11:45 - 11:50: Virtual meeting opens
11:50 - 12:00: Welcome & Chapter announcements
12:00 - 1:00:  Presentation

3 Rules to Live By : Building Relationships with your Developers

The developer / BA relationship can be delicate. This talk discusses specific kinds of actions members of the team - both technical and non-technical - can take to work to improve project outcomes, based on three pieces of advice Tamara received early in her BA career.
 
What will you learn: 
We will focus on concepts from BABOK chapter 9, Underlying Competencies, sections 9.1, 9.3, and 9.5, and a technique to help you think through conversations with your stakeholders to maximize their effectiveness.

Presenter

Business analyst by day, evangelist for women in STEM by night, Tamara Copple, MBA, CBAP is a senior business analyst with Kansas City-headquartered non-profit Children International. She is President of the IIBA Kansas City Chapter, and is a past leader and current ambassador for Kansas City Women in Technology, where she helped to build the Coding & Cocktails program for aspiring local women developers. In what spare time is left, Tamara occasionally blogs for online learning company cPrime. 

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tamaracopple