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We have some rich resources to share with you this month from our recent conference experiences.

Do you have agile experience? Why not join a new effort in 2010 to share your agile business analysis experience and knowledge with our wider agile and business analyst community? Read on for more information.

We at EBG Consulting wish you, and yours, a joyous and peaceful holiday season.

~ ellen

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) is developing an Agile addendum to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge BABOK® to reflect Agile working practices, knowledge, skills, and competencies.

We're looking for an additional 5-6 people for the core team, and a network of others for them to work with.

Would you like to be involved? If you would like to contribute, have strong experience working on agile projects, and are able to donate around 5-10 hours per week for the next six months; then email david.morris@theiiba.org a brief description (no more than 2 sides of A4) of what you would be able to contribute along with an overview of your business analysis and Agile experience and qualifications. The effort will kick-off in earnest in new year.

Mary and I presented numerous sessions at the Project World/World Congress for Business Analysts conference. Adrian Marchis from Modern Analyst was there, attended several of our sessions and did a nice job blogging, in some detail, about our content-rich sessions.

Following are links to Adrian's blog entries:

Intereseted in bringing our high-value training on these topics to your organization? Explore our training offerings and contact us for more information.

Gratis Agile Training for Out-of-Work Folks (Boston area)

There a few seats left for the December 17th one-day, intensive agile requirements training course, I am doing gratis (free) for out-of-work Boston area folks.

Our event for Agile Bazaar on December 10th is full (I'm co-delivering with Mary Gorman). Mary and I created this special one-day training, entitled "Sashimi Stories: Slicing Requirements for Agile Success." The December 17th event is being done via the IIBA Greater Boston Chapter. Each offering will have a nominal charge established by the respective Agile and IIBA communities to cover expenses for the day.

As I mentioned in last month's eNewsletter, our goal is to give back to our community in these difficult economic times in a way that can help you increase your skills and marketability.

Learn about the December 17th class and how to register here.

Desktop size of the Jogger Now Shipping

The larger print size of my book The Software Requirements Memory Jogger is now available. It is the same content but printed in a larger font size and with a larger footprint - as a many folks have requested. You can obtain it from GOAL/QPC or Amazon.

Upcoming Events (2010)

3. Ellen will deliver a number of sessions on agile analysis, agile requirements, and collaboration on agile teams at the Enterprise Software Development Conference in San Mateo, California on March 1-3. Get a discount by using code SPKRVIP when you register.

Requirements eLearning

Our clients have found our high-value eLearning to be a useful resource for learning and understanding key concepts in the IIBA® BABOK® knowledge areas and for preparing for the Certified Business Analysis Professional® (CBAP® exam.

Learn more when you watch our video tour of this 8-course Requirements Foundation curriculum, offered in an an engaging eLearning mode.

This curriculum is aligned with the BABOK® 2.0, is endorsed by the IIBA, earns you 24 CDUs, and delivers a unique cross reference of the eLearning curriculum, BABOK® and the Jogger.

Use code FRSWR04 to register here for Foundation for Requirements Development and Management and receive your Success with Requirements 10% discount.

Archive Issues

Visit our archives to read our prior issues. Example topics include: Agile Requirements in Context, Being There: Observations about Observations, and more.

Publication & Reprint Information

I invite you to reprint material from Success with Requirements in other electronic or print publications provided 1) the following copyright notice is used, "Written and edited by Ellen Gottesdiener, copyright EBG Consulting, Inc., [year]. All rights reserved." and 2) a link to http://www.ebgconsulting.com/ is included in the credits.

Please send us copy of the publication that includes our reprint, along with a cover note referencing that it is a reprint.