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• Product and Product Ownership Analysis Course

  • Start
    30 May 2023
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • End
    27 Jun 2023
  •  
    9:30 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  IIBA Toronto

  Product and

  Agile Product Ownership
  Analysis (POA) Course

  
  

  Come join us for IIBA Toronto's
  IIBA Product Ownership Analysis
  Foundation Course

  
  

  
  

  • This course starts Tuesday, May 30, 7 pm ET. Sessions are 3 hours each

  • This course issues 15 CDUs for recertification

  • This course will assist in preparing for the IIBA CPOA certification exam

  
  

  What contributed to Product Ownership

  • Traditional Product Ownership
  • Agile business analysis
  • Product management
  • Human-centered design approaches
  • Business model development
  • Lean start-up model
  • Design sprint methods
  • Lean product development

  The soul of business analysis is

  • Problem Analysis
  • Problem Solving
  • Shared Understanding, Informing
  • Decision-Making

  The soul of product development is

  • User-centered design – human-centered focus on understanding user needs and preferences
  • Agile development – iterative and incremental
  • Design thinking – empathy, team collaboration, prototyping alternatives, with a process that encourages innovation
  • Lean startup – building a MVP to test and validate assumptions before moving forward with full scale product development
  • Continuous improvement – continuously testing and continuously improving the product

  
  

  IIBA Product Ownership Analysis

  Study Group Modules

  
  

  
  

  The Product Ownership Framework
  

  1. Apply Foundational Concepts
  2. Cultivate Customer Intimacy
  3. Engage the Whole Team
  4. Make an Impact
  5. Deliver Often
  6. Learn Fast
  7. Obsess about Value

  
  

  Product Ownership and Agile

  1. Continuing Evolution of the Business Analysis Practice
  2. Understanding Product Ownership Analysis
  3. Agile Manifesto and 12 Principles
  4. Lean, DevOps, and Kanban
  5. Agile Product Management
  6. Overview of Product Ownership Analysis Techniques
  7. Overview of some Agile Techniques
  8. Overview of Agile Practices

  
  

  Product 

  • Lessons from Industry
  • Key Concepts
  • People and the Team
  • The Product
  • The Process

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Payment Policy

  Study course (course) fees must be paid upon registration in the course prior to attending. Pricing, registration terms, and conditions are subject to change without notice.

  
  

  For credit card payments, charges will be in the currency of the country where the class takes place and will be converted by the credit card company. IIBA Toronto Chapter is not responsible for fluctuations due to exchange rates. Taxes will be applied to the payment where applicable.

  
  

  IIBA Toronto Chapter reserves the right to make changes to the workshop program described or to cancel the workshop at any time without notice or liability. The Chapter's sole liability will be limited to the refund of registration fees paid in respect of the workshop and the Chapter shall not be responsible for any incidental or consequential loss arising whatsoever. The Chapter will endeavor to give enrollees as much advance notice as possible of any change to the workshop program or registrant’s enrollment.

  
  

  Registration Fee

  The registration fee covers course materials only. Refreshments and lunch is not included and is the responsibility of the registrant. Parking for in-person events are not included.

  
  

  Refund Policy

  Cancellations will be allowed prior to 5 days of the course start date and a full refund will be issued. Cancellations will not be permitted within 5 days of the course start date; however, substitutions will be permitted. It is up to the registrant to find and arrange a substitute. The Chapter will process the substitution by changing the registrant name but is not responsible for any financial transactions between the registrants.

  
  

  No refunds will be issued within 5 days of the course start date. If a registrant does not attend the course and has not given adequate notification, it will result in full forfeiture of the registration fee.

  
  

  If you are unable to attend the course, or have comments or questions, please contact president@iibatoronto.org.

  
  

  Questions

  Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us at education@iibatoronto.org.

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• IIBA BABOK v3 Business Analysis Boot Camp

  • Start
    03 Jun 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    24 Jun 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  IIBA Toronto Presents

  
  

  IIBA BABOK v3 June Boot Camp

  
  

  June 3 to June 24, 2023

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Based on IIBA (iiba.org) Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) v3 Guide

  
  

  Dates and Time in June, 2023 

  Saturday June 3, 10, 17, 24

  
  

  28 CDU Credit Hours

  9 am to 4 pm ET
  

  
  

  35 CDU Credit Hours 
  

  9 am to 6 pm ET

  
  

  The Boot Camp Course runs four Saturdays in June

  
  

  Total hours for the course is 28 credit hours or 36 credit hours depending on your learning requirements, your IIBA Certification Application requirements, or any qualifying organization's certification and recertification requirements you may have. 

