Virtual Web-based Seminars

Comm Site Safety Comm Site Safety Certification 101 is your first step to achieving the necessary knowledge to work safely at a comm site. This virtual course series consists of multiple courses and includes the coveted and annually required RF Safety certification. Courses include: RF Safety 101, Electrical Safety 101, Biological Hazards 101, Hazcom 101, Fall Protection 101, Lock out/ Tag Out 101, and Walking  more...

How to Plan Prepare and Manage Acceptance Testing User acceptance testing without a test plan is similar to taking off without a flight plan. If you dona ™t know what needs to be done to responsibly validate that an information technology solution meets the defined business, stakeholder, solution, and transition requirements, you place the project (and potentially your organization) at risk. This online business analyst testing course  more...

How to Estimate Early in a Project - I+II a How long will it take you?a is one of the scariest questions that business analysts have to answer. This question is always posed before you know what you are going to have to do to define the requirements. You have not yet done the analysis upon which to base your answer. Given that uncertainty, it is no wonder that whatever answer you come up with will be wrong, leading to a missed delivery  more...

How to Find and Build Test Cases from Business Requirements Test cases are situations taken from real life that will put a new or modified information technology solution through its paces. Business test cases should be designed to find existing errors and to increase your confidence in the applicationa ™s ability to survive the real world of production. The key to a successful suite of test cases is to use a wide variety of methods to discover and  more...

How to Define and Document Use Cases A business use case diagram is a visual tool that shows interaction between the environment and an evolving information technology solution. A single business use case is a textual tool for representing how individual end-users and other involved parties or systems (collectively referred to as "actors") will interact with the proposed system. Knowing why you need a business use case, when it  more...

How to Analyze and Improve Business Data Using business data model to identify potential business problems that are caused by missing or improperly defined business data is the next step in the progression from dataa asa aa problem to dataa asa aa valuablea resource. This on-line business analyst training workshop assumes you know how to draw business data models (entity/ relationship diagrams). It is designed to give you a  more...

How to Build Business Data Models Business data represents the atomic level of information systems. It forms the basis upon which everything else depends. In a very real sense if you get the business data right, the rest will follow. If you get the business data wrong, the system may never recover. In order to get the majority of the business data right, it is essential to have a picture of the data in form of a business data  more...

How to Plan Business Analysis Activities and Manage Risks ...hese critical areas would seem to be a good idea. This virtual workshop focuses on the first half of techniques recommended by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA ® in the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK ®). Targeting senior business analysts, we present and apply techniques that plan how requiremetns will be approached, traced, and prioritized, identify  more...

How to Write Effective Business Requirements Writing effective business requirements is a critical skill for subject matter experts who represent the business interests on an IT project and for business analysts. The challenge lies in defining business needs in the form of business requirements, stakeholder requirements, solution requirements, and transition requirements that other audiences will interpret as intended and use to design the  more...

How to Analyze Sets of Business Requirements Understanding the business requirements in the manner in which they were intended can be a very challenging proposition. If the requirements are going to do their job well, they need to be understood by several target audiences, namely the business community, the technical community, and the developer/ tester community. Each of these groups needs to be able to read the business requirements and  more...

How to Manage Changing Requirements Managing requirements change has been a major challenge even for the best-run projects. Keeping track of how the changing business environment impacts ongoing projects and production applications can be a nightmare without proper tools and techniques. The concept of requirements management is not new but with an increase in the use of off-shore developers and off-the-shelf solutions, it has become  more...

How to Package and Communicate Business Requirements One of the primary jobs of the business analyst is bridging the communication gap between the business community and the technology experts. Business, stakeholder, solution, and transition requirements describe what information technology has to deliver but making sure that both parties agree on just what these requirements mean is the real challenge. This virtual workshop presents concepts,  more...

How to Build Business Process Models Business processes are what organizations do. Whether documented or not, whether designed or not, whether understood or not, nothing gets done until someone (or a the systema ) does it a that is what business processes are all about. They are a combination of business operating procedures, business rules, business data, and supporting technology. Yet, many business processes are undocumented,  more...

How to Analyze and Improve Business Processes Business process analysis is one of the most critical business analyst skills. It is the activity that uses business process models for improving business processes without putting your project a or your organization a at risk. This online business analyst workshop assumes you know how to create business process models (context, data flow, activity, and swimlane diagrams) and builds on that  more...

Practical Meeting Facilitation Techniques Whether you conduct in-person meetings or virtual meetings, teams need your assistance to move quickly toward project and process goals. Register today for a Practical Meeting Facilitation Techniques Webinar to learn how to prepare for your next important meeting. Learn how to generate more ideas, how to gain participation from everyone in your meeting, and how to converge on ideas that have  more...

