ÿþ<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <title>IRM Newsletter v2i20</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-uk"> </head> <body> <div align=center> <table width=600 align=center cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0> <tr> <td> <font face=arial color=#bbbbbb size=2> You are receiving this newsletter because this email address was subscribed to our mailing list. Having trouble reading this email? View it on our <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/newsletters.htm"><font color=#aaaaaa>website</a>.</font></font><br><br> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=600 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td align=center bgcolor=#ff9933> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au" title="IRM Home Page" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/logonews.jpg" width=600 height=70 border=0></a><br> <font face=verdana size=2> <b>NEWSLETTER - Vol 2, Issue 20 - February 2012</b></font> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=600 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top bgcolor=#dddddd> <center><hr color="#ffffff" width="100%"/></center> <font face=arial size=2> <b>In this edition:</b><br><br> 1. Business Analysis 2012<br><br> 2. Course Objectives<br><br> 3. Course Extracts<br><br> 4. BA course dates<br><br> <center><hr color="#ffffff" width="100%"/></center> <br> <center> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/how_to_make_a_booking.htm" title="How to make a booking" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/coursedates.jpg" alt="Course dates & bookings" width=180 height=80 border=0></a><br><br> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/business_analysis_papers.htm" title="Business Analysis White Papers" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/newswhitepaper.jpg" alt="White Papers for Business Analysts" width=180 height=80 border=0></a><br><br> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/newsletters.htm" title="Newsletter Archive" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/newsletters.jpg" alt="Newsletter Archive" width=180 height=80 border=0></a><br><br> </center> <hr color="#ffffff" width="100%"/> <font face=arial size=2> IRM Training Pty Ltd<br> 209/620 St Kilda Road<br> Melbourne, VIC 3004<br> Australia<br> ACN 007 219 589<br> Tel: +61 3 9533 2300<br> Fax: +61 3 9533 2400<br> <a href="mailto:training@irm.com.au" title="IRM email" target="_blank">training@irm.com.au</a><br> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au" title="IRM website" target="_blank">www.irm.com.au</a><br><br> <br><b>Editor:</b><br> <a href="mailto:editor@irm.com.au" title="Newsletter feedback" target="_blank">Jan Kusiak</a><br>Training Services Manager<br><br> ©2011 IRM Training Pty Ltd </font><br><br> <hr color="#ffffff" width="100%"/> <p align="center"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IRM-Training/117870238313178?sk=wall" target="_blank" title="Follow us on Facebook"><img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/icon_facebook.jpg" border=0 height=45 width=45 alt="Follow us on Facebook"></a> &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/IRM_Training" target="_blank" title="Follow us on Twitter"><img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/icon_twitter.jpg" height=45 width=45 border=0 alt="Follow us on Twitter"></a></p> <hr color="#ffffff" width="100%"/> <p align="center"> <a href="http://theiiba.org" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/iiba_eep3.jpg"></a> </p> <hr color="#ffffff" width="100%"/> <p align="center" <b>Course Dates & Bookings:</b><br></font> <font face=arial size=2> Just select your city for dates, prices and online booking:<br><br> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/adelaide.php" title="Adelaide course dates & booking" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/but_ade_off.jpg" width=160 height=31 border=0></a><br><br> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/brisbane.php" title="Brisbane course dates & booking" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/but_bri_off.jpg" width=160 height=31 border=0></a><br><br> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/canberra.php" title="Canberra course dates & booking" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/but_can_off.jpg" width=160 height=31 border=0></a><br><br> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/melbourne.php" title="Melbourne course dates & booking" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/but_mel_off.jpg" width=160 height=31 border=0></a><br><br> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/newcastle.php" title="Newcastle course dates & booking" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/but_new_off.jpg" width=160 height=31 border=0></a><br><br> <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/sydney.php" title="Sydney course dates & booking" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.irm.com.au/picts/but_syd_off.jpg" width=160 height=31 border=0></a><br><br> </p> </td> <td width=400 valign="top"> <font face=arial size=3> <center><hr color="#4775CB" width="100%"/></center> <b><i>Business Analysis 2012<font size=2><br> Our most popular course - completely revised & updated</b></i><br> <center><hr color="#4775CB" width="100%"/></center></font> <font face=arial size=2> It s taken several months of work and some extensive field testing but the latest version of <i>Business Analysis</i> - Version 7  is released and ready to go.<br><br> This 4 day workshop has consistently been our most popular. It covers the fundamentals of analysis and modelling, two of the most important skills every business analyst needs to master.<br><br> Now you might ask how a course with this sort of track record  it was first run in Australia in the early 1990 s  can still be relevant in 2012?<br><br> The answer to this question is simple  Business Analysis will teach you <i>how</i> to think, <i>how</i> to understand business problems and <i>how</i> to identify solutions to these problems. And that hasn t changed much in donkey's years. <br><br> For a complete course description <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/business_analysis_training.htm" target="_blank">click here</a>. <br><br> </font> <center><hr color="#4775CB" width="100%"/></center> <font face=arial size=3> <b><i>Business Analysis - course objectives</b></i> <center><hr color="#4775CB" width="100%"/></center></font> <font face=arial size=2> Regardless of project methodology  waterfall, agile, iterative  all business analysts face the following issues: <ul> <li>every problem needs understanding</li> <li>every project needs communication</li> </ul> This course provides practical training in analysis, modelling and specification techniques which can be used: <ul> <li>for the analysis of business problems & processes</li> <li>for the modelling and logical design of future processes</li> <li>for clear, unambiguous communication with developers, project staff and users</li> </ul> You ll be better equipped to understand what your current systems are doing  and what you want them to do in the future. <br><br> Go to the <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/business_analysis_training.htm" target="_blank">course page</a> to see the learning outcomes and topics. <br><br> </font> <center><hr color="#4775CB" width="100%"/></center> <font face=arial size=3> <b><i>Business Analysis - course extracts</b></i> <center><hr color="#4775CB" width="100%"/></center></font> <font face=arial size=2> If you or someone you know would be interested in this course, you can read a couple of extracts from the course manual:<ul> <li>Event tables are a popular method for breaking down business functionality and feature into manageable chunks. See the introductory article <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/A09_event_based_analysis_and_modelling.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.<br><br></li> <li>The paper <a href="http://www.irm.com.au/P20_data_modelling_and_object_oriented_development.htm" target="_blank">Data Modelling and OO Development</a> highlights the issues faced when modelling data for OO projects and looks at the strengths and weaknesses of entity relationship diagrams and class diagrams.</li> </ul> </font> <center><hr color="#4775CB" width="100%"/></center> <font face=arial size=3> <b><i>Business Analysis course dates</b></i> <center><hr color="#4775CB" width="100%"/></center></font> <font face=arial size=2> The <i>Business Analysis</i> course runs 4 times a year in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney  and twice a year in Adelaide, Brisbane and Newcastle. <br><br> Next course dates are: <br><br> February 28-March 2: Adelaide<br> March 6-9: Sydney<br> March 13-16: Brisbane<br> March 20-23: Melbourne<br> March 27-30: Canberra<br> April 17-20: Newcastle<br> <br> To book online or to check out other dates for the year, click on your city button to the left. <br><br> For larger groups we re happy to run the course on your premises and no computers are required in the training room. 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