  
  

  The course has the following outcomes:

  • Prepare for IIBA Certifications - ECBA, CCBA, CBAP

  • Understanding business analysis for both 
  • • business analysis and 
    • requirements analysis 

  • A full walk through the IIBA business analysis framework as found in the IIBA BABOK v3

  • Understanding of the principles, concepts, and competencies of the framework as found in the IIBA BABOK v3

  • Showing where the principles and concepts of business analysis show up in 
  • • Agile
    • Product
    • Lean
    • Project
    • Design Thinking
    • SAFe
    • Design Thinking in SAFe and 
    • other methods

  • Appreciating that business analysis is continually evolving and emerging and how you can contribute to your own practice and your team's practice with business analysis focused gap learning management
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  Business analysis is:

  • Problem Analysis
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Decision-making

  Business analysis is also been described as the following in other methods such as in the Agile group of methods and other methods:

  • Discovery
  • Solution Delivery
  • Collaboration
  • Decision, Action, Result
  • Business Analysis Is Evolving and Emerging

  
  

  The IIBA BABOK v3 Guide includes the following in the framework and are part of the course. They are found in tasks, techniques, and competencies:

  • Shared Understanding
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Relationship Management
  • Leadership
  • Competencies and skills
  • Management
  • Inputs
  • Outputs
  • Outcomes
  • Inform the Decision 

  
  

  Understand how the following grows your career:

  
  

  Business Analysis – An Applied Analysis Practice

  • The primary goal of business analysis is to ensure that the organization's resources are used effectively and efficiently to achieve its strategic goals. Business analysts work closely with stakeholders, including executives, managers, customers, and end-users, to understand their needs and to identify opportunities for improvement.

  Business Analysis

  • The essence of business analysis is to identify business problems or opportunities and to recommend solutions that enable organizations to achieve their objectives. Business analysis involves a structured approach to gathering and analyzing information about an organization's processes, policies, systems, and strategies.

  Requirements Analysis

  • Business analysts also play a critical role in defining requirements for new projects or initiatives. They work with stakeholders to identify the functional and non-functional requirements of a proposed solution, and they model and document these requirements in a clear and concise manner.

  Business Analysis Is An Evolving Critical Field

  • Overall, business analysis is a critical function that helps organizations to make informed decisions and to optimize their operations. It is a dynamic and constantly evolving field that requires a combination of technical, analytical, relationship, and communication skills.

  Practicing Business Analysis
  With Clarity, Cohesion, & Communication

  • Problem analysis, problem solving, building a shared understanding, informing the decision, and decision-making do not happen by themselves.
  • There are many practices, frameworks, and processes where business analysis participates in and also contributes to the business analysis practice. 
  • Succeed with team, communication, collaboration, management, and leadership making them an integral part of your role.

  
  

  Practicing Business Analysis Across Multiple Platforms

  You will become familiar with the following methods and frameworks.

  • Behavior-driven development (BDD)
  • SAFe 6
  • Scrum
  • Agile
  • Lean
  • Kanban
  • DevOps

  
  

  You will cover the following content:

  • Introduction
  • Principles and Concepts
  • Competencies
  • Skills
  • Plan & Measure
  • Practice Management
  • Elicitation & Ideation
  • Information Scope
  • Communication
  • Requirements Management
  • Current and Future State Research and Discovery
  • Discovery
  • Business Case
  • Risk Management
  • Change Management
  • Solution Scope
  • Assumptions, Risk, and Dependencies
  • Value Assessment and Management
  • Modeling and Communication
  • Verify and Validating
  • Architecture
  • Solution Design
  • Implementation
  • Data Analysis
  • Problem Analysis
  • Problem Solving
  • Informing the Decision
  • Working with Business and IT
  • Removing Confusion
  • Articulating change and value generation

  
  

  The Business Analysis Framework  [IIBA BABOK v3 Guide]

  • You will learn and understand Business Analysis framework using the IIBA BABOK v3.
  • This will allow you to learn and prepare for the IIBA Certification process for the CBAP, CCBA, and ECBA. 

  1. Competencies & Skills
  2. Concepts
  3. Principles
  4. Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
  5. Elicitation & Collaboration
  6. Requirements Life Cycle Management
  7. Strategy Analysis
  8. Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
  9. Solution Evaluation

  
  

  The Business Analysis Practice In Industry

  You will also learn and understand business analysis in the practice setting and as needed by organizations:

   

  1. Competencies & Skills
  2. Concepts
  3. Principles
  4. Business analysis planning, management, and measuring
  5. Information scope, expectations, capture information, understand, communicate / collaborate, elicit, ideate
  6. Initiative information management and requirements management
  7. Strategy analysis and problem solving, assumptions, constraints, value, risk, scope, and change management, current state, future state
  8. Model information, discovery alternatives, shared understanding, model requirements, collaborate, communicate, and gain consensus and acceptance
  9. Problem analysis, data analysis, discovery, inform a decision, and decision-making

  
  

  
  

  • If you have any questions concerning this course, please email president@iibatoronto.org.

