Online Webinar
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A Free

Interviewing is the most effective requirements elicitation method, but many Business Analysts are still having trouble making it work for them.

Attend this webinar to learn how to maximize the effectiveness of your interviews, and how to ‘turbo-charge’ your results.

Subject Matter Expert:Rick Clare, PMP®, CBAP®, OCP
Rick Clare (LinkedIn profile) is the Business Analysis Practice Director and a Senior Instructor for PMCentersUSA, with over 15 years experience in the Systems/Business Analyst field and over 18 years of experience as a technical lead/trainer.Rick’s career experience has been as a Senior Oracle Database Developer, performing analysis, design, development and documentation on numerous database systems using Oracle and its complete set of development tools.

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Online Webinar
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU Cat A Free

A new and exciting trend in the industry has emerged, which is the formalization, standardization and certification process for the Business Analyst. This trend can be a very empowering tool for the CIO to drive change initiatives down to the Line-of-Business.

The historical role of the Business Analyst has varied from company to company and many times varied from department to department within a company.

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) is the new governing body for Business Analysts that is establishing common standards of knowledge within the BA profession and is committed to work with practitioners around the globe to continually add to those standards through education, research, and the sharing of effective tools and techniques.

Establishing a certification for the profession creates a common expectation by organizations of the skills and knowledge they will receive from certified business analysts.

This webinar is designed for anyone interested in learning about the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®).

The following topics will be covered:

• The role of the IIBA®
• The definition of a Business Analyst
• The BA Body of Knowledge
• The Application process/requirements to become a Certified BA Professional
• Training Options to prepare for CBAP® Certification
• Testing Requirements
• Recommended websites and reading

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Online Webinar
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A Free

The IIBA® has issued the Second Version of A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide). This webinar will provide a detailed explanation of the changes made to the BABOK® Guide from version 1.6 to version 2.0.

There was extensive movement of information inside the Knowledge Area structure as one knowledge area disappeared completely and another was split into 2 parts.

This webinar will describe the changes to the knowledge area organization and offer suggestions on specific areas of focus when using the BABOK® Guide. The presentation will be 30 minutes long.

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Online Live Webinar March 22, 2011 – 11:00 am to 12:pm EST
Presented by the Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Free Course Id: MDW1258

Meetings are an opportunity to bring out the best in people in a collaborative, safe environment. Meetings can also be an incredible waste of time and resources if they’re not managed effectively. Creating an effective meeting involves making a series of conscious choices, and also preparing, conducting, and following through.

This webinar concentrates on how to use meeting effectiveness tools and best practices to promote energizing, focused meetings that produce results; it also provides opportunities to discuss specific meeting challenges and how to successfully facilitate your way to resolution.

What You Will Learn:

• Foundation tools to set the stage for meeting effectiveness
• Steps and actions to successfully manage the 3 phases of a meeting: Before, During, and After
• How to prepare an action agenda
• Strategies to keep participants engaged and focused
• Facilitation skills and techniques to guide meeting interactions
• Guidelines and tips for managing difficult behaviors and situations

About the Presenter:
Crystell Anthony, M.Ed., MBTI®, CAGS from Northeastern University, and a certified State Trainer for Massachusetts, is a Lead Consultant for Corporate Education Group and Principal and founder of her own consulting company, The Focus Group. Crystell has successfully designed and facilitated training programs in the public and corporate sectors for executive, managerial, and administrative professionals since 1979. Crystell’s training programs are known for containing simplified “best practices” for easy on-the-job applications and have been successfully installed in organizations across the globe.

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Online Webinar
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU Cat A Free

This webinar will focus on an easy, yet practical application of risk management for projects. You will learn simple tools, techniques, and templates that can be easily applied to your projects for effectively managing project risks.

We will discuss actual project examples and describe what works and why.

Subject Matter Expert: Joe Lukas, PMP®, PE, CCE
Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile) is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, and leads a team of instructors and consultants in delivering project management and business analysis training and consulting to clients across the country. Joe has been involved in project management for over 30 years and has worked in engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating and contracting, and has been a Program and Project Manager supporting world-wide programs. His project management experience spans information systems, product development, capital construction and manufacturing projects. He is a registered Professional Engineer, Project Management Professional and Certified Cost Engineer.

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Online Webinar
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU Cat A Free

What are the consequences to your project if the schedule is incorrect?

How confident in the completion date would you be, given that well over 90% of project schedules contain errors that greatly reduced the schedule accuracy and value?

The webinar will cover the 10 most common mistakes people make when preparing schedules, and will also discuss techniques that should be utilized to avoid these scheduling mistakes.

Improve your scheduling ability by participating in this 30 minute webinar.

Audience:
Common Scheduling Mistakes and How to Avoid Them is intended for Project Managers, IT Managers, Business Analysts and anybody else who prepares project schedules.

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP®, PE, CCE
Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile) is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, and leads a team of instructors and consultants in delivering project management and business analysis training and consulting to clients across the country. Joe has been involved in project management for over 30 years and has worked in engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating and contracting, and has been a Program and Project Manager supporting world-wide programs. His project management experience spans information systems, product development, capital construction and manufacturing projects. He is a registered Professional Engineer, Project Management Professional and Certified Cost Engineer.

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