Business Analysis

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PMI® Business Analysis Virtual Conference 2018

November 7, 2018 | Online

Over the years business analysis has continued to grow at a rapid rate and is often seen as a critical leadership competency for Projects, Programs, and Portfolios. Business Analysis provides important value by reducing project costs and increasing the potential return, or benefits. This PMI virtual event will provide insights on just how critical of a role business analysis plays in the overall success of project while giving you the BA insights, resources, and tools you need for total project and career success.

PMI Business Analysis Virtual Conference 2017

November 8, 2017 | Online

If you perform business analysis, your work is vital to project and program success. To most effectively support your organization and advance in your career, you need to know how to apply BA to any situation and delivery method. The new PMI Guide to Business Analysis will help you achieve this! Get an exclusive preview, with in-depth insights, at the PMI Business Analysis Virtual Conference 2017.

PMI Business Analysis Virtual Conference 2016

November 2, 2016 | Online

Advance your BA skills! Don’t miss the most popular Business Analysis event of the year! We’re sharing career journeys and talking about the hottest BA and agile BA topics. Catch these sessions from the only event designed with your future in mind to help you get ahead.

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The Agile Enterprise: From Good Intentions to Good Governance, Ethics in Volunteer Leadership

by Stelian Roman

June 17, 2026 | 60:45 | Views: 1,510 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.64 / 5

The Agile Enterprise: From Good Intentions to Good Governance – Ethics in Volunteer Leadership” explores how agile ways of working can strengthen ethical behavior and governance in organizations that rely on volunteers. Agile Enterprises value adaptability, transparency, and collaboration, but these strengths only translate into real benefits when guided by ethical principles and clear accountability.

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Strategy Behind the Strategy

by Nic Jain, Aung Sint, Jennifer Drai, Heidi Covarrubias Nobles, PhD

June 03, 2026 | 61:04 | Views: 4,947 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.77 / 5

In today’s environment, even the most well-designed strategies and projects fail without one critical element: culture. This session reframes organizational culture from a “soft” concept to a core driver of execution, performance, and results.

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Project Financial Analysis Template

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by Anand Pillarisetti

The project financial analysis template calculates key metrics to determine the business case for a project. The template is an Excel file that can be used by a project manager, project sponsor or a relevant professional to determine if a project should be pursued.

Lightweight Business Case Template

PREMIUM deliverable

by Andy Jordan

Traditional, multi-page business cases often don’t work well. They contain too much subjective information, and the relevant details are lost in the “sales pitch.” This lightweight business case template is more in the spirit of a Lean Business Case than a traditional one, but is more likely to be accepted by leadership.

Business Analysis Process Inventory Log

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by Lenka Pincot

This template is for creating a process inventory and detailed process descriptions for the purpose of Business Analysis prior to IT project implementation. Processes are analyzed step by step in order to identify software functional requirements that are necessary to execute the process. A companion to the article The Role of Business Process Design in Business Analysis on IT Projects.

Project HEADWAY: Getting BAs and PMs to Talk the Same Language

PREMIUM presentation

by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP

Whether you are a BA, a PM or have your feet in both camps, you'll want to check out this webinar. Not only will it broaden your vocabulary, but it will expand your perspective of the how BAs and PMs can and should relate to each other differently.

Sponsor Checklist: Business Case

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by Michelle Stronach

The aim of your business case is to gain organizational support and funding approval for an initiative by providing all necessary rationale for informed decision making. You as the sponsor must document the business case after satisfactory analysis has been conducted to understand business need, examine alternatives and conclude recommendations. Use this checklist as a reference in building a better business case.

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Why You Need a Broader Approach to Strategy

by Andy Jordan June 18, 2026

Why do so many organizations remain focused primarily on traditional strategies and priorities? To gain a meaningful competitive advantage, businesses must seek to embrace a more diverse set of strategies—and execute on them consistently.

Compliance Is Not a Checklist, It’s a Mindset

by Michael Wood June 18, 2026

Compliance is too often treated as something to deal with later, as a final hurdle rather than a foundation. And that assumption is one of the most reliably costly mistakes a project manager can make.

Diagnosing (and Curing) Organizational Stiffness

by Khaled El Haj Ismail June 18, 2026

Organizational stiffness slows down decisions, stops creativity, and makes it harder to adapt. Learn how agile project principles, cross-functional collaboration, and rituals for continuous improvement can help teams get their flexibility back.

7 Ways to Show Business Acumen in Your Day-to-Day Work

by Elizabeth Harrin June 17, 2026

Business acumen can feel abstract. We see it in job descriptions, but what does it actually look like? Here are seven easy ways to demonstrate business acumen every day.

The Day I Stopped Talking and Started Listening

by Michael Wood June 8, 2026

Active listening and empathy won’t show up on your PMP certification. They won’t appear in a project charter or stakeholder matrix. But they are the difference between a project that delivers outputs and a project that creates lasting change.

How Project Managers Can Demonstrate Business Acumen on Every Project

by Mike Donoghue May 29, 2026

Business acumen isn’t just something that executives or other higher-ups have—it’s a skill that project managers can access and exhibit on a regular basis and within each project, no matter the size of the endeavor or type of industry.

The First Step in Developing Better Business Acumen

by Andy Jordan May 20, 2026

For many project managers, the need to develop business acumen is relatively new. It can also be intimidating. So what’s the best way to go about it?

How Our PM Career Paths Must Evolve With AI & Automation

by Mike Donoghue May 14, 2026

Career paths for the IT project manager are evolving, with your job becoming more strategic and less traffic-based. Here’s how the change will happen. Let’s make sure you’re ahead of the game when it does…

Improve Reporting to Reposition Yourself as a Value Creator

by Joe Wynne May 13, 2026

Executives want evidence that strategy is advancing. How do you reposition yourself as a value creator? It is less about changing what you do day to day, and more about changing how you frame and report what you are doing.

No Sponsor? No Problem: 7 Strategies When Your Project Lacks Executive Support

by Antonio Nieto May 6, 2026

Not everyone has the luxury of choosing their sponsor or pausing a project. These seven creative, tested strategies are designed for real-world project leaders navigating organizational complexity, where titles don’t always equal commitment.