  
  

   
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  IIBA CERTIFICATIONS

  https://www.iiba.org/business-analysis-certifications/iiba-certifications/
  

  
  

  IIBA BABOK v3.0

  https://www.iiba.org/career-resources/business-analysis-resources/iiba-bookstore/
  

  
  

  Payment Policy

  The IIBA Toronto BABOK v3.0 Course (Program) fees must be paid upon registration in the Program prior to attending. Pricing, registration terms, and conditions are subject to change without notice.

  
  

  For credit card payments, charges will be in the currency of the country where the class takes place and will be converted by the credit card company. IIBA Toronto Chapter is not responsible for fluctuations due to exchange rates. Taxes will be applied to the payment where applicable.

  
  

  IIBA Toronto Chapter reserves the right to make changes to the Program described or to cancel the Program at any time without notice or liability. The Chapter's sole liability will be limited to the refund of registration fees paid in respect of the workshop and the Chapter shall not be responsible for any incidental or consequential loss arising whatsoever. The Chapter will endeavor to give enrollees as much advance notice as possible of any change to the Program or registrant’s enrollment.

  
  

  Registration Fee

  The registration fee covers participation only.

  
  

  Refund Policy

  Cancellations will be allowed prior to 5 day of the Program start date and a full refund will be issued. Cancellations will not be permitted within 5 days of the Program start date; however, substitutions will be permitted. It is up to the registrant to find and arrange a substitute. The Chapter will process the substitution by changing the registrant name but is not responsible for any financial transactions between the registrants.

  
  

  No refunds will be issued within 5 days of the Program start date. If a registrant does not attend the start date event of the Program and has not given adequate notification, it will result in full forfeiture of the registration fee.

  
  

  If you are unable to attend the Course, or have comments or questions, please contact  president@iibatoronto.org.

  
  

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• IIBA Toronto Speaker Series - Fundamentals of Lean Startup Wed 7 pm

  • When
    14 Jun 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Online w Zoom

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  IIBA Toronto

  Speaker Series

  Wednesday, June 14, 2022  7:00 pm

  THE LEAN START-UP

  WORKING IN ENTERPRISES 
  OF ALL SIZES

  The Lean Startup Primer: It Works In Large And Small Enterprises

  Agile Alliance describes Agile Development as a set of methods and practices where solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams based on a set of core values and principles. From these core values and principles, practices are developed.  Scrum, Lean, Extreme Programming (XP), DevOps, and other methods are Agile methods.

  Most people know Agile from specific techniques and practices such as the daily stand-up, story points, user stories, and more.  All these come from Agile’s fundamental values and principles. 

  The Lean Startup is one of these methods.  The Lean Startup deals with New Idea  Development and Launch.  It can tie in such functional areas as marketing and sales. At its core, it is a way of enabling your organization to test early and often. From this you can use what you learned to move forward and successfully scale new products / services / solutions with less long term risk. 

  The Lean Startup is one of the eight sources that contributed to the IIBA Guide To Product Ownership Analysis. This Guide builds on the need for structured analysis, requirements, and decision in product using the Product Owner role.

  The Lean Startup isn’t limited to small enterprises or entrepreneur based organizations.  A big trends for large enterprise organizations is the concept of Intrapreneurership.  This basically is about incubating new ideas using entrepreneur tactics for which The Lean Startup method is valuable. 

  The presentation will describe what Lean Startup is. The presentation will address techniques that are a great match for The Lean Startup processes and activities.  We will look at some practical real-world examples of how The Lean Startup method can be executed within any organization type. 

  The goal is to provide both the concepts and principles of the Lean Startup method with real-world details of how to execute to significantly reduce the risks involved in new product development, and let the market help you make decisions regarding where you understand the market is evolving to. 

  
  

  Attend Free!
  

  Building Clarity and Cohesion

  Come join us for an evening of business analysis community and networking as you learn and review parts of the IIBA BABOK 

  This 1 1/2 hour session delivers

  1.5 CDU credit hours for IIBA Re-certification

  
  

  
  

  David Mantica
  Presenter
  

  David Mantica serves as Vice President and General Manager for SoftEd US. Fueled by his passion for developing empowered knowledge workers, he helps companies develop their teams through training and coaching, equipping them with today’s critical skills needed to work effectively in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world.

  David’s home base is Raleigh-Durham, NC. With over 30 years of experience and more than 700 speaking engagements, he inspires better work practices in marketing, product management, project management, software development, executive management, and other key areas of technology and business operations.

  
  

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