Events

David Mantica will discuss AI and how it is impacting project work. This is a hybrid event, hosted at the NYS Forum and via webex. David will be in town and will be joining us at the NYS Forum's office. Be there if you can.

Use Cases are a proven tool to uncover behavioral and functional requirements of computer software systems. Having good Use Cases has been shown to significantly improve the overall development process by enhancing understanding of requirements early in the software development life cycle. Writing effective Use Case descriptions is part art, part science and not a skill that comes easily to most people. User Stories are also critical. To successfully deliver a product, the team needs to elicit information from a wide number of people and communicate this information effectively to developers, tester, trainers, business owners and other stakeholders. Over time, many practices have been developed to bring order and predictability to software projects by detailing requirements in an increasingly more ordered and focused manner. This course is offered as 5 virtual sessions during the evenings of June 17th - 21st from 6:00pm to 9:30pm. It qualifies for 17 PDHs/CDUs for all IIBA® certifications. This course will contribute 17 PMI® PDUs towards your chosen certification.

Looking to keep your skills sharp no matter what changes your organization, community and environment faces? Are you needing to pivot in a matter’s notice and lead the team with you? Join us on August 6th to find out what skills will be critical for your future success.

A conversation around public sector Generative AI use-cases.

Four afternoon sessions, from noon - 4:30pm, on Sept 24, 25, 26, and 27. Need to drive organizational efficiencies? Business process modeling is key to generating efficient and effective business processes to foster business improvement. During this course, you’ll learn to use a structured approach to understanding the context of business process modeling through scoping, identifying, analyzing, developing and documenting business processes. Particular emphasis is placed on identifying metrics to support the analysis and evaluation of business processes to ensure the alignment to business objectives. Lecturing is kept to the minimum necessary, most of the learning is achieved through applying the practices and techniques in group exercises and a case study. This course qualifies for 18 PDHs/CDUs for all IIBA® certifications. This course will contribute 18 PMI® PDUs towards your chosen certification.

Speaking up always imposes a price. Is the benefit worth it? This talk shows audiences when to intervene, what it really costs, and how to excel at it. The attendee can carefully assess when to keep silent and when and how best to step in.

Monday, October 21, 2024 to Thursday, October 24, 2024; 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT Virtual education course | 4 sessions | 14 PDHs/CDUs How do you combine your business analysis skills with agile approaches and practices? Agile delivery teams need skilled business analysts that can bridge the gap between eliciting business requirements and just-in-time elaboration and collaboration. Our Agile Business Analysis course will provide you with the techniques and tools to become an effective Business Analyst equipped to support value delivery teams. This course focuses on how to deliver business value and ensure product fit demonstrating practices that work in an agile development process. You will leave with the required tools and approaches that will enable collaboration with teams and stakeholders to identify the most important aspects and features of a product or initiative. This course qualifies for 14 PDHs/CDUs for all IIBA® certifications. This course will contribute 14 PMI® PDUs towards your chosen certification (4 Power Skills and 10 Ways of Working). The ICP-APO Certification from ICAgile is granted on the successful completion of this course.

Michael Sipos is a Solution Architect at Amazon. He will share his insights regarding the potential that AI can bring to the public sector.

Monday, November 11, 2024 to Wednesday, November 13, 2024; 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST Virtual training course | 3 sessions | 14 PDHs/CDUs Design Thinking is a creative and iterative approach to defining, exploring and testing problems and opportunities for products and services. In this introductory course, we will cover the key principles, processes and toolsets that underpin design thinking whilst working through a case study that simulates a design challenge. You will walk through a design thinking process and learn how to apply it in your own context.

Join us for ABADD 2024. This year we will have 7 presenters and will once again have an in-person option. Webex will still be available for those who cannot make it to Albany.

Monday, December 2, 2024 to Thursday, December 5, 2024; 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM EST Virtual training course | 4 sessions | 14 PDHs/CDUs Are you looking to expand your skills in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to transform your business analysis and become a leader in leveraging emerging technologies? The future of business analysis lies at the intersection of human creativity and technological leverage. Our AI for Business Analysis course is an immersive and interactive journey to prepare experienced BA professionals for the AI-empowered future. Through real-world exercises with leading AI agents and tools, gain first-hand experience planning initiatives, analyzing requirements and devising solutions. You will learn methods of “prompt engineering” for using generative AI agents to produce key BA artefacts, research new subject matters, evaluate work, and conduct interviews with subject matter experts. Whilst balancing AI’s power to create content with human judgment, you will discover AI dialog techniques that will enable iterative and incremental analysis and development. This course qualifies for 14 PDHs/CDUs for all IIBA® certifications. This course will contribute 14 PMI® PDUs towards your chosen certification (10 Ways of Working and 2 Business Acumen).