The UH session on Business Process Mapping, Modeling, and Analysis was excellent! I would highly recommend to all who are interested in process analysis that will help identify opportunities for improvement or redesign. There were a number of case studies where we had the opportunity to "try out the tools and techniques" ourselves. Orion Development Group facilitated the 2-day session and it is normally offered once a year. If there is enough interest, UH may be able to pull another session together!

Check out the session description on the UH Outreach site:
http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/ibpd/programs/2009/EVENT-P10394.asp

New Online Library for IIBA Members Coming March 2010 announced by Kevin Brennan, Vice President, Professional Development:
IIBA® has signed a deal with Books 24x7 to provide our members with access to a huge online library of 300 books, including many works by leading thinkers in the field of business analysis. This is an incredible value for IIBA members—if you tried to purchase these works individually, it would cost you around $15,000 US. A subscription to services that provide you access to all of these works online would cost you around $700 annually. However, IIBA is providing all of our members access to this selection free as a benefit of IIBA membership—making joining IIBA worthwhile for this material alone!

The online library will include works on a large number of different topics of interest to business analysts, including, but not limited to:
- Agile methodologies and techniques
- Business process modeling and management
- Business rules
- Data modeling
- Enterprise analysis
- Elicitation techniques
- Structured analysis methods
- UML
- Underlying competencies (coaching, facilitation, decision analysis)

In addition, we will be including works on other topics of interest to BAs and the BA community. We’ll be providing material to support BAs interested in learning more about business strategy, hybrid BAs who also do project management, usability design, or testing, BAs who are moving into a team leadership role, and more!

New! Online Library
Exclusively for IIBA Members

IIBA® is providing members with exclusive access to a huge Online Library of hundreds of books on business analysis and related topics. If you are a member of IIBA, you can access the library by clicking here.

This is an incredible value for IIBA members-if you tried to purchase these works individually, it would cost you around $15,000 US. A subscription to services that provide you access to all of these works online would cost you around $700 annually. As an IIBA member, you have access to this wide selection of books for FREE! Membership is IIBA is now more valuable than ever.

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