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Events | Past Events August 2010 Chapter Meeting and Social Gathering Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 6:00 PM Meeting Location Digger & Finch Grille & Pub 6720 Riverside Drive Dublin, OH 43017 Map There is no fee for attending this social networking event. Since there is no formal speaker, there will be no CDUs awarded for attending. Summary This will be a great opportunity for you to meet, mingle and socialize with other analysts! The Chapter will be sponsoring appetizers and there will be a cash bar. Please plan to join us for this fun evening! July 2010 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 5:30 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Nationwide Insurance 5100 Rings Road Dublin, OH 43017 The first building on the right - enter on the Franz Road side of the building. There is parking allocated for visitors and bank customers that may be used. Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members. There is a $10.00 fee for Non-Members, payable on this page after you RSVP. Topic: Breaking Agile Speaker: Dan Clausing, CBAP, CSM from Nationwide Insurance Summary Agile is often sold as the cure for all ills. However, many times the cure only hides the symptoms. In this presentation we will discuss many of the unique benefits and constraints Agile holds, as well as delve into how to make Agile work for you and your organization. We will examine the impact that environments, business needs and relationships have on Agile success. Plan to come prepared to learn and share how to bring agility into Agile while curing your ills. Speaker Bio Dan Clausing, CBAP, CSM, has spent over 15 years working to bring business and IT together for a common goal – the success of the customer. His career has ranged from corporate team builder to leading analysis efforts on multi-million dollar software development projects. Currently, Dan is employed by Nationwide Insurance. Presently he is the Lead Analyst on an Agile line in the Application Development Center, an innovative effort to build an Agile environment in a traditional waterfall organization. In addition to his analysis work, he has been instrumental in building a thriving requirements Community of Practice along with a robust analyst newsletter, and achieved certification in Nationwide’s internal waterfall methodology. June 2010 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, June 09, 2010, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Nationwide Insurance 5100 Rings Road Dublin, OH 43017 The first building on the right - enter on the Franz Road side of the building. There is parking allocated for visitors and bank customers that may be used. Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members. There is a $10.00 fee for Non-Members, payable on this page after you RSVP. Topic: How to Build Better Requirements Speaker: Eric Etter from Information Control Corporation Summary Did you know that it is estimated that 85% of defects in developed software originate in the requirements (Young, Ralph R. Effective Requirements Practices. Boston: Addison- Wesley, 2001.) This includes incorrect assumptions, omitted requirements, inconsistent requirements and ambiguities. Our job is to abstract the Business Question into a set of Business Terms. Eric's presentation will cover how to build better requirements starting with clear definition of business needs. Speaker Bio Eric Etter is a Sr. Data Warehouse Architect and Business Intelligence Consultant with extensive and wide-ranging experience in data architecture, data warehousing, project oversight, and delivery in a variety of business intelligence technologies at ICC. He is experienced in Very Large Database (VLDB) Modeling and Design, Online Analytical Processing Solutions, Enterprise Data Modeling, and Critical Online, Batch, and Decision Support Applications. Eric has a very diverse background with over 10 years experience each in the retail and service industries, 5+ years in manufacturing, and over 2 years in government. He is a MicroStrategy Certified Engineer, a Certified Decision Support Engineer as well as a Certified E-Business Developer. May 2010 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Nationwide Insurance 5100 Rings Road Dublin, OH 43017 The first building on the right - enter on the Franz Road side of the building. There is parking allocated for visitors and bank customers that may be used. Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members. There is a $10.00 fee for Non-Members, payable on this page after you RSVP. Topic: Understanding the Theory of Constraints to Benefit Your Project Speaker: Brian Hemker from Quick Solutions, Inc. Summary The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a management philosophy introduced by Dr Eliyahu M. Goldratt. The philosophy has been applied to many disciplines, including manufacturing, supply chain management, accounting and more recently project management. By identifying and exploiting constraints, any process or project can be improved. Speaker Bio Brian Hemker is a self described Professional 5 Year Old. If pressed for an explanation, he will state that it is a reference to one of his favorite analytical techniques, The 5 Whys. His daughters have their own explanation. Brian is a Senior Business Analyst for Quick Solutions and Practice Manager for the QSI Business Analysis Group. He has over 10 years of experience in the IT field, and is a certified professional in the Project Management (PMP) and Business Analysis (CBAP) disciplines. April 2010 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Nationwide Insurance 5100 Rings Road Dublin, OH 43017 The first building on the right - enter on the Franz Road side of the building. There is parking allocated for visitors and bank customers that may be used. Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members. There is a $10.00 fee for Non-Members, payable on this page after you RSVP. Topic: Problem Solving Speaker: Mary Kaufmann from Muskingum University Summary “Critical Thinking and Problem Solving is the #1 skill needed in the 21st century.” ~Tony Wagner, Director of the Change Leadership Group at Harvard. Mary Kaufmann from Muskingum University’s graduate program joins us to offer an approach to problem solving that can significantly increase your batting average for success. Learn how teams can solve problems with confidence and competence by applying “action learning” to the problem solving approach. MISST “action learning” is accomplished by working on problems that are authentic, ambiguous, and often multi-faceted – the kind of problems found in today’s workplace. This presentation will also help you understand how to harness your natural abilities to solve problems. Speaker Bio Mary Kaufmann serves as Assistant Professor of Informatics and program manager for the Master of Information Strategy, Systems and Technology. Mary brings over two decades of experience, leading teams, implementing new technology, leading management development, strategic design and implementation. She spent nine years with Ameritech (now AT&T) where she managed central office switching installations and was later the Director of Customer Service. She also served in strategic positions at the Longaberger Company. She is a 1987 graduate of Muskingum University with a double major in Computer Science and Business. She completed an MBA from Baldwin Wallace College in 1990 and graduated in 2008 with a Master of Divinity from Ashland Theological Seminary. She also contributed to a book written in Association with the Sandberg Leadership Center called Leadership Character, which was published in 2002. March 2010 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Nationwide Insurance 5100 Rings Road Dublin, OH 43017 The first building on the right - enter on the Franz Road side of the building. There is parking allocated for visitors and bank customers that may be used. Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members. Note that ASPE will be giving away a FREE training class enrollment! Topic: The Agile BA: Understanding the Role of a BA on an Agile Project. Speaker: Bill Gaiennie, Agile Trainer and Coach from ASPE, Inc. Speaker Bio Experienced industry consultant and executive manager of IT projects with a distinguished track record of consistent implementation success and efficiency. National and international clients have included The Limited, The Foot Locker, Victoria’s Secret, bebe Stores, Chico’s, SUPERVALU, and Barnes & Noble. Experienced trainer, leading internal and customer teams in a wide array of management and methodology based initiatives. February 2010 Chapter Meeting and Employer Fair Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 5:30 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Nationwide Insurance 5100 Rings Road Dublin, OH 43017 The first building on the right - enter on the Franz Road side of the building. There is parking allocated for visitors and bank customers that may be used. Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: Key Analysis Competencies – from an Employer Perspective Summary Have you ever wondered “what do companies look for in an analyst”? If so, we have just the event for you. Please join us for an informative and fun filled evening focused on key competencies companies look for when recruiting analyst resources. We will hold an employer fair with 10-15 of the top companies who employ analyst resources in Columbus, followed by a moderated panel discussion on the top questions about analyst positions and what capabilities, skills and experiences are important for analysis candidates to possess. Each employer will have a representative(s) available to discuss analysis opportunities. The employer fair will be followed by a moderated panel discussion with several employers (companies and consulting firms) focused on discussing what skills they look for when recruiting analysis resources. We will hold several drawings for some wonderful giveaways, including a Netbook computer! Mark your calendar for Wednesday, February 10, and please join us for this exciting event! January 2010 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Nationwide Insurance 5100 Rings Road Dublin, OH 43017 The first building on the right - enter on the Franz Road side of the building. There is parking allocated for visitors and bank customers that may be used. Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: Challenges of Business Analysis in Government Speaker: Harold Thomas, CBAP from Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Summary Government can be a strange place, even a bit wacky at times. While business analysis is the same regardless of the environment it is in; it is the environment that affects how the BA works. How is state government different from private enterprise, and what are its challenges? Harold Thomas will present an insider's view as a BA for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. In addition, he will review the concept of Enterprise Analysis from the Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABoK) and apply it to the challenges of business analysis in government. Speaker Bio Harold Thomas has been with the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services for nineteen years, twelve of them as a BA. He was one of the first in the chapter to get his CBAP, and served as Chapter Secretary last year. He has worked primarily with smaller client-server and Web systems; but recently contributed to a Request for Proposal for