focus for improvement?
3. What implementation guidelines should be used to enhance success?

Click to register for Managing Requirements Operational Excellence

Live Webinar – January 7th, 2014 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

The optimal path to mature requirements practices is often obscured by misinformation. Register now to see how to make significant operational improvement in requirements maturity and select a path based on a strong foundation of research and quantified success.

The Business Analysis Benchmark is rapidly becoming the world’s leading source of information on the impact of requirements quality on project outcome. We are pleased to announce the release of the 2009 survey results.

Learn:

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.

Featured Speaker: Rob Stewart, IAG Consulting (LinkedIn profile)

Click to register for Myth-Busting The Path To Requirements Success

Online Webinar Recorded – September 13th 2013
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Course ID: WS090513

Elicitation is more than asking:
“What Is Your Problem & What Can I Do For You?”

Stakeholders need help to understand their needs. This help comes in the form of elicitation techniques, elicitation concepts that support success, supporting critical success factors (CSF’s), and understanding the road blocks to the process.

This webinar will cover the elicitation techniques from the BABOK, including the advantages and disadvantages of each, concepts that support success, CSF’s, and road blocks.

Presenter: Bob Keith

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