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Papers, Publications and PresentationsBooks
1.
The
Enterprise Business Analyst: Developing Creative Solutions to Complex
Business Problems (
2.
Managing Complex Projects: A
New Model (
3.
The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management ( 4.
Business
Analysis Essentials Library series
(
a)
Professionalizing Business Analysis,
Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects
b)
The Business Analyst as Strategist,
Translating Business Strategies into
Valuable Solutions c) Unearthing Business Requirements, Elicitation Tools and Techniques d) Getting it Right, Business Requirement Analysis Tools and Techniques e) The Art and Power of Facilitation, Running Powerful Meetings
f)
From Analyst to Leader,
Elevating
the Role of the Business Analyst
2010 Research Projects
1. The Bottom Line on Project Complexity: Applying a New Complexity Model. This study examines the dimensions that increase project complexity, including team size, project duration, schedule, cost and scope flexibility, understanding of the problem and solution, stability of requirements, strategic importance, level of organizational change, inter-project dependencies, and political sensitivity and validates the new Project Complexity Model profiled in the PMI award-winning book, Managing Project Complexity: A New Model, Management Concepts (2009). 2. Is Your Business Analysis Practice Mature Enough? This study evaluates and benchmarks the 2010 maturity levels of Business Analysis Practices in diverse industries and organizations and contributes to the advancement of the body of knowledge and research in the field of business analysis.
White Papers
1. Organizational Maturity Assessment, A CMM-Based Appraisal of Project Management Practices, Management Concepts, Inc., 2004 2. From Strategy to Action: Enterprise Portfolio Management, Management Concepts, Inc., 2005 3. The Strategic Project Leader, Management Concepts, Inc. 2005 4.
Flawless Project Launch Practices, The Bridge From
Business 5. The Pathway from Knowledge to Practice, Map out Your Project Management Mentoring Program, Practices, Management Concepts, Inc., 2005 6. The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, Management Concepts, Inc., 2005 7.
The 8.
The Program
Management Office, A 9. Living on the Edge, Managing Project Complexity, Management Concepts, Inc., 2008 10. Harness the Power of the Project Manager/Business Analyst Partnership, 2008 11. Business Analyst Proficiency: How capable do I need to be? 2010 12. Planting the Seeds to Grow a Mature Business Analysis Practice, 2010 13. Planting the Seeds to Grow a Complex Project Management Practice, 2010 14. Project Management and Business Analysis Maturity Assessments: The Journey to Professional Excellence, 2010
Articles
1. Leadership and Communication Skills for Project Managers, Knowledge Management Online, 2003 2. Five Roles for Team Leaders, A High Performing Team Requires Project Managers to Wear Many Hats, Knowledge Management Online, February 22, 2004 3. Managing Multiple Projects: Transcending Time and Distance, Federal Times, January 2005 4. Virtual Teams Connect Far-Flung Project Managers, Federal Times, February 28, 2005 5. Accidental Project Manager or Strategic Team Leader? Federal Times, May 2005
6.
7. Professional Business Analysis, Reducing the Trend of Failed Business Transformation Projects, Project Times, Winter, 2006 8. The Coming of Age of the Business Analyst, Journal of Business Strategy, Spring 2006 9. Why Do So Many IT Projects Fail? Federal Times, August 2006 10. The Critical Business Analyst Role in Agile Projects, Its All About the Value, gantthead.com, July 2006
11.
When Failure Is Not an Option:
Project Management Training at the
CIA, GovPro Newsletter, October 2006 and Government Procurement,
December 2006 12. The Five Deadly Sins of Agile Project Management, gantthead.com, October 2006 13. The Five Deadly Sins of Project Start-Ups, Power Magazine, October 2006 14. The Blending of Traditional and Agile Project Management, Project Management World Today, Spring/Summer 2007 15. Introducing the Project Complexity Model, A New Approach to Diagnosing and Managing Projects, Project Management World Today, Spring/Summer 2007 16. The Role of the Business Analyst in Agile Project Management, Project Management World Today, Spring/Summer 2007 17. The Business Analyst as Strategist, Business Analyst Times, Spring/Summer 2007 18. An Eye for Value: What the Business Analyst Brings to the Agile Team, BA Times, March 2008 19. Managing Complex Projects Is Not a Simple Matter, PM World Today, March 2008 20. The 21st Century’s Perfect Storm: The Transformation of IT, Project Times, September 2008
21.