a child care time and attendance system. Outside work, he is active in his church, Toastmasters International, and the Columbus Swiss Singers. He is married, and plays daddy to a five-year-old mutt named Duchess. November 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: Achieving and Maintaining Alignment on Large Programs Speaker: Thomas E. Bihari, Ph.D., PMP from Nationwide Insurance Summary Achieving team alignment on the solution scope and roadmap for a large program can be a challenge. Maintaining that alignment in the face of a changing business environment, changing team dynamics, and feedback from learning can be even more challenging. Tom will look at the pressures that affect a program's alignment, and suggest tools to keep a program in alignment. Speaker Bio Tom Bihari, Ph.D., PMP, has nearly three decades of experience in the entire business/IT solution delivery lifecycle, from portfolio analysis and business case development through requirements, design, coding, V&V, and deployment. Tom has delivered solutions in many industries, including banking, telecom, airline, defense, industrial, and medical systems. Currently, Tom is a Solutions Analysis Competency Lead and a Mega-program Solution Lead at Nationwide Insurance. Annual General Meeting and Elections Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:00 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members. Note an early start time of 6:00 PM for elections. Presentation will begin at 6:30 PM. Speaker: Kathleen Barret, President of IIBA Speaker Bio In June of 2009, Kathleen Barret became International Institute of Business Analysis’s full-time President and CEO after having held the role as a volunteer since the organization’s inception in October 2003. IIBA, a professional association for Business Analysts, focuses on defining and enhancing the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®) and implementing a certification program for qualified practitioners. With over 25 years of experience in information technology, Kathleen has held many roles including most recently, managing offshore software development work for a large financial service organization. Her involvement in the field of business analysis began when she was asked to create a centre of competency for BAs for her company. She is experienced in CMMI and benchmarking, and through her many years of consulting, brings cross industry knowledge to her role at IIBA. September 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, September 09, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: How to use the "six hats" brainstorming method. Speaker: Kate Gwynne from ICC Summary Six Thinking Hats is a parallel thinking process, developed by Edward de Bono, M.D., to help people be more effective and focused. Each "thinking hat" has a separate color associated with it, and each represents a mental perspective, or specific way of looking at a topic. In this Chapter Meeting, we'll talk about how you can use the Six Thinking Hats to be more productive in your JAD sessions and requirements elicitation workshops. Speaker Bio Kate Gwynne a Certified Business Analysis Professional with nearly 20 years of experience in business analysis, training instruction, curriculum design, online help development, and technical writing. She has helped in the successful development of the business analysis practice for organizations in the insurance, banking, telecommunications, web development, and retail industries nationwide. Currently, Kate is the Business Analysis Practice Lead for the PMO at State Auto Insurance, working through ICC, and is developing a business analysis center of excellence for their 100+ analysts. August 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: Defining and Validating Use cases with UML Speaker: Alan Cline from Carolla Development Inc. Summary It has long been known that the greatest source of product defects comes from Requirements. Poor requirements are fraught with ambiguity, incompleteness, logical error, inconsistency, and poor documentation. Although use cases have gone a long way to structure requirement flows, they yet must be verified and validated. In this presentation, Al Cline will show how to define a good use case, and guarantee use case completeness using workflow analysis. He will demonstrate how to guarantee use case correctness using UML analysis, a technique pioneered by Ivar Jacobsen, the father of use cases and co-developer of UML, for exactly that purpose. Mr. Cline will discuss the proper granularity and rigor of use cases and how they relate to the newer agile practice of user stories. Speaker Bio Al Cline has been a software engineering consultant for the last 20 years. He is president of Carolla Development, a software engineering consulting firm. He is also Board member of the Central Ohio Agile Alliance (COHAA), and a member of the PMI senior instructor core. Formerly, he was on the faculty of OSU’s computer science department, and AVP of Nationwide’s Requirements Center of Excellence. As president of Carolla Development Inc, he has helped Fortune 500 clients develop their own PMO’s and software development roadmaps; companies such as AEP, Bank One, CompuServe, Nationwide, State of Ohio, and Sterling Commerce. He helped develop his clients’ in-house processes, worked with upper management on the harder problem of strategic deployment and cultural change for implementation. Projects completed under Mr. Cline have routinely come in within budget, on-time, and with few or zero defects. July 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, July 08, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Information Control Corporation (ICC) 2500 Corporate Exchange Drive, Suite 310 Columbus, Ohio 43231 (614) 523-3070 