This month’s webinar is a listener call-in show about starting, keeping and progressing your career as a Business Analyst. You can ask our panel to share their expertise on entering the business analysis profession, gaining recognition for the value you deliver, and advancing to the next level. Our panel consists of three experts in BA careers: Laura Brandenburg, Rick Clare and Laura Kesner. Laura Brandenburg: In September, Laura joined us for a very popular webinar on Creating a Top-notch Business Analyst Resume. She is a practicing BA, founder of Clear Springs Business Analysis and author of How to Start a Business Analyst Career. She is also an active blogger, public speaker and educator on many aspects of Business Analysis. Rick Clare: Rick is Chair of the IIBA® Best Practices in BA Management Committee and is heading the initiative to develop the IIBA Book Managing Business Analysts, to be published in 2010. Dr. Laura Kesner: A Senior Business Analyst working in the public sector, Laura has over 10 years of experience in business process improvement, requirements elicitation, modeling, enterprise analysis, and, most recently, assisting with product backlog development on SCRUM projects. She obtained her Ph.D. in Human Factors, holds a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, a Professional Certificate in Business Analysis, and is a Certified Product Owner and Certified Business Analysis ProfessionalTM (CBAP®) recipient. This webinar is open to both IIBA members and non-members.

1. The BA Career Path
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Topic: The BA Career Path
 This is a listener call-in show about
starting, keeping and progressing your
career as a Business Analyst.
 Ask our panel for their expertise on:
 entering the business analysis
profession,
 gaining recognition for the value you
deliver, and
 advancing to the next level.
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Julian Sammy
IIBA® Head of New Media
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 Host of the IIBA ® Webinar Series
 Head of the IIBA ® New Media Group
 Experienced Project BA, SME, COE
Manager, and Enterprise BA
 Writing “The Dangerous Question”, a
synthesis of BA practice and theory
 Teach BA courses in Planning,
Analysis and Stakeholders
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Housekeeping
 Question box
 Type your questions, and tell us if you
have a microphone or are on a phone
• “Callers” will be answered first
 Ask questions through Twitter
• Use “@juliansammy #IIBAwebinar [message]”
• Your queries will be shown in realtime
 We will answer questions in the appro-
priate section of the show (next slide)
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Outline
 Part 0: Introduction
 Part 1: Building a BA Career
 Part 2: Becoming a BA
 Part 3: Being a BA
 Part 4: Conclusion
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IIBA ® Vision and Mission
The world's leading association for
Vision
Business Analysis professionals
Develop and maintain standards for
Mission the practice of business analysis and
for the certification of its practitioners
IIBA® is an international not-for-profit
professional association for
business analysts.
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IIBA ® Goals
 Create and develop awareness and
recognition of the value and contribution
of the role of the Business Analysis
Professional
 Define the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge ®
(BABOK ®)
 Publicly recognize qualified practitioners through an
internationally acknowledged certification program
 Provide forums for knowledge sharing
 Advance the practices of business analysis within
organizations
 Define a roadmap for professional growth and
development
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Guiding Principles
Members First Helping business do
business better
Give what you can so
you can get what you Adaptability over
need stability
Think globally, act Transparency in our
locally operations
Chapters, our Progress over
storefront to the local perfection
community
Collaboration
Methodology
Agnostic Win-Win
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Laura Brandenburg
IIBA® Career Center
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Product Manager
 Focus: Becoming
 Business Analyst Consultant /
Contractor
 Business Analysis Author
• Bridging-the-Gap (blog)
• How to Start a BA Career (eBook)
 BA hiring manager (former)
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Dr. Laura Kesner
VP Member Services, Denver
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 Focus: Being
 A Senior BA working in the public
sector, Laura has over 10 years of
experience in Business Analysis. She
obtained her Ph.D. in Human Factors,
holds a master’s degree in
Industrial/Organizational Psychology, a
Professional Certificate in Business
Analysis, and is a Certified Product
Owner and CBAP ® recipient.
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Rick Clare
 IIBA ® Committee Chair,
Best Practices in BA Management
 Heading the initiative to develop the book
Managing Business Analysts, the second IIBA
publication
 Has experience in development, project
management and business analysis
 Currently the BA Practice Director at PM Centers
USA
 Spend 17 years in the Army
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How to Participate
 Join our conversation:  If you know who you
 Ask to be on the air want to answer, please
 Use the Question box to note the expert:
state your question
 Confirm you have a  Laura Brandenberg
microphone or are on the  Resumes, career
telephone
development, BA
 Twitter @juliansammy with
hashtag #IIBAwebinar  Rick Clare
 Tweets will roll throughout  Chair, Best Practices
the presentation; in Managing BAs
“@juliansammy #IIBAwebinar
What should my manager  Dr. Laura Kesner
measure me on?” will scroll
on screen, live.  BA in a senior role
 Ask a text question  Extensive education
 Use the Question box to state
your question
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www.theiiba.org | community.theiiba.org | info@theiiba.org
julian.sammy@theiiba.org
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Call for Volunteers
Presenters:
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 We want you to share your expertise
and experience. What do you want to
give to your community?
Hosts:
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 Are you passionate about a BA topic?
This webinar series is one of many,
and they all need hosts.
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New Webinar Series: Meet the CEO
 IIBA is excited to announce a new monthly webinar series
for members starting in January 2010. On the first
Tuesday of every month Kathleen Barret, President and
CEO, will discuss current IIBA activities. This will be an
opportunity for members to pose questions directly to
Kathleen to better understand the initiatives of the
association.
 This webinar is open to all IIBA members and will typically
run for 30 minutes, depending on the length of the address
by Kathleen, as well as audience participation.
 To attend the webinar you will need to register. The details
will be sent in an e-bulletin and noted in the newsletter.
 We hope you will join us for this new monthly webinar
series, and we look forward to hearing from you.
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Next Webinar: Direction 2010
 Précis:
 Discover and discuss the IIBA direction for 2010 and beyond.
Topics will include the new Competency Model, BABOK
Extensions, Publications and more.
 When:
 Tuesday, January 19, 2010
 12 pm to 1 pm ET (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
 Who:
 Panel:
• Kathleen Barret, President and CEO
• Kevin Brennan, VP Professional Development
 Host:
• Julian Sammy, Head of New Media
 Register now at www.theiiba.org
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