IIBA Workshop Summary Lennore Huddleston VP Events

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IIBA Workshop Summary Lennore HuddlestonVP
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June Workshop

• Approximately 40 members attended
• Brainstorming Session
• Premise of the meeting was to define the needs of
  the Chapter Business Analysts
• Started with a free flow of general topics
• Focused on five
• Business Analyst Role
• Certification
• Marketing Communication
• Toolkit
• Knowledge Sharing

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Board Members

• Reviewed the information
• Developed a Work plan
• Identified two to three tasks for each topic
• Propose to complete these tasks within a year
• Timing will depend on support from the BA
  community

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Business Analyst Role

• BA Role
• BA Role Presentations
• Starting with So You want to be a BA
• Looking for Sharing the Experience
  presentations
• Use Case
• Presentation Discussion scheduled for our next
  meeting (October 19, 2006)
• BA Competencies
• Proposing a Case Study Presentation in Spring of
  2007

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Certification

• Certification Updates
• Provide News from IIBA on processes
• Study Groups
• Develop study groups
• Scheduled workshop for November meeting
• Review of the BA BOK
• Presentation tentatively scheduled for January
  18, 2007

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Marketing Communication

• New Web-site
• Promotion Sub-committee
• Tasked to develop an action plan for promotion of
  IIBA Edmonton Chapter
• Future Website development for Members Only
  section
• Split role of Marketing Communications into two

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Toolkit

• Best Practices
• Looking for Documentation on your Best Practices!
• Use Case
• Scheduled presentation for October 19th meeting
• Mentorship Subcommittee
• Tasked to develop a Mentorship Program

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Knowledge Sharing

• BA Training
• Looking for suggestions for topics on BA Training
• Speaker/Trainer Registry Subcommittee
• Tasked to develop a registry of Speakers/Trainers
  for BA tasks

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Call for Volunteers!

• If you are interested in volunteering in any of
  the mentioned subcommittees - please speak with
  one of the executive members or email us at
  info_at_edmonton.theiiba.org.

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Thank you to our Event Sponsors!