Innovate or die. Organizations can no longer deny this simple truth in today’s economy. How can companies achieve the innovation needed to survive in this environment? What type of leadership is required? How can business analysts, project managers and business stakeholders work together to reach this goal? In this webinar, Jonathan Nituch will discuss how enterprise analysis can be used to face these challenges. You will learn the type of environment necessary for innovation to occur and the style of leader that is needed to create and maintain such an environment. Jonathan will also share a simple but powerful methodology to create, validate, and evaluate innovations for your business unit.
Jonathan Nituch, CBAP®, PMP® VP of Operations at Fortress Technology Planners
Jonathan Nituch is the VP of Operations at Fortress Technology Planners and has over 14 years of experience in business analysis and project management. Through his work at Fortress, he has helped dozens of companies to identify their business needs, select an approach, and successfully execute projects to meet those needs. A passionate and energetic speaker, Jonathan’s enthusiasm encourages audience members and motivates them to move forward with their goals. He has contributed some popular articles and podcasts to The BA Coach.com and teaches project management and business analysis at two community colleges in Ontario.
Key Content:
- Discussion of a key trend in leadership
- Examination of the myths surrounding innovation
- Exploration of the environment for innovation
- Quick review of enterprise analysis, portfolio management, and strategic planning theory
- A lightweight, bottom-up enterprise analysis (strategic planning/project portfolio management) methodology
- Results and pitfalls of the methodology.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe leadership as defined through understanding of needs.
- Identify the components of an environment for innovation.
- State the definition of enterprise analysis, portfolio management, and strategic planning.
- Employ a 5-step methodology to lead innovation through enterprise analysis.
This webinar was recorded on February 15th, 2012, and is now available for download.