CIPS July 22nd Webinar:
“Case Study: Velocity and Story Points”
with Thomas RM Boxall I.S.P., ITCP
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A common criticism of Agile Development is that the benefits it provides to Traditional Development methodologies invite Scope Creep, and make it impossible to run the projects to a budget. This Case Study into the Velocity KPI and Story Point technique of Agile Project Management will show (via a practical demonstration) how to ensure your Agile Projects stay on budget, on time, and still provide the benefits of Iterative and Incremental development.
Presenter:
Thomas Richard Miles Boxall, BSc, TOGAF, I.S.P., ITCP, ITIL, Cert.APM
Thomas Boxall has over 20 years experience in the IT industry as a Developer, Solution Architect, and Project Manager. Thomas developed the Business Driven Design methodology that utilizes Velocity tracking, Story Point estimation, and Waterline tracking as the core of its ability to deliver Business Value to most of the successful projects he has completed. Thomas is a proud veteran of the Canadian Forces, a strong advocate of IT Professionalism, and champion of promoting IT careers to the next generation of IT Professionals.
Wed July 22nd, 2020 @ 12PM CST
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Automate Document-Centric Business Processes
Using Artificial Intelligence (Featured Article)
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From employee onboarding to invoice processing, chances are your organization has many workflows that include documents. To perform your business activity, the data contained in these documents (unstructured data) has to be extracted and structured. Many companies do this today without the use of automation by manually performing data entry that is slow and expensive. When companies do use automation, they use optical character recognition (OCR) which requires time-consuming setup and maintenance to accommodate for variations in document formats. There is a better way to solve this problem: using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
Using AI for document-centric business processes at enterprise-scale requires:
- Classifying incoming documents and extracting data from documents with high accuracy without specialized AI experts.
- Bringing people in the loop when the AI model predictions are not confident enough and using the input from people to further improve the accuracy of classification and extraction.
- A high-productivity user interface to validate and reconcile the information extracted using the AI model.
- The ability to incorporate document extraction into upstream or downstream business processes
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Webcast: Navigating Turbulent times – Cloud & Opensource Technologies (Pat Valente) – Part 1 & 2 (Members-Only)
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Watch the
Recordings of the CIPS Saskatchewan June 3rd & 17th 2020 Webinars:
During these turbulent times, Horizon is excited to bring in the SAS Institute to show how they are delivering real world analytics. The COVID-19 Pandemic has shown how important it is to explore modern cloud architectures and integrating open source technology. Daily updates from world wide data sources highlight how visualization, analytic modelling and decision making can be utilized by multiple user personas across a platform built for collaboration.
Presenter:
Pat Valente, Data Science Solutions Specialist, SAS Canada
By leveraging best-in-class software and modern data mining techniques, Pat helps businesses visualize the potential of their data in order to surface relevant insights from it. Pat holds an academic background in Economics and Statistics along with over 20 years of business experience. Pat can easily understand and address data challenges in large organizations, and he knows how to help create value at every step of the analytics lifecycle from data discovery through to business strategy. As a recognized industry expert, Pat has delivered numerous webinars and workshops focusing on how SAS solutions can aid businesses in their analytic growth.
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Webcast: Review of Saskatchewan Technology Sector Labour Market and Economic Impact Study – Darcy L. McLane (Members-Only)
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(Members-Only)
Presenter:
Darcy L. McLane, Chief Executive Officer, SaskInteractive
Darcy is the Executive Director of the industry association. Darcy consults with a wide variety of provincial and national organizations and is key to the development of policy within these jurisdictions. Darcy’s expertise is in client relationship management, governance and compliance.
Topic:
Review of Saskatchewan Technology Sector Labour Market and Economic Impact Study
This study defines the Tech Sector first by identifying Tech Workers, and then determining the Tech Industries in which Tech Workers make up the largest share of the workforce.
“The Study reports on projected job growth and highlights high-growth tech industries and occupations in Saskatchewan” Darcy L McLane
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ARES & CD-MAKE 2020 (digital conference) - via IFIP
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Aug 25-Aug 28, 2020 - all-digital conference
Join us for the first ARES & CD-MAKE all-digital conference experience (hosted in Zoom). #stay home, stay safe
ARES 2020 brings together researchers and practitioners in the fields of IT security, dependability and information assurance. ARES 2019 highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the fields and also picks up new trends. Following the tradition of previous ARES conferences, a special focus is given to the crucial linkage between availability, reliability, security and privacy.
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Featured CIPS Member Benefit: Discounted Job Postings
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