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BA Blitz Was A Blast - Help Yourself And Help Your Community
12/10/2019
Something cool happened for business analysts, for a non-profit organization and for IIBA on December 7th! IIBA Ottawa-Outaouais Chapter (IIBA O-O) just ran its first-ever BA hackathon, called BA Blitz.  The goal of BA Blitz was to bring together a group of BAs from the Ottawa...
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Design thinking is a mindset not a process!
11/25/2019
Design thinking is a mindset not a process! I don’t think any of us in attendance at the Tuesday’s meeting will ever forget this message! Mike Lachapelle, an experienced and passionate BA, presented the general principle of Design Thinking as it compares to Design, the process. He re-...
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Thank you and congratulations!
11/02/2019
Last night, at the 2019 IIBA Global Chapter Awards ceremony, the IIBA Ottawa-Outaouais chapter won the Chapter Sustainability award! Thank you to all of our board members and volunteers for making our chapter viable and vibrant, and especially to our BA community without whom there would be no...
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Interested in sustainable facility management?
11/01/2019
If so, our sponsor, Algonquin College Learning Centre, invites you to the Sustainability Facility Professional® Information Session! The International Facility Management Association™ (IFMA) Sustainability Facility Professional® (SFP) Credential Program equips...
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Join us for the BA Trailblazer meet-up on Business Data Analytics this Thursday!
10/21/2019
Digital transformation has led organizations to rapidly move towards data-driven decision-making and business analysts can play a key role in enabling businesses to succeed in their data initiatives. Please come and join us for a conversation on getting involved in data science projects and the...
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Running AI Projects with Kevin Dewalt
10/07/2019
Running AI Projects with Kevin Dewalt As part of the BA Trailblazer series on Artificial Intelligence hosted by Ted Kerr, Kevin Dewalt of PROLEGO, an AI expert, led an online session last week specifically for Business Analysts. We covered:  what AI actually is in practical terms,...
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Are you interested in data science and business analytics?
09/26/2019
Are you interested in data science and business analytics? Business analysts with data skills are increasingly sought after by companies for their analytics projects. IIBA is offering a new certification in Business Data Analytics (IIBA®-CBDA) to recognize the skills and competencies in...
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Welcome Back!
09/18/2019
This month’s Chapter meeting with speaker Peter Paul was once again a huge success.  Peter’s interactive session let audience teams collaborate on Agile techniques such as project sizing and release mapping.  It’s trickier than you think!   Many thanks to our sponsor, Algonquin...
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Welcome back! We hope you've had a great summer!
09/01/2019
Welcome back! We hope you've had a great summer! Ready to get back into expanding your horizons and having fun while you're at it? We definitely are! We have been hard at work preparing fantastic programming for the 2019-20 session, which we're excited to share with you....
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Annual Presidents' Dinner
08/08/2019
Annual Presidents' Dinner The IIBA Ottawa-Outaouais Chapter has enjoyed the long-standing dedication and commitment of its members, and the Presidents’ Dinner is one of the many examples of this. Each year, the current and past presidents get together over dinner as a means...
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