Joe Perzel has been defining requirements, leading projects of all sizes, and managing staff since 1982 in both a corporate and vendor capacity. He has a background in multiple industries such as healthcare, insurance, finance, government, manufacturing, non-profit, and education. Presently, Joe is President of the Minnesota Chapter of IIBA and contracting at AON Reinsurance. Previously, he has held leadership positions at Cargill, Thomson Reuters, MN Workers Compensation Bureau, International Multifoods, and PMI Minnesota.

 

Whether you and your boss have made a conscious decision to have you manage a project, or it happened organically, you now need to do more than develop workflows, functional design specs, screen mock-ups or create other BA artifacts.  In addition to doing your analysis work you now need to lead a project so what does that mean?    In this presentation we will discuss the basics for successfully delivering a project on-time, on-budget with the desired scope, what artifacts are really needed vs. “optional”, as well as building a right-sized project plan.  All while using customized examples and case studies specifically for the Business Analyst. The major points to be covered include:

• The top 10 most common mistakes a project manager makes, and how to overcome the common them
• Project Charters – a very important artifact
• How to build out your right-sized plan for easy on-going maintenance 
• Different interviewing techniques for gathering project data points 

Successful completion of a project requires knowing the art and science of project management.  This seminar will deliver the blend of skills you will need to be a BA/PM hero.

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