JANUARY 29, 2010

In This Issue…
· Seven Trends in 2009 Retrospective and a 2010 Update
· Top Fundamentals for Successful Virtual Meetings
· Professional Development Tip: Timing is Everything
· Microsoft Project Tip: Using the Task Driver Tool
· Industry Events
· Upcoming Courses

Seven Trends in 2009 Retrospective and a
2010 Update

by Elizabeth Larson, CBAP, PMP and Richard Larson, CBAP, PMP

A year ago, we made seven predictions about business analysis and project management trends for 2009. How did we do? This article looks back at our predictions for 2009 and looks forward to new ones for 2010.

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Jan. 29 Post:
Top Fundamentals for Successful Virtual Meetings
If you're a project manager or business analyst and have ever facilitated or participated in a virtual meeting, you know they can be highly productive. And, highly frustrating if not run well. Here is a list of 5 things we think all virtual meetings should have to be successful.

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Timing is Everything

by Roberta Hoffman, Education Consultant, Watermark Learning

Timing is Everything. In this article, I provide suggestions on how to best choose your training, whether you're in-between jobs or planning your yearly training budget. Is your decision based on when a class is held rather than what's the best class for me? I offer questions you should consider before making your traiing choices.

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Using the Task Driver Tool

by Jim Clayton, Microsoft Certified for Office Suite and MS Project

New to Project 2007 is the “Task Driver” tool. In this tip I give you some advice on how to make the most of this tool—especially in large projects.

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Marsha Hughes, Watermark Learning's lead Agile instructor, has been invited to join the core team involved in the IIBA® Agile BABOK® Addendum. Marsha will be part of a small team of people chosen to lead and be active in the development of an Agile Business analysis knowledgebase and contribute to an Agile addendum to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK®).

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Is there an industry topic you'd like to learn more about? Have an industry-related question that you would like answered? Please drop us an email and we'll consider it for a future issue of ProjectBrief™.

Agile Requirements with User Stories
February 11-12 (Baltimore, MD)

Business Analysis Fundamentals
February 3-5 (Baltimore, MD)
February 22-24 (Minneapolis, MN)

Business Process Modeling
March 8-9 (Minneapolis, MN)

CBAP® Certification Preparation
February 17-19 (Minneapolis, MN)

Eliciting Business Requirements: Whose Project is it Anyway?
March 1-2, 2010 (Minneapolis, MN)

Facilitation Skills Workshop
February 11-12 (Minneapolis, MN)

Influencing Without Authority
February 15-16 (Minneapolis, MN)

Microsoft® Project for
Project Managers
March 3-4 (Minneapolis, MN)

Planning and Managing Requirements
February 25-26 (Minneapolis, MN)

PMP® Certification Preparation
March 15-17 (Minneapolis, MN)

Project Estimating, Planning
and Control
March 22-23 (Minneapolis, MN)

Project Management Fundamentals
February 8-10 (Minneapolis, MN)

Project Quality Management
March 26 (Minneapolis, MN)

Project Risk Management
March 24-25 (Minneapolis, MN)

Use Case Modeling
March 10-11 (Minneapolis, MN)

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