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: The BA role in Agile Speaker: Anish Tulsian from ICC Summary What is the role of a BA in an Agile environment? What am I doing differently if I am doing Agile development? See how comprehensive documentation should be in order to develop working software on time. What keeps me motivated, organized and efficient if I am doing Agile development? Learn how a project team follows Agile development methodology to build releasable software in short time periods. Speaker Bio Anish Tulsian has practiced software development for more than 7 years as a Business Analyst, Solution Analyst, Team Lead and Project Manager. He holds a Diploma in Software Technology and has an MBA from Loyola University Chicago. His work in commercial software development has spanned over several domains including banking, credit cards, insurance, transportation and logistics. Throughout his career, Anish has served as a coach and change agent for organizations implementing process re-engineering to improve their ability to positively affect the business impact of their software development projects. June 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: BAs as Change Agents - How We Roll! Speaker: Terry Wiegmann Summary As a BA I need to be a change agent So that I can help my customer/client/stakeholder succeed. Looking for ways to add value beyond User Stories and Requirements? There are plenty of opportunities for BAs outside iterations, sprints, phases or stage-gates. See how BAs are the eyes and ears on a project and how we can transform what we see and hear into collateral to help the customer/client/stakeholder prepare for, implement and sustain the organizational change a project brings about. See what has worked for others to spark your own creativity and generate ideas you can use on your project. Speaker Bio Terry Wiegmann is an ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer whose background includes lead positions in Business Analysis, Process Engineering and Quality Assurance across custom, COTS and SaaS development in commercial and backoffice environments. She as a co-founder of the COQAA Requirements SIG and charter President of the Columbus Chapter of the IIBA®, and is an Advanced Toastmaster. May 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: Scope Gone Wild! Transitioning from waterfall requirements to Agile stories. Speaker: Joe Astolfi, Elaine McCormick, Matt Lewis and Kurt Smith from Gap Inc. Direct Summary The act of “going Agile” influences the entire requirements lifecycle in a BIG way. Witness the impact firsthand as several team members provide their own unique perspectives on the influence of Agile on their team, including their ability to meet commitments, design effective solutions and tackle challenges inherent in legacy applications. April 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, April 08, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:15 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: Just Getting It Done Is Sometimes Not Enough! Anthropology Can Help Us Get The Right Things Done Speaker: James Goebel from Menlo Innovations Summary On-time, on-budget projects can meet specification and still fail. Often projects result in disagreements about the specifications, without the business benefiting from its investment. Can projects produce a successful result with less than perfect specifications? Learn how one organization uses anthropology and progressive elaboration to produce successful business outcomes. Speaker Bio James Goebel, co-founder of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has practiced custom software development for more than twenty years as a developer, team lead, system architect, project manager, practice director, and executive coach. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a licensed Michigan Residential Builder, and has an MBA from Eastern Michigan University. His work in commercial software development has spanned several domains including bio-informatics, diagnostic medical imaging, vehicle monitoring, test generation, online bill presentment, and digital archives. For the last six years James has acted as a coach and change agent for organizations implementing process changes to improve their ability to positively affect the business impact of their software development projects. March 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: Building a Requirements Community of Practice Speaker: Belinda Honigfort from Nationwide Insurance Summary It is said that you should learn from the mistakes of others as you won’t live long enough to make them all yourself. The same can definitely be said about positive experiences, approaches, events and attitudes. This is the underlying thought that led Nationwide to embrace and formally establish various communities of practice throughout their enterprise. This presentation will focus on how the Nationwide Requirements Community of Practice was born, how it has been executed throughout the inaugural year and how it has been received by the participants. The presentation will wrap up with some critical dos and don’ts which may help you to establish your own community of practice. View PowerPoint presentation View Survey View Survey Notes Speaker Bio Ms. Honigfort has over 12 years experience in business and systems analysis in both the consulting and corporate worlds. She is currently working within the Nationwide Requirements Center of Excellence where she provides coaching, mentoring, instruction and requirements reviews for the many associates within the requirements discipline along with coordinating the Requirements and Test Communities of Practice and The Analyst, Nationwide’s enterprise newsletter focusing on analysis. February 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: