Events/Events

May 2022 Chapter Meeting - MOVED to JUNE 9th

Title:

Just Get the Requirements!

Presentation Description:

I bet you have been asked more than once to ‘gather’ requirements. Just go and get them! The challenge is that this is not easy. Requirements are not something to be gathered like picking apples off a tree filling a bushel basket. If only it were that easy! Requirements are more like planting a tree and hoping you can get to the fruit! Requirements, especially the right requirements require preparation, planning, skills to discover and knowing the right kind of documentation. There is no single right way to discover requirements, adding to the challenge. I do have a simple approach to help make analysis easier to get the right requirements. Join this presentation to learn how to approach the task to just get the requirements easier. It does not matter what software development methodology you use; requirements are still requirements. Come prepared to participate virtually and learn together!

Presenter:

Heather Mylan-Mains

Speaker Biography:

Heather is from Des Moines, Iowa. She is a stimulus for change as a mom, consultant, business analysis instructor, and a longtime volunteer for IIBA®, currently on the Board of Directors as Vice Chair. For the past 20 + years, she has collaborated with a variety of project teams to create better business outcomes. She is a fierce advocate for business analysis and loves to share her passion through speaking, teaching, and mentoring. She believes business analysis is a thinking profession and applies to everything and everyone! Heather loves to put together puzzles and figure out how the pieces fit together. She also loves to travel and wants to visit everywhere in the world. She has an MBA from Drake University, a BA in Accounting from Grand View College, is a CBAP® and CSM and has survived many PhDs (pretty hard days). Heather blogs at www.BAsWithoutBorders.com.

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June 2022 Chapter Meeting

Title:

“When will you be done?” Talking to stakeholders and others about this important topic!

Presentation Description:

This session demystifies velocity and shows you how to talk about agile work planning and projections in a way that will make sense to business customers while remaining fully agile. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: *Understand how to communicate the status of an agile work effort in business terms. *Understand the metric of team velocity, and some factors that influence it higher and lower. *Understand foundational concepts and techniques in high-level work planning using t-shirt sizing. *Understand what the “cone of uncertainty” is and how to calculate it

Presenter:

Ryland Leyton

Speaker Biography:

Ryland Leyton, CBAP, PMP, CSM, SA4, is an avid Agile advocate & coach, business analyst, author, speaker, and educator. He has worked in the technology sector since 1998, starting off with database and web programming, gradually moving through project management and finding his passion in the BA and Agile fields. He has been a core team member of the IIBA Extension to the BABOK and the IIBA Agile Analysis Certification. Ryland has written popular books on BA Agility and career topics. He can be reached at www.RylandLeyton.com.

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July 2022 Agile Working Group

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Presenter:

Tex Hamilton

Speaker Biography:

Tex Hamilton has been an agile coach/scrum master for 3.5 years. He has a degree in biology from Iowa State. He is a huge nerd in almost all things. He has a passion for helping scrum teams to do better and is currently working as Product Owner and Scrum Master at Stine Seed. Fun fact Tex loves cajun food. You can connect with him via LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tex-hamilton-575392174/

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