OCTOBER 2010
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Requirements Management 101 |
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Microsoft Project Tip: Project 2007 “ Ribbons” |
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Industry Events |
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Product News: Are You Ready to Get R.E.A.L.? |
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Product News: PMP® Certification Boot Camp |
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Industry News: Winners of FREE Passes to WI-BADD Announced |
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Industry News: Call for Volunteers for BABOK® Guide Version 3 |
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ProjectBrief Blog: What is the value of the PMP®? |
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Featured Course: Virtual CBAP® Prep Class Boot Camp |
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Upcoming Courses |
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Special Offer: Enroll in One Public Class, Get the 2nd Registration at 30% Off! |
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2010 Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk a Success! |
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STARTS OCT 25—
SPECIAL PRICING
Next Virtual CBAP® Prep Class Starting Soon!
Oct 25, 27, Nov 1, 3, 8, 10
Times: 9 am - 12:30 pm (US-CDT)
Price: $1,100 USD (Reg $1,450)
A convenient way to attend training, this virtual course provides access to the class from anywhere. It also integrates into your schedule with 6 sessions, from 9 am to 12:30 pm (US-CDT) two days a week. The class will provide 21 CDUs to satisfy CBAP® certification requirements. Look for more virtual classes in various topics later this year!
“The Watermark Learning virtual CBAP® Prep class, combined with their CBAP® Study Guide, provided me with all the tools I needed to learn the BABOK® and prepare for the CBAP® exam.”
—Michael Western, CBAP
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Analyzing Requirements
Nov 18-19 (Minneapolis, MN)
Business Analysis Fundamentals
Nov 15-17 (Minneapolis, MN)
Business Intelligence Requirements Analysis
Oct 20-21 (Minneapolis, MN)
Business Process Modeling
Nov 4-5 (Chicago, IL)
Nov 30-Dec 1 (Minneapolis, MN)
CBAP® Certification Preparation
Virtual Class Starts Oct 25
Nov 2-4 (Minneapolis, MN)
Consulting Skills to Solve Business Problems
Oct 14-15 (Minneapolis, MN)
Data Modeling
Oct 14-15 (Minneapolis, MN)
Influencing Without Authority
Oct 18-19 (Minneapolis, MN)
Organizational Change Management
Oct 25-26 (Minneapolis, MN)
Planning and Managing Requirements
Nov 22-23 (Minneapolis, MN)
PMP® Certification Preparation
Nov 10-12 (Minneapolis, MN)
Virtual Class Starts Nov 29
PMP® Certification Preparation
Boot Camp
Nov 8-12 (Minneapolis, MN)
Program Management Fundamentals
Oct 27-28 (Minneapolis, MN)
Software Testing Fundamentals
Nov 10-11 (Minneapolis, MN)
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 Enroll in One Public Class, Get the 2nd Registration at 30% Off!
Catch our falling prices while you can and save on training. To qualify, register and pay for any of our public classes by November 30, 2010. The 30% off registration can be used by two or more people for the same class, or one or more people for different classes. Training must be completed by March 31, 2011.
BONUS! Our 2011 pricing goes into effect December 1st. Register and pay by November 30th and receive 2010 pricing! See our public schedule for details. |
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BIRA: Gathering and Analyzing Requirements for a Successful Analytics Project
“This class took away the mystery behind BI requirements gathering. I liked the hands on exercises.”
—Val Bogan, American Transmission Company
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2010 Alzheimer's Association
Memory Walk a Success!
Watermark Learning fielded a team for this year's Alzheimer Association Memory Walk. We helped raise $1,400, contributing to over $500,000 raised by the entire local walk. We want to thank all our contributors, and hope you can help us out with a donation in the 2011 walk. For more information or to make a donation yet this year, please visit our team web page. |
Winners of FREE Passes WI-BADD Announced
We conducted a drawing to win free passes to the Wisconsin BA Development Day (WI-BADD) on October 5th in Madison, WI. Our two winners were Cindy Carlson from Fiskars and Jan Amberson. We are delighted they could attend a day of fabulous BA sessions for free! Thanks to everyone who registered. |
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Requirements Management 101 |
by Elizabeth Larson PMP, CBAP, CSM and Richard Larson, PMP, CBAP
The following is an excerpt from the book Practitioner's Guide to Requirements Management, Part I: Requirements Planning, written by the authors.
Requirements management, like project management, is a discipline comprised of inputs and outputs, tools and techniques, processes and activities, but just for requirements activities. Requirements management includes the planning, monitoring, analyzing, communicating, and managing of those requirements. This article gives you a quick refresher on this important topic and the components of a good requirement.
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Project 2007 “Ribbons” |
by Jim Clayton, Microsoft Certified for Office Suite and MS Project
Ready or not—it's on the market and deployed. If you love the “Ribbons” in Office 2007 you will be ecstatic with this Project version. I suppose the opposite is also true. For those of you who find the “Ribbons” irritating, my final comments in this tip are for you.
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Are You Ready to Get R.E.A.L?
Project R.E.A.L. —Real Experience; Applied Learning. Start getting real on your projects now!
Expand on your previous learning and job experience in a robust, dynamic, and fast-paced environment using a hands-on, live project experience. Do you want to become a leader and make tough decisions in moments of difficulty? Are you sometimes so focused on day-to-day tasks that you don't take advantage of the full life cycle of projects and requirements? Would you like to better navigate project and stakeholder needs in the context of project and corporate politics?
Check out our newest offering
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PMP® Certification
Boot Camp
Attend Watermark's PMP® Boot Camp
November 8-12 |
This 5-day Boot Camp provides focused training to prepare candidates for the PMP® exam and satisfy training requirements. It has 2 days of practical application of project management methods and techniques to initiate, plan, execute, control, and close projects. It then ends with 3 days of focused training to help prepare students for the PMP® exam. Earn 35 PDUs, enough to qualify for the PMP®.
Check out this new offering |
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Call for Volunteers: BABOK® Guide Version 3
Great opportunity to contribute to the BA community!
The IIBA® has announced the start of the process to develop the BABOK® version 3. They need volunteers to help create this next generation guide, and you can help. If you would like to participate as a contributor or reviewer, please contact the IIBA. "Elizabeth Larson and I participated in both version 1.6 and 2.0 of the BABOK® Guide, and it was a fulfilling experience," notes Watermark Learning principal Rich Larson. "The people we worked with at the IIBA® were all very capable and supportive, and made the process fun and also educational. I highly recommend it if you are looking for a way to contribute. Plus, you earn CDUs for re-certification!" adds Larson.
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ProjectBrief Blog |
September 23rd Post:
What is the value of the PMP®?
What is the value of PMP® certification? I was discussing this topic with a colleague recently and foundm yself being somewhat defensive. Obviously, as an instructor for PMP® certification, I have a significant bias toward investing in Project Management certification. So I've been challenging myself to ask what difference does it really make?
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 More ProjectBrief Blog Threads
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Presentation · Oct 19 · Bob Prentiss, CBAP
Webinar presented by Elizabeth Larson, PMP, CBAP, CSM
Watermark Learning is a proud sponsor of this event. Stop by our booth and say hello.