The BA Profession – A Pillar Perspective Speaker: Mark Price from Pillar Technology Summary The role of a Business Analyst ranges greatly through various perspectives. Pillar Technology has adopted a philosophy of Speed to Value which is a suite of best practices for software projects. Although these practices significantly affect the development effort, the impact to BA’s is also notable. This presentation will highlight the influence of Speed to Value (S2V) on our dynamic profession. Speaker Bio Mark Price has nine years experience as a business analyst and project manager and fifteen years experience as a controls engineer in the process industry. Presently employed as a Senior Business Analyst with the consulting firm Pillar Technology, Mark is engaged in promoting and perfecting the BA Practice within the client base of Pillar. Mark holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Franklin University and has acquired a PMP Certification. He is a member of IIBA®, PMI (Project Management Institute), and the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). January 2009 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Quick Solutions Inc. Corporate Headquarters 440 Polaris Parkway Suite 500 Westerville, OH 43082 614-825-8000 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: CBAP Exam Overview, Top 10 BA Questions Speaker: Brian Watson, Gene Johnson “A day in the life of an Agile BA” Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 6:00pm Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Sterling Commerce (Building 1) 4600 Lakehurst Ct Dublin, OH 43016 Map Speaker: Elizabethe Kramer, CAPM, CBA; President of Atticus Scribe LLC Summary Elizabeth will provide an overview of the Agile philosophy, describe five ways to be an Agile BA, talk about seven top Agile BA artifacts, and describe a day in the life of an Agile BA. Business meeting/Elections Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 6:00 PM Meeting Location Sterling Commerce (Building 1) 4600 Lakehurst Ct Dublin, OH 43016 Map Summary Candidate Profiles “Business Rules: Do You Know What You’re Missing?” Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 6:00 PM Meeting Location Sterling Commerce (Building 1) 4600 Lakehurst Ct Dublin, OH 43016 Map Speaker: Ellen Gottesdiener; Principal Consultant, EBG Consulting, Inc. Summary We’re excited to be able to present this nationally renowned author, speaker, and consultant. Ellen will be joining us via Webex to talk about the importance that business rules play in the overall requirements scheme. From Ellen: “Most defects in delivered software originate in insufficient or inaccurate requirements. To reduce defects, many teams write use cases to define user requirements. Certainly, use cases are useful for defining user requirements, organizing system architecture, designing test cases, and partitioning requirements into releases. However, teams that rely mainly on use cases are missing a critical software development component: business rules. Business rules are at the heart of functional requirements, capturing the knowledge behind every structure and process of an organization. In this presentation we explore the value of defining business rules, and how they relate to use cases and other analysis models. Attendees will learn approaches for eliciting business rules and techniques for documenting, verifying, and validating them.” Analysis behind the new Zoombezi Bay Water Park Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 6:00 PM Meeting Location Sterling Commerce (Building 1) 4600 Lakehurst Ct Dublin, OH 43016 Map Speaker: Chris Berner from Columbus Zoo Summary Chris Berner, Controller, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will be talking about the analysis behind the new Zoombezi Bay Water Park that opens May 2008! A Process in Any Language: Understanding Business Process Terms and Directions Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 6:00 PM Meeting Location Sterling Commerce (Building 1) 4600 Lakehurst Ct Dublin, OH 43016 Map Speaker: Dianne Blankenbaker from Sterling Commerce Summary This talk will begin with a glossary of terms-a variety of acronyms associated with Business Process Management-including how they're used, and what they really mean. We'll then look at the heavy-hitting technologies/standards emerging in the industry and talk about who cares about which of these things and why. Speaker Bio Dianne Blankenbaker, Sr Prod Mgr, Gbl Prod Line (B2B Collaboration), Sterling Commerce January 2008 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, January 09, 2008, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Sterling Commerce (Building 1) 4600 Lakehurst Ct Dublin, OH 43016 Map Exit 270 onto Tuttle Crossing Blvd, heading west. At the first traffic light, turn right (north) onto Emerald Parkway. Immediately turn right into the Sterling Commerce campus. Building 1 is the first building on your right. Topic: A Business Analyst's New Year's Resolution Speaker: Catherine Oehl, Nationwide Insurance & Gene Johnson, Fairhaven Solutions Summary We will discuss best practices, classic mistakes and anti-patterns through the eyes of a Business Analyst as they contemplate their new year's resolutions for 2008. Drawing upon real world experiences and examples, this interactive session will help to reinforce core skills and remind us all of the fundamental keys to overcoming challenges and delivering quality solutions. View PowerPoint presentation Speaker Bio Ms. Oehl has ten years experience in business and systems analysis. She is currently leveraging that experience as a member of Nationwide's Enterprise Solution Delivery team tasked with development of their enterprise-wide methodology in use by all 5,000 IT associates. Catherine