Shape Created with Sketch. info_mark
Business Analysis, Operations

Business Analysis Leadership and Collaboration

Applies to Certificate

info_mark_grey Live Online

$1,250

Course Start Date
Duration
Hours per Week
Instructors
Location
CDU/PDU
Days and Times expand
Fee
$1,250
Tax
$0
Subtotal
$1,250
Add to Cart

You may be asked to or create an account to register and pay.

Duration
Hours per Week
Instructors
Location
CDU/PDU
Days and Times expand
Fee
$1,250
Tax
$0
Subtotal
$1,250
Add to Cart

You may be asked to or create an account to register and pay.

Business Analysis, Operations

Business Analysis Leadership and Collaboration

Applies to Certificate

Deliver more value to your organization by honing your leadership and team-building skills to be successful working on agile and waterfall projects or assisting with product development. Your influence as a Business Analyst comes from your leadership and how you use it to support, engage, and motivate your team and stakeholders while focusing on the organization’s requirements and solutions. Through team-based real-world activities and projects, master the qualities of leadership and influencing required for cohesive and successful projects.

This course is ideal for:
  • Business analysts, change managers and organizational development professionals
  • Senior & Lead Business Analysts stepping into more strategic or team-leading roles
  • Product owners and product managers
  • Scrum masters and agile coaches seeking to deepen their people leadership and team-building capabilities
  • Managers or Team Leads who regularly engage with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders
  • Team leads and department managers responsible for building and sustaining high-performing teams
  • Recognize different leadership styles and the need to adapt your leadership and communication to your stakeholders during projects and day-to-day activities.
  • Develop strategies for dealing with uncertainty and managing competing interests.
  • Apply practical management tools to build and manage high-performance teams.
  • Create an effective team communication structure to avoid and resolve conflict.
Impact on your organization, team or business:
  • Reduced project disruption
  • Better stakeholder engagement
  • Increased organizational agility
  • Stronger internal leadership pipeline
  • Improved change readiness
  • Greater return on project investment
  • Recognize different leadership styles and the need to adapt your leadership and communication to your stakeholders during projects and day-to-day activities
  • Develop strategies for dealing with uncertainty and managing competing interests
  • Apply practical management tools to build and manage high performance teams
  • Describe the stakeholder relationship lifecycle
  • Explain the stakeholder identification process
  • Reflect on the importance of effective stakeholder communication
  • Differentiate between facilitation, negotiation and conflict management techniques when dealing with challenging stakeholders

Profile

Holly Zhang

Holly Zhang

BEng (ECE), Meng (ECE) (NPU), MBA (UBC), CBAP, CSM, SAFe SP, SAFe APM

Holly Zhang has over 25 years of experience in information technology development, business analysis and adult education. She had taught various courses in information technology at university level for six years in China before she came to Canada in 1992. She has been an online instructor for the UBC Sauder Professional Growth Business Analysis certificate program since 2013. Ms. Zhang has worked as a Business Support Analyst and a Business Analyst, and is currently a Senior Business Advisor. Her business analysis experience includes enterprise analysis, business process improvement, requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation, user acceptance testing, system support and change management.

Other course you may be interested in

Can't find what you're looking for?

See our frequently asked questions. 

Tailored learning solutions for organizations

Please get in touch and we’ll be happy to explore how we can help