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Fwd: BA Connection Newsletter February 2011

Posted by: "Peter Lutz" lutzpf@gmail.com   peter_f_lutz

Sat Feb 5, 2011 8:21 am (PST)



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*This Month: The Business Case for Business Analysis

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- *Define the purpose of business analysis*
- *Articulate the benefits*
- *Examine the risk of doing and not doing Business Analysis*
- *Determine the investment required*

Components of a Business Case

Modeling for Business Analysis: Context Modeling, Part 1

The Business Analyst Career Roadmap

In keeping with this year's theme for IIBA, "The Business Case for Business
Analysis", we're going to build and share a business case for business
analysis, along with a plan to execute by framing the problem: just what is
a business case, and what is it for?

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This series of articles will address specific questions about analysis
modeling that I've received from business analysts. Instead of hand-waving
or pontificating about latest trends, I'll try to provide practical
approaches to business modeling that I've applied successfully during my two
decades of business analysis.

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The Certification team has been working on creating an outline for the BA
career path. This article outlines the steps required for an individual to
advance from being new to the field of business analysis to becoming a BA
specialist.

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*Letter from the President* *By Kathleen Barret, IIBA President and CEO*

In this month's newsletter, I will help you get started with your business
case for business analysis by giving you some key messages to share with
your executive or
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*5 Steps to Becoming a Business Analyst* *By Laura Brandenburg, IIBA
Career Business Analyst*

There is no question I receive more often than "How do I become a business
analyst?" It's a challenging question to address, typically because each
person's answer is a bit
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*Partnering for Success: An IIBA/PMI Joint Collaboration* *By Elizabeth
Larson*

It seems that as organizations realize the importance of business analysis,
they recognize that both the BA and PM roles are critical to project
success.The question seems to be, however, how can the two best work
together?
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*The Future of Business in the New Economy* *By Julian Sammy, IIBA Head
of New Media*

This final instalment of The Future of Business in the New Economy explores
ways to integrate what we have learned about value into useful business
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*Real words that work* *By Patricia Davies, President, Patricia Davies
Communication*

In every workshop I teach, I know one Business Analyst will ask, "How can I
save time when I'm writing?" I tell them the truth. "Clear and concise
writing takes time. Nobody achieves a finished product on the first draft."
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*Chapter Personnel Profiles - Rick Clare* *By Rick Clare, IIBA Vice
President, Chapters*

This month I have prepared the first of a new series of articles. Over the
course of the coming year, a number of these will appear, providing
additional information on many of the Chapters volunteers—where they come
from, their work background, and how they got involved with IIBA®.
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*IIBA in CIO Canada Magazine* **

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interview with Michael Gladstone, IIBA Vice President Certification
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relationship with senior technology executives is evolving…

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FW: NYExUG - Feb Meeting Alert - Network Optimizations for Exchange

Posted by: "John Rechenberg" jar1@optimum.net   john_rechenberg

Sat Feb 5, 2011 9:38 am (PST)



From: announce@nyexug.com [mailto:announce@nyexug.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 12:32 PM
To: 'announce@nyexug.com'
Subject: NYExUG - Feb Meeting Alert - Network Optimizations for Exchange
2010 (F5 Networks)

Hello All,

Next week¡Çs meeting about network optimizations for Exchange
2010 is being presented by Brian McHenry of F5 Networks. Full details below.

Also, NYExUG along with 4 other UGs are organizing an all day
FREE mini-Tech-Ed type event called Techstravaganza at Microsoft¡Çs NY
office in March. This event will have numerous tracks including Exchange,
PowerShell, Windows/Client Server, etc. I¡Çll post updates or feel free to
check out this website <http://techstravaganza.wordpress.com/> . We have
some openings left for speakers and sponsors. Contact us or me for more
information.

January¡Çs
<http://www.nyexug.com/meeting/past-meetings/meetings-2011/january-11-2011/>
Presentation Resources Online

This Month¡Çs Meeting RSVP deadline by Mon 4pm EST (free - includes pizza
dinner & raffles)

https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=153243

Meeting Date/Time

Tue, 2/8. Doors open at 6pm, meeting starts at 6:30pm. Meeting location
details below.

Upcoming Meetings - 2nd Tue of every month

Feb - Deploying an Application Ready Network for Exchange Server 2010 (Brian
McHenry, F5 Networks)

Mar - Exchange 2010 Hardware/VM Clustering Appliance Demo (Kemp
Technologies)

Apr - How to Cloud Proof Your Job (Ben Serebin, REEF Solutions)

This Month¡Çs Meeting Topic - Meeting Sponsored by F5 Networks
<http://www.f5.com/>

Network optimizations increase the availability, scalability and security of
distributed applications. Whether you¡Çre deploying a home-grown Windows
application or a unified communications and collaboration solution with
Exchange, SharePoint, and Office Communications Server, F5¡ìs BIG-IP
platform makes your network application ready. In this session we¡Çll
provide concrete examples of these optimizations across commonly deployed
Microsoft applications and technologies, with a specific focus on Exchange
Server 2010. Scenarios we¡Çll cover include: high-availability for CAS
servers, authentication and authorization of Exchange users, cross-site
resilience, disaster recovery, and leveraging the application delivery
controller as strategic point of control to enable better visibility and
dynamic control over a virtual environment.

Speaker

Brian McHenry is a Field Systems Engineer for F5 Networks supporting
commercial accounts in the New Jersey and New York territories. His focus is
evangelizing F5¡ìs BIG-IP and ARX product suites to customers and partners
in the region. Brian previously spent 13 years as an IT professional
supporting and architecting highly available Internet-facing platforms,
variously at startups and major financial services firms.

Question of the Month

Q) Microsoft recently announced they were re-adding a feature to Exchange
Server 2010 to allow what to work again?

Previous Question of the Month

Q) Windows Phone 7 supports which versions of Exchange?

A) Can
<http://www.nyexug.com/question-of-the-month-archive/january-2011-question-o
f-the-month/> be found here.

Find previous meetings information & upcoming events on our website: <http:
//www.nyexug.com/> www.nyexug.com

See you at the meeting,

-Ben Serebin

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Future Meetings Ideas - your suggestions are wanted

- Deciphering SMTP logs.

Meeting Location
You MUST RSVP to gain access to the building.

Microsoft NYC Office

6th Floor, in the Place Conference Room (at receptionist, go left, right,
and left down hall)

The meetings occur every 2nd Tuesday of every Month. All meetings are held
at Microsoft, 1290 Avenue of the Americas (between 51st/52nd) in New York.

Interested in Speaking
- Speakers can be Exchange Admins, Network Admins, and anyone knowledge-able
of Exchange. Topics could be highlighting a certain aspect of Exchange (e.g.
X400, Connectors, RUS, Storage Groups, Shared Hosting, etc), a product you
use in your organization that is extremely helpful in increasing your
productivity. If in doubt, email me, Ben Serebin. Email address below.

Interesting Sponsoring a Meeting or Topic

- contact me for more information on this.

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