holds a degree in Finance/Economics from Robert Morris College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a Master's degree in Marketing and Communications from Franklin University. She is also a member of several professional organizations, including the AMA, AWC, COQAA, CORUG, CTC and SIM, and subscribes to various industry services and consortiums, including Cutter, Gallup, Forrester, OMG, Ohio's IT Alliance, MKS Portfolio and TechRepublic. Mr. Johnson is a co-founder of Fairhaven Solutions, LLC. Since 2000, Fairhaven has helped their clients become nimble, reliable and efficient by empowering teams and dramatically increasing operational efficiency. Recent clients include Nationwide, National City, Key Corp and UBS Financial Systems. Gene has over twenty-five years experience in software development including commercial product development and enterprise-wide system development for government, public and private firms. He holds a degree in Computer Science / Mechanical Engineering from Ohio Northern University and a Masters in Computer Science / Systems Engineering from Wright State University. November 2007 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Thursday, November 15, 2007, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Platform Lab at Tech Columbus Bldg 1275 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 675-3711 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: The Strategic Role of the Business Analyst in Enterprise Analysis Speaker: David J. Hansen, PhD, CBAP, PMP Summary We will take apart the major strategic activities of the BA and examine the skills to accomplish them, as well as potential positive and negative impacts that could follow. Using the BABOK, we will suggest a method for building a roadmap through the critical Enterprise Analysis “jungle”. We will also discuss the professional relationships that could evolve from this solid foundation to improve the success of not only the BA, but also the Systems Analyst and the Project Manager. Speaker Bio Dr. Hansen is an active Business Analyst with twenty years experience working on the design/redesign requirements for a wide range of products, processes, services and organizational structures. He has worked with enterprise analysis and elicitation of requirements on projects related to human services, strategic planning, inter-organizational collaboration, education, training, international development, socioeconomic planning, program development, funding, IT systems, IT security, corporate mergers and professional development. September 2007 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Platform Lab at Tech Columbus Bldg 1275 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 675-3711 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: A Picture Really is Worth a Thousand Words Speaker: Cheryl Plak, Manager, Network Solutions PMO; Terry Wiegmann, Lead Business Application Analyst; Alan Petersen, Sr. Business Process Manager from Sterling Commerce Summary Terry, Cheryl and Al will describe and demonstrate how their team worked with key stakeholders such as Product Management to create both textual Use Cases and visual (workflow) Use Cases and other artifacts needed by development, testing and documentation groups. Augmenting a Requirements-Driven Use Case approach with visual representations such as User Workflows, Storyboards and State Chart diagrams enabled them to supply developers much more, and better, information before development began than ever before, thereby making a clear case for the value-add of this Business Analysis work. May 2007 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Platform Lab at Tech Columbus Bldg 1275 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 675-3711 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: The Excellent Use Case Speaker: Daryl Kulak from Perficient, Inc. Summary What makes a great use case? In tonight's meeting, Daryl will lay out strategies to help you improve your use cases from good to excellent. Requirements are often deceptively simple, so while writing stories in the form of use cases might seem easy, there are many traps a business analyst can fall into without realizing it. Daryl will help you manage those issues and improve your use cases Speaker Bio Daryl Kulak is a consultant with Perficient, Inc. His background is with the Rational Unified Process (RUP), which he has used with clients since 1998. He's been a designer, developer, tester, technical architect, project manager and requirements analyst on various client projects during the past twenty-five years. In the past ten years, he has spent most of his time as a methodology mentor, helping teams with use cases and iterative/incremental project lifecycles. He's the co-author of the book "Use Cases: Requirements in Context" (Addison Wesley, 2003) which has sold 25,000 copies worldwide and has been translated into Chinese and Japanese. Daryl is originally from Alberta, Canada, but now lives in Westerville, Ohio. March 2007 Chapter Meeting Meeting Date and Time Wednesday, March 07, 2007, 6:00 PM Enjoy networking, food, and beverages until the topic start time of 6:30 PM Meeting Location Babbage Simmel 2300 West 5th Ave Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 482-6555 Map Meeting is open and free to IIBA® Members and Non-Members Topic: IIBA® – Mission, Body of Knowledge, Certification and more… Speaker: Glenn R. Brûlé, IIBA® Chair/Director of International Business Development For more information click here. Summary Glenn will explain the mission and vision of the IIBA® and how it got started. Additionally, he will explain the role the local chapters play, how you can be involved, and how it benefits you and the profession. |
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