Calendar of Events

June 11th, 2020 Online meeting

Program: How to Use BUSINESS ANALYSIS to Hedge Job Uncertainty

Description: We have been to this show before – when markets are up, it’s hard to get people to take time to invest in their careers. When markets

are down, it becomes a bit of a scramble for people to figure out what training to take or how to build up competencies to enhance their resume.

 We are once again in uncertain times, but you are in a good place as a project manager! In this presentation, Laura Paton discusses the critical

competency of business analysis and explains how many project managers are in a good position to use their business analysis skills as a differentiator in

the job market.

 For years – there has been this divide between project management and business analysis, but the real value comes when each

role understands the other role and has skills in both disciplines. Interested in finding unique ways to build out your resume in these uncertain times?

You won’t want to miss this presentation to hear how you can differentiate your resume by developing your skills in business analysis. You might even be surprised

to find out that you possess some of these competencies already!!

 Laura Paton is a career project manager/business analyst professional with over 35 years of experience working on software related projects. Today she works as a coach, mentor,

teacher, and practitioner. She is the founder of BA Academy, an online on-demand course provider offering training in business analysis. She is also the creator of the Voice of the Community

podcast where she brings project professionals together to learn and share with each other.

 One of the most unique aspects of her career has been the 10+ years she has spent consulting with the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) and the

Project Management Institute (PMI) where she has led the development efforts of some of the most widely recognized business analysis standards in use today across the globe.

 · A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK® Guide) (IIBA 2009) – Project Manager

· Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide (PMI 2015) - Chair and Lead Author

· BABOK® Guide v3 (IIBA 2018) - Chair and Core Team Author

· The PMI Guide to Business Analysis (PMI 2018) - Chair and Core Team Author

 Laura has also served as VP of Professional Development for the IIBA Research Triangle Park Chapter and Head of Product Development for IIBA from 2011 – 2014.

 The Voice of the Community podcast is available on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and GooglePlay.

Talent Triangle: Technical

Presenter: Laura Paton, MBA, PMP, PMI-PBA, CBAP, IIBA-AAC, CSM

Laura Paton is the founder and CEO of ba.academy, a provider of online on-demand professional training and coaching for project professionals looking to improve their knowledge and delivery of business analysis. She has been a working practitioner in the project space for over 30 years...yes 30! Over the course of this time frame, she has seen a huge evolution of the business analysis profession. She has worked across many different industries and contributed to projects of various sizes and complexities. It is her longevity in the space and variety of situations she has worked through that allows her the opportunity to bring an array of real-life project experiences into the classroom.

Location: Online link to the conference will be given to registrants after 6/9/2020

Guests: Free!

Chapter Members: Free!

PDU's: 1.0

Check in              4:45 PM
Program begins  5:00 PM
Program ends     6:00 PM

Pre-registration Expires: 11:59 p.m. CT on Monday, June 8th

Please note that since September 2018, due to PMI process change in reporting PDUs, we will not be reporting PDUs on behalf of members for Chapter Meetings. The members will have to claim on their own manually. We still plan to do for Yearly Professional Development Day (PDD). Please refer to the link for more info. 
https://pmieasterniowa.org/2-uncategorised/433-change-in-reporting-for-pdus