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Nuts/Bolts of Business Analysis

The Nuts & Bolts of Business Analysis

One Day Workshops
Tuesday - November 18, 2008 9:00AM – 5:00PM
B8
B10
B11

Building an Effective Meeting from the Ground Up: A Facilitator’s Toolkit

CYNTHIA NICHOLS

 

Getting Started with Use Cases

Vince Bordo, Senior Consultant, ADVANCED CONCEPTS CENTER

Get the Right Stuff, Fast:
Jogging Through the IIBA BABOK® with the Requirements Roadmap

Mary Gorman, CBAP™, Sr. Associate, EBG CONSULTING, INC.

One Day Workshops
Wednesday - November 19, 2008 9:00AM – 5:00PM
B14
B15
B16

Successful Agile Requirements: Collaborating to Define and Confirm Needs

Ellen Gottesdiener, Founder, Principal Consultant, EBG CONSULTING, INC.

Modeling User Requirements Using UML

Vince Bordo, Senior Consultant, ADVANCED CONCEPTS CENTER

A Primer to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge

Kathleen Barret, Senior Business Consultant - BMO Financial & Group & President - IIBA



Main Conference Track Session // Thursday November 20, 2008
11:45

Learning Lab Part 1- Requirements Management Planning for Success!

Julian Sammy
Requirements Management Process Owner & Alain Arseneault, CoC Lead
Requirements Management Business Analysis
BMO FINANCIAL GROUP

1:00
Lunch & Learns // Stay tuned for topics
2:00

Learning Lab Part 2- Requirements Management Planning for Success!

Julian Sammy
Requirements Management Process Owner & Alain Arseneault, CoC Lead
Requirements Management Business Analysis
BMO FINANCIAL GROUP

3:15
Networking Break
3:45

Finding the Right Solution: Elicitation Techniques for Compelling Communication

Elisabeth Watson
Senior Director, Professional Services
RAVENFLOW

5:00

Enterprise Analysis: Building a business case that is aligned with the strategies of your enterprise

Dave Bieg
Executive Vice President and COO
IIBA

6:15
Main Conference Day One Ends

Main Conference Track Session // Friday November 21, 2008
10:30

Relating to Data and Data Modeling: What a Business Analyst needs to know so he/she can forge a strong partnership with the Data Architect

Cherifa Mansoura
VP Professional Development
IIBA & IBM

11:45

Designing & Implementing Your SW Development Process Around Facilitated Workshops

Nanette Brown
Director Architecture & Quality Management & Terri Thames, Manager, Software Quality Engineering
PITNEY BOWES

1:00
Luncheon
2:00

The Trouble with Use Cases: Myths, Legends, Heresy, Outright Lies and Forgotten Truths

Phil Vincent
Senior Consultant
BOSTON UNIVERSITY’S CORPORATE EDUCATION CENTER

3:15
Networking Break
3:30

Business Driven User Requirements Modeling

Cathy Beeskow
Senior Manager, Finance Business Transformation
CISCO SYSTEMS

4:45
Conference Concludes