Jan 2020 Professional Development Dinner Meeting: "The Value Business Analysts Bring to Project Management" (2 PDU's Technical)

Presented By: Laura Paton MBA, PMP, PMI-PBA, CBAP, CSM

PMI Chair/Author of PMI’s Standards in Business Analysis

IIBA Chair/Author BABOK Guide v3

The Value Business Analysis Brings to Project Management

Join industry thought leader, Laura Paton MBA, PMP, PMI-PBA, CBAP, CSM as she addresses the critical competency of business analysis. She will discuss why effective business analysis processes and

practices are imperative to establish within organizations and among product teams. The need to understand and apply business analysis is very real and when teams overlook doing so, the results are costly and devastating. In fact according to the 2017 PMI Pulse of the Profession® report, inaccurate requirements are the second leading cause of project failure.

Project managers must understand business analysis to lead successful projects – so in this session Laura will provide a roadmap on how to get started improving your knowledge, skills, processes, deliverables, and overall competencies.

At the end of this evening of discussion you will be able to:

• Clearly define what business analysis is and is not
• Recognize the differences/similarities between project management and business analysis
• Understand the outcomes teams realize when limiting their knowledge about business analysis
• Identify actionable steps you can take to be more successful with business analysis
• Identify PMI business analysis products/services to support your organizations and projects

Event Registration Details:

• Early Registration Discount until 1/11/20
• Dinner registrations accepted until 1/14/20
• Speaker-only (non-dinner) welcome until day of event