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| November 2008 |
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Project Managers and Business Analysts Living Together
Online seminar
Speaker: Rick Cusolito
Cost: FREE
Description:
What makes a project successful? Studies have shown that project failure is often due to inadequate involvement of the end-user and poor definition of product requirements. This session highlights the role of the business analyst, who assists the project manager in defining user requirements and helping to point the project toward completion.
Business analysts are key to understanding users’ needs and establishing a clear set of objective, measurable requirements. The project manager uses this as the basis to create a project plan that balances requirements and deliverables against schedule, resource, cost and risk constraints. The presentation defines the role of the business analyst in the context of the overall organization, and identifies the skills that are essential for success, not just in project initiation but throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Session Learning Objectives:
When the session is completed, the attendees will be able to:
#Define the roles of the project manager and business analyst while balancing the expectations of the different project stakeholders
#Identify techniques used by business analysts
#Understand how quality is assured through structured verification and validation techniques
Who Should Attend:
IT project managers
Team members
Project leaders
IT Business Analysts
Systems Analysts
Programmers
About the presenter: Rick Cusolito is Principal of Stillwater Consulting Services, founded in 2000 with a mission to bring structure and focus to organizations by formalizing the connection between Enterprise Analysis, Project Management, and Solution Assessment. Since that time, SCS has served clients in various industries and locations through Business Analysis; Project Management; Mentoring and Training project managers and business analysts; and the Development of learning programs.
With an extensive background in benchmark auditing and performance improvement, Rick brings a depth and breadth of experience in Business Analysis activities that frequently result in software, hardware, and systems implementations, as well as process discovery and documentation. Rick has more than 17 years professional experience in project management and process improvement, in addition to over 12 years delivery of professional development courses. Most notably, Rick has provided project management expertise to more than fifty Fortune 1000 clients including the top health insurer, the world’s leading computer systems company, #1 software company, and the largest 3rd-party customer care company in the world.
Rick has spoken at Project Summit and Business Analyst World, Project World and World Congress for Business Analysts, and PMI chapter meetings on subjects such as Measuring Project Success, Project Leadership, and PRINCE2™.
Rick is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA™), and a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ™).
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| December 2008 |
12/4
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Business Process Management: Today and Tomorrow
Online seminar
Speaker: Paul Harmon
COST: FREE
DESCRIPTION:
Companies have been working to improve their processes for decades, but, in the past few years, the emergence of a variety of new software technologies and the relentless competitive pressures on large companies to outsource and develop a worldwide presence has taken the interest in business processes to a new level of intensity. In this talk we will consider some of the roots of today’s interest in business process management, the role of Six Sigma and Lean and the relationship to Business Process Reengineering. We will then consider what is new about BPM and describe the growing resources available to those who want to undertake business change, the emerging BPM systems that seem destined to transform businesses in the next decade, and the implications this transition will have for those who work in today's companies.
What we will cover:
• The roots of business process change
• The importance of business process today
• Some of the exciting new developments in BPM practice
• Some benefits achieved by companies that are doing BPM today
• What’s likely to happen next
About the speaker:
Paul Harmon is a Co-Founder, Executive Editor and Market Analyst at BPTrends, the most trusted source of information and analysis on trends, directions and best practices in business process management, (www.bptrends.com). He is also a Co-Founder, Chief Methodologist and Principal Consultant of BPTrends Associates, a professional services company providing executive education, training and consulting services for organizations interested in understanding and implementing business process management. Paul is the Co-Author and Editor of the BPTrends Product Reports, the most widely read reports available on BPM software products and the author of the best selling book, Business Process Change, 2nds edition: A Guide for Business Managers and BPM and Six Sigma Professionals. He is an acknowledged BPM thought leader and noted consultant, educator, author and market analyst concerned with applying new technologies and methodologies to real-world business problems. He is a widely respected keynote speaker and has developed and delivered executive seminars, workshops, briefings and keynote addresses on all aspects of BPM to conferences and major organizations throughout the world.
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12/12
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Are You Ready for Risk? Scheduling and Risk Analysis Using Monte Carlo
Online seminar
Speaker: Bruce Chadbourne
COST: FREE
DESCRIPTION:
Gain a deeper, and more practical understanding of what it means to improve your project schedule with schedule risk analysis. Consider the effects of individual risks as well as the cumulative effects of uncertainty when committing to your deadline date. Further, how do you estimate an appropriate contingency? Tune in to find out the answers.
This webinar features Bruce Chadbourne - a 30+ year veteran of defense systems and IT software engineering, spanning service as a U.S. Naval Officer (Nuclear Propulsion), followed by Engineering Project Management with GE, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy. His experience ranges from Systems/ Software development to Integration & Test for military systems, commercial networks, and consumer software products. He has held technical certifications prior to working directly in project management. Bruce has established company Project Management/Support Offices and developed integrated management processes in concert with capability maturity models (CMM-I). His final accomplishments have been in the areas of cost account management, business planning and financial analysis, for programs in excess of $70M.
In addition to independent consulting, Bruce has served as a professional instructor of Project Management and Business Analysis certificate programs for over 8 years for numerous industry clients. His expertise in risk management initiatives has been recognized throughout the Lockheed Martin Corporation and BAE SYSTEMS. Bruce is a member of the New Hampshire chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is a charter member and former Director of the PMI Risk Management SIG. He speaks and writes periodically for PMI, IIBA, and other international organizations. He recently co-authored the book “The Professional’s Guide to Risk Assessment (2004)” with Paula K. Martin.
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