Join us as Richard Larson from Watermark presents the topic - Understanding Business Needs

Root Cause doesn’t have to hurt like a Root Canal!
Five Proven Techniques for Understanding Business Needs

Overview

Needs are arguably the most important input to any business analysis effort. It is the most-mentioned concept in the BA Core Concept Model from IIBA. It is also the anchor domain in PMI’s Standard for Business Analysis, providing inputs to every other domain. Given the impact of business needs, it is critical for business analysts to have tools and techniques to get to the root cause of business problems and opportunities. This presentation covers five essential techniques for uncovering and understanding needs. You will leave the session feeling confident you can better analyze the current state for your next effort.

Speaker Bio - Richard Larson, PMP, CBAP, PMI-PBA

President and Founder of Watermark Learning, Richard Larson is a successful entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in business analysis, project management, training, and consulting. He has presented workshops and seminars on BA and PM topics to over 10,000 participants on five different continents. Rich is a frequent speaker at Business Analysis and Project Management national conferences and IIBA® and PMI® chapters around the world. He has contributed to the BA Body of Knowledge version 2.0 and 3.0, was a lead author for the Needs Assessment chapter of the PMI publication Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide, and was an author of the PM Body of Knowledge, 4th edition. He and his wife Elizabeth Larson have co-authored five books on business analysis.
 

Chapter meetings are free for Chapter Members and $10 for non-members that can be paid at the door (check or cash no larger than $20) or online (PayPal or credit card).

This meeting qualifies for 2 PDU / CDU points.

Special Thanks to Watermark Learning as our sponsor.