Introducing the Project Complexity Model, The 22. A series of articles: Introducing the Project Complexity Model, Project Times, Fall 2008
23.
24. Complex Project Management Trends, Project Times, October 2009 25. BA Proficiency: How capable do I need to be? IIBA Newsletter April 2010 26. The Living Business Case, IIBA Newsletter March 2010 27. Use Virtual Teams as a Competitive Advantage, IIBA Newsletter March 2010 28. Change management Best Practices, PMI Community Post, June 25 2010 29. 2010 Complex Project Management Series based on the 2009 PMI Book of the Year, Online at Project Times, ModernAnalyst.com, and ProjectAtWork a) Complex Project Management, What’s All the Fuss About? b) Complex Project Management: The “Next Big Thing” for Experienced Project Managers c) Managing the Complexities of Projects that are Too Large, Too Long, Too Costly d) Managing the Complexities of Projects that are Large, Diverse Project Teams: The Good, the Bad and the Complexity e) Managing the Complexities of Projects that are Urgent with no Flexibility, Aggressive Scope, Urgent Milestones, Over-Ambitious Schedules
f)
Managing the Complexities of Projects that have
Ambiguous Problem, g) Managing the Complexities of Projects that have Requirements Volatility and Risk: Uncertain, Evolving, and Poorly Understood
h)
Managing the Complexities of Projects that
have Strategic Importance, Political
Implications, Critical Impacts to the
Core Mission of Multiple Organizations
i)
Managing the Complexities of Projects that
Require Large Scale Organizational and Cultural Change: Transformative ,
Groundbreaking
j)
Managing the Complexities of Projects that
are High Risk with Multiple External Constraints, Unprecedented Integration Needs
k)
Significant IT Complexity: Unprecedented Engineering Accomplishments;
Systems of Systems
Keynotes, Presentations,
Workshops and Webinars
2011
1.
Calgary IIBA Chapter Dinner Keynote,
If it’s Creativity You Want, then Creativity You Will Get! Expert
Facilitation that Fosters Creativity, 2.
BAWorld Calgary,
Adapting BA Practices for Complex
Projects, 3.
Enmax Power
and Utility, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Cenovus Energy,
Business Success in the New Economy: Critical Business Practices for the
21st Century, 4.
5.
Pfizer Inc,
Business Success in the New Economy, 6.
IIBA BBC Conference,
Adapting BA Practices for Complex Projects,
20101. Keynote Presentations a.
Implementing an b. Finally Getting it Right: Complex Project Management, a 21st Century Imperative
c.
Business Analysis:
Where is the Profession Heading? d. The Journey to Professional Excellence: Planting the Seeds to Grow a Mature BA Practice e. Is Your Business Analysis Practice Mature Enough? 2.
3. Requirements.net Podcast, Requirements and Application Modernization, February 2010 4. IIBA Webinar Series, ABC: Authors, Books and Conversations, Discovering REAL Business Requirements for Software Success, April 2010. 5. Chevron Corporation, Business Success in the New Economy, Webinar September 2010 6. IIBA Slovenia, first IIBA Conference Keynote: Business Success in the New Economy: Critical Business Practices for the 21st Century, October 2010
7.
PMI Global Congress 2010-North America,
The Bottom Line on Project Complexity:
Applying a New Complexity Model,
8.
PMI Global Congress,
Finally getting It Right: complex Project Management, a 21st
Century Imperative,
9.
IIBA Business Helping Business Conference,
Chapters Helping Chapters Seminar and
Leadership Institute,
10.
IIBA
11.
Joint Denver/Colorado Springs IIBA,
Business Success in the New Economy:
Critical Business Practices for the 21st Century,
November 2010
12.
Sun Life Financial, 2010 Analyst
20091.
2. IIBA Greater Rochester, NY Chapter Kick-off Meeting, The Journey to Professional Excellence, January 2009 3.
DC / 4.
5.
6.
Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 7.
8.
9.
10. GlaxoSmithKline, An Eye for Value, What the Business Analyst Brings to the Agile Team , March 2009 11. The Vangard Group, BSA Vision Conference and Practitioner Forum, Business Analysis Trends, March 2009 12. IIBA Webinar, Business Analysis, Where the Industry is Heading, April 2009 13. Denver IIBA Chapter Meeting, Where the Industry is Heading, May 2009 14. BusinessAnalysisWorld Seattle, Keynote Address Where the Industry is Heading, and track presentation, BA as Politician, June 2009 15. BusinessAnalysisWorld Minneapolis, Keynote Address Where the Industry is Heading, and track presentation, BA as Politician, June 2009 16. CIO Forum sponsored by IIBA, The Value of Corporate Membership, Baltimore, June 2009 17.
