Webinar: Trace requirements to business intent

Compuware is providing a webinar on July 26 @ 2:00pm EDT. You can register following this link.

Practical techniques: Trace operational and other non-functional requirements to business intent
More and more there is increased pressure to develop applications that are closely tuned to business processes and yet can be changed on a moment’s notice to reflect new priorities.

Achieving balance between business goals and the associated operational requirements set has been a challenge. Too often different stakeholders are defining the business (domain experts) and operational (technical experts) perspectives. This can lead to disconnects in the systems delivered, requiring expensive rework either late in the development cycle or in post-production maintenance releases.

Slew of webinars and resources

Why requirements definition is a critical first step (April 18, 2007 @ 1:00pm EST)

Managing your requirements is only half the battle. For management to be truly effective, taking the first step of defining complete, accurate requirements is absolutely critical. In this webcast, Forrester Senior Analyst Carey Schwaber will explain how you can build agreement around requirements right from the start, so there are no uncertainties down the road.

Aligning Business and IT (on demand)

Many CIOs are struggling in their quest of aligning IT with the corporate business strategies, objectives, metrics and culture. CIOs need to become more involved in the development of strategic initiatives and build an understanding of the corporate and line of business missions and goals if they seek to align IT with the corporate directions. Moreover, CIOs need to interpret that knowledge into a flexible IT strategy if the alignment is to succeed long-term.

Business Intelligence Trends (podcast)

As business intelligence (BI) evolves, new trends emerge. But whichimportant BI trends should you pay attention to? And how should yourorganization incorporate this information into BI strategies?

Webinar: Bits and bites

BPM: Aligning People, Process & Technology
Monday March 26 @ 12:00pm (EST)

Join Paul Harmon, Executive Editor, BPTrends and Principal, BPTrends Associates and Roger Burlton, Founder, Process Renewal Group and Principal, BPTrends Associates, for an insightful and lively discussion about the advantages of aligning your people, processes and technology to achieve improved enterprise performance.

Deliver what the business expects
One of the webinars mentioned in a previous post has made its slides available as well as access to a 2006 IDC research white paper by Ballou.

Webinar: From Process Understanding to Business Innovation

ebizQ will be hosting a webinar called From Process Understanding to Business Innovation on February 6, 2007 @ 12:00 PM (EST.) Here is a brief description of the event.

Transformation and innovation are the cornerstones of your success. It's no longer enough to be efficient. Business innovation is the name of the game if you want to stay ahead of your global competition. But enhancing customer experiences, increasing operational agility, and re-thinking the way you create value is no easy task. It requires you to change and continually improve your processes.

Webinar: Using ITIL to Align IT with Business Requirements

Here's a link to an on-demand webinar that may be of interest. Below is the description.

Increasingly, enterprise IT organizations are managing IT as a set of defined, customer-facing services. This concept of IT service management allows IT organizations to better package what they do for their customers and to more closely align their capabilities with business requirements. The worldwide de facto standard IT service management framework is the UK-government developed IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). ITIL provides guidance on the most fundamental IT operations processes and is used by leading companies around the world for risk reduction, quality improvement, legislative compliance, and cost control. This webcast will introduce IT service management and ITIL with emphasis on the fundamental concepts and principles that IT executives need to know during the decision making process.

Webinar: Incorporate Real Innovation into Your Company's Business Processes

Below are the details for a 1-hour webinar, sponsored by Ziff-Davis, on innovating a company's business processes. The webinar will occur on July 11, 2006 @ 2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific. You can sign-up for it here.

Here is the description.

Real innovation, whether it's in technology or business processes, is not just about inventing something new, but rather it requires a conscious investment strategy, and the will to carry it out. As organizations feel the effects of globalization setting in and competition heating up, companies large and small are turning to the diligent application of any number of innovation practices to try and stay ahead. Customer innovation, innovating from the edge, and innovation road maps are all well-meaning efforts to help companies with the innovation process, but without the proper focus and follow through, these efforts could be fruitless and waste employee time and company money. Innovation means little if new products and services never see the light of day. Therefore, innovation by itself is not enough, it requires an investment strategy that puts your company's resources where they count, and a people strategy that aligns those resources with the best skills of all your employees.

Join this live, eSeminar, sponsored by IBM, and hear directly from technology and business process experts on:

• How to encourage an atmosphere of innovated thinking in your organization
• How technology advancements can assist an organization in staying on an innovative path
• Innovative ways to approach customer service to differentiate yourself from your competitors
• How to put in place the business practices and processes to see innovative ideas through to fruition

Online webinar for requirements management

There is a webinar coming up on June 21, 2006 entitled, Requirements Management: Best practices for enhancing project success. Follow this link to register for it.
Here's a brief description directly from BZmedia, Get to the bottom of the prime reason for project failure--poor or incomplete requirements capture and management. Geared to project managers, business analysts, architects, developers and QA/testers, this session will highlight the benefits of structured requirements with SteelTrace to all stakeholders.