Everything DiSC Management Virtual Showcase Learn how the easy-to-use Everything DiSC ® Management training program from Inscape Publishing can teach your managers to bring out the best in each employee. Inscape Publishing is hosting ninety-minute webinars for Resources Unlimited to introduce our clients to the new Everything DiSC ® Application Library of training products including online DiSC Profiles, facilitation materials,  more...

BOI300 - BusinessObjects Data Integrator XI 3x - Core Concepts - Virtual Session ...: BusinessObjects Data Integrator XI 3x - Core Concepts - Virtual Session BusinessObjects Data Integrator XI 3. 0 enables you to integrate disparate data sources to deliver more timely and accurate data that end users in an organization can trust. In this three-day course, you will learn about creating, executing, and troubleshooting batch jobs, using functions, scripts and transforms to  more...

BOC310 - Crystal Reports - Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design - Virtual Session ...ports - Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design - Virtual Session Crystal Reports 2008 is a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution that helps you design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications. This two-day instructor-led course is designed to give you comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports  more...

BOW310 - BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI 30 Report Design - Virtual Class ...0: BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI 30 Report Design - Virtual Class This two-day instructor-led course is designed to give you the comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge needed to access, analyze and share data using BusinessObjects InfoView and BusinessObjects Web Intelligence. During this course, you'll learn how to organize, manage and distribute documents using InfoView. You'll  more...

BOW320 - BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI 30 - Advanced Report Design - Virtual Class ...Objects Web Intelligence XI 30 - Advanced Report Design - Virtual Class BusinessObjects Web Intelligence is a query, reporting and analysis tool that allows you to access the data in your corporate databases directly from within BusinessObjects Enterprise InfoView and to present and analyze this information in a Web Intelligence document. This one-day instructor-led classroom course is  more...

BOX310 - BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 Enterprise Core Connectivity - Virtual Class ...inessObjects Xcelsius 2008 Enterprise Core Connectivity - Virtual Class This three-day instructor-led course is designed to provide you with an understanding of how to create interactive visualizations based on Microsoft Excel workbooks using BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise 2008. A series of interactive content, demonstrations, examples and review quizzes will help you better understand  more...

Online Training ...en methodology from the live classroom environment to the virtual classroom with our new E-learning curriculum and online delivery style. Live or recorded, online training is now available for open enrollment and private groups with specific training needs. E-learning courses for Microsoft Office include Excel Basics, Charts, PivotTables, and Formulas and Functions. PowerPoint and Outlook.  more...

Virtual Web Projects Gone Bad Nonprofit Webinar ...a Web vendor remotely? Are you interested in completing a virtual Web project, but don't understand how to make it work? Virtual Web Projects Gone Bad provides critical insight into how nonprofit staff and board members can successfully work with vendors on their virtual Web projects. This 1-hour Webinar will show nonprofits how to avoid common problems that lead to project delays and  more...

Online Interpersonal Skills Classes The ability to interact effectively is a key ingredient for success at work, yet it is rarely taught in schools and colleges. Learn the interpersonal skills necessary to communicate and understand others better. MAJOR TOPICS: - How to understand your own behavioral style at work. - Ways to recognize the styles of anyone else (co-worker, manager, even people in your personal life). -  more...

Online Communication Skills Classes This course addresses 4 fundamental skills necessary for communicating effectively with others, as follows: MAJOR TOPICS: - Showing appreciation for others efforts - Focusing on specifics to enhance clarity - Using effective questioning techniques to explore ideas - Listening effectively to promote understanding Live Virtual Class - It's easy to participate. All you need is access to  more...

Online Stress Management Classes ...in the workplace and reduce your stress levels. This live virtual class will show you: Major Topics - Identification of current stress levels and impact on satisfaction - Problem solving skills - Communication Skills - Connecting with Others - Becoming more Flexible Live Virtual Class - This program includes 2 live virtual sessions and a self-assessment called the Coping with  more...

TypeLabs presents Driving Team Performance from the Inside Out with Susan Nash ...virtual team dynamics is a vital factor in 21st century organizational success. This program will show how the theories of temperament and psychological type can be applied to raising team productivity. Participants will learn how to create and diagnose a team profile of temperaments, functions and attitudes, and type. This profile will be used to comprehend team performance (strengths and  more...

Best Tips for Migrating from Windows to Mac - Online Basics * Navigate and configure the Mac OS X user interface * The Mac Desktop * The Dock * Menu Bar * Finder Basics * Working with Spotlight * Expos * System Preferences File Management * File naming * Renaming * Duplicating * Moving * Copying * Finding * Sorting * Deleting Manage Built-In Applications  more...