BusinessAnalysisWorld Denver,
The Living Business Case, and The
BA
20081.
IIBA Greater 2. Office of Surface Mining (Virtual Roundtable), Living on the Edge: Managing Project Complexity, February 2008 3.
IIBA Greater 4. PMI Region 5 2008 Symposium Hosted by the Baltimore Chapter, Living on the Edge, Managing Project Complexity, 75 Minute Workshop, April 2008 5. HP Webinar, The Interdependence of ITIL, ITSM, PM & BA, April 2008 6. PMI 2008 Rocky Mountain Project Management Symposium, April 2008 7. Living on the Edge, Managing Project Complexity, 90 Minute Workshop 8. Organizational Maturity Assessments 9.
PMI 10.
11.
Mid Atlantic Project
12.
Living on the
Edge, Managing Project Complexity presentation
13.
Top Five
Challenges for Senior Business Analysts 1-day Workshop 14.
PMI 15.
IIBA 16.
PMI 17.
Business Analyst World Symposium Series, 18.
19.
20. Regional Project World &World Congress of Business Analysis, June 2008 21. The Business Analysis Center of Excellence, The Cornerstone of Business Transformation 1-day workshop 22. Organizational Business Analysis Maturity Assessments, a CCM Appraisal of BA Practices
23.
IIBA
24.
IIBA 25. Harness the BA/PM Partnership Webinar, July 2008 26. Cisco BA Forum, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future
27.
Project Summit/BA World – Fall Conference in
28.
IIBA Silicon Valley,
29.
PMI Global Congress, The
20071. PMI LA Chapter,
From Strategy to Results,
Portfolio Management, April
2007 2. 3. Project Summit/BA
World,
4. PMI,
5. PMI
6. PMI 2007 Northern
California Fall Symposium, 7. Fairfax County Public Schools
Leadership Team Executive Seminar, September 2007 8. PMI Global Congress,
Living on the Edge, Project
Complexity Management, 9. Project 10.
Project
11. Project 12.
IIBA 13. PMI Washington DC Chapter, Living on the Edge, Applying Complexity Thinking to Management High-Risk Projects, December 2007
2006
1.
PMI
2.
PMI
Denver 2006 Symposium, Denver CO, Project Management Maturity Assessment,
A CMM Appraisal of Project Management
Capabilities, May 2006 3.
Project 4.
Project 5. Federal Executive Board Professional Development Series, Leadership in a Project Environment, July 2006 6.
Los Padres, CA PMI Chapter,
From Strategy to Action,
7.
PMI Global Congress, North America,
8.
PMI Global Congress, North America, 9.
ProjectWorld & World Congress For Business Analysts
2005
1.
ProjectWorld Canada/Business Analysis World
2.
ProjectWorld 3.
PDS’05 PMI IS SIG Professional Development Symposium 2005,
4.
SD UML & Design World, 5.
PMI Region 14 Seminar/Symposium 2005, 6.
PMI Region 14 Seminar/Symposium 2005, 7.
PMI Global Congress 2005-North America, 8.
SD Best Practices Conference and Expo,
9.
PMI Mile High Chapter, Denver, CO,
Harnessing the Power of the Project
Manager and Business Analyst Partnership Workshop,
October 2005
10.
Project
11.
Project
12.
Project World &
the World Congress for Business Analysts, Orlando, FL,
Using Maturity Assessments to
Unleash Organizational Capabilities, A Case Study,
November 2005
2004
1.
ProjectWorld, 2.
PMI Information Systems SIG Professional Development
Symposium 2004 3.
PMI
4.
5.
PMI Global Congress 2004-North America, 6.
16th
Annual International Integrated Program Management Conference,
Co-Sponsored by CPM-PMI (
20031. Sixth Annual Original The Performance Conference, Sponsored by the National Academy of Public Administration, Center for Improving Government Performance, Capital Asset Planning, Tips, Tricks and Traps, May 2003 2.
Project World 3.
PMI Global Congress 2003- 4.
Knowledge Exchange Forum, Co-Sponsored by the PMI 5.
15th
Annual International Integrated Program Management Conference,
Co-Sponsored by CPM-PMI (
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