Harness The Power Of Your Business Analysts

Air Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Cost: $250

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Who should attend: Application Development & Program Management professionals

Description:

IT leaders increasingly recognize that strong business analysis practices are critical to improving their teams’ outcomes. Strong analysis helps application development teams increase project success, deliver better products, and improve customer satisfaction. A focus on improved business analysis can also strengthen relationships between IT and business partners. And with recent research showing the cost of poor requirements practices, IT leaders understand that improving their business analysis practices can save them money.

Savvy IT leaders are evaluating how and where business analysis happens in their organizations. They’re looking at the skills and capabilities of their analysts and finding ways to improve them. And they’re seeking to establish business analysis programs to provide adaptable templates, techniques, and tools to optimize business analysis performance and build community and collaboration among their analysts.

This teleconference will examine the evolution of the business analyst role and the reasons behind its increased importance. Whether business analysts are centralized or distributed throughout your organization, a business analysis program can improve your effectiveness and add business value.

Agenda

• The role of the business analyst is evolving.
• What makes a great business analyst?
• How can organizations build strength in their business analysis practices?
• Steps you can take to improve your results through improved business analysis.

Vendors mentioned: Blueprint, Borland, Compuware, HP, IBM Rational, IBM Telelogic, iRise, MKS, Microsoft, Rally, Ravenflow, and Serena.

Related Research:

Harness The Power Of Your Business Analysts

by Mary Gerush, December 9, 2008

The New Business Analyst

by Carey Schwaber, Rob Karel, April 8, 2008

Find And Grow Great Business Analysts

by Mary Gerush, October 22, 2008

Technical requirements:

An Internet connection and a one-time download of the WebEx™ Player are required.