Laura Paton Mba, Pmp, Cbap, Pmi-Pba Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/laura-paton

Windermere, Florida, Us

Verse in all aspects of business analysis from Needs Assessment to Solution Evaluation. Extensive experience working with clients to elicit, analyze, specify requirements, model and develop requirements specifications, user stories, and use cases. Helping organizations...* Improve business analysis processes and competencies* Implement requirements management tools* Establish internal standards and career paths in business analysis* Administer customized process and skill assessments* Form a Business Analysis Center of Excellence (COE) Helping individuals...* Improve their business analysis performance* Achieve BA certification* Learn how to transition skills from waterfall to agile

Windermere, Florida, Us

Independent instructor supporting various Registered Education Providers (REPs). Responsible for delivering business analysis and project management training courses, including certification prep. courses and webinars. Over 12 years experience providing training in a virtual environment. Strong course development and BA program management experience.

Newark, Delaware, Us

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Irvine, California, Us

Business analysis/project management instructor

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, Us

Responsible for leading a core team of writers and reviewers to support PMI in the development of their fifth foundational standard to accompany · PMBOK® Guide,· The Standard for Program Management,· The Standard for Portfolio Management, and· the Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3)® This is PMI's 1st full consensus based standard on business analysis. It provides a significant contribution to the community as it describes business analysis regardless of the delivery approach used (waterfall to agile). This standard follows up on the success of Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide launched in 2014.

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, Us

Responsible for leading a talented team of writers and BA thought leaders to produce PMI's first standard in business analysis. This team engaged in spring of 2014 to begin this journey and the practice guide was launched to the BA community just 10 months after kickoff. The practice guide provides relevant and timely information about the work of business analysis (regardless of your job title) and provides this information in a straightforward and easy to understand manner. The practice guide demonstrates the 'practical application' of the work and provides numerous examples to demonstrate how to get started.

Toronto, On, Ca

Head of Product Development - created and developed numerous products and services for the business analysis community (corporate and academic level). Led multiple product teams at an international level. Products included new standards, new recognition programs, skills assessments for various business analysis levels, career paths, and more.

Toronto, On, Ca

Responsible for team recruitment, coordination of work, for leading the core team of industry thought leaders through the process of setting scope and structure for the new version, and for the eventual completion of the writing and the internal and external review processes . Coordinated and led the work of over 120 international volunteers and assisted the core team in authoring of content. . The majority of the project was completed in a virtual environment.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for business analysis activities on a number of complex, highly visible, and high risk projects. Key member of the IT management team responsible for establishing a Business Analysis Center of Excellence and building a high performing business analysis team. Established solid and effective business analysis processes and substantially improved the competency level of existing staff. - Established business analysis standards and repeatable processes- Implemented a Requirements Management tool- Provided numerous professional development opportunities including a program for acquiring professional certification- Sought out top talent and acquired 20 new staff members over a two year period- Created and administered a BA skills assessment and utilized results to improve performance- Managed staff assignments and resource allocations to improve staff utilization- Established processes for business analysts to improve business analysis planning and needs analysis activities

Toronto, On, Ca

Chapter Officer. Improved the quality of chapter events by establishing a program to attract and engage top thought leaders in the business analysis space. Provided professional development opportunities to help business analysts attain professional certification.

Boston, Ma, Us

Performed senior business analysis activities on multiple projects in the Retirement Services division ranging from medium to high complexity. Responsible for working with subject matter experts across distributed teams to capture and analyze high and detail level requirements and the analysis, documentation and communication required to deliver the project artifacts to the solution delivery teams. Worked with standards groups to identify best practices, training guidelines, templates and professional certification guidelines for business analysts across the organization.

New York, Ny, Us

Developed business and system requirements for projects with high visibility and high complexity. Developed Vision documents, functional and non-functional requirements, use cases, process flows, business rules, and a central repository of business terms. Responsible for documenting project issues and risks. Led the change management process, responsible for performing impact analysis, and leading discussions to review proposed enhancements and software fixes. Reviewed results of system and user acceptance tests to ensure adherence to system requirements.Counseled, mentored and trained project team members in requirements elicitation techniques and in system and data knowledge. Conducted reviews of the deliverables produced by the BA team members to ensure adherence to standards and the SDLC process. Developed business analysis plans and managed the allocation of business analysis resources. Hired BA staff members as needed.

Pinellas County, Florida, Us

Delivered IT courses - specializing in various Microsoft software products.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Worked directly with business units within Parks and Resorts to assess feasibility of proposed technology initiatives, develop business cases, determine return on investment (ROI), and establish measures. Elicited requirements and designs for performance improvement initiatives. Developed statements of work for multiple projects. Resolved business problems through the analysis of information systems, business strategies and process flows. Monitored all project processes and coordinated tasks across multiple business units to ensure on-time delivery of projects. Organized, directed, managed, controlled and executed the activities of assigned projects. Followed a formal software development methodology.

Analyzed work flows to develop 'as-is' process model. Developed software specifications and later managed the software development effort for a multi-year project to rewrite core applications for the organization. Utilized UML methodology to deliver use cases, Class and Activity Diagrams. Project management tasks included the creation and maintenance of project plans, the coordination of efforts to create execute and approve test plans, the set-up and execution of training and implementation efforts

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for project management of medium to complex projects for the Company's Railcar Repair Shops, Transportation and Environmental Affairs departments. Accountable for ensuring completion of analysis and software development deliverables within defined timelines. Worked with project sponsors and stakeholders to identify business requirements, to define scope and to ensure feasibility of proposed projects. Evaluated 3rd party software products for meeting client requirements.

Boston, Ma, Us

Performed requirements analysis to capture and formally document functional and non-functional requirements. Tracked issues. Performed impact analysis. Served as a lead liaison between technical developers and end users. Developed process flows, data models and project plans for analysis efforts. Participated as a key team member chartered with developing, publishing and implementing a facility-wide software development methodology.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for ensuring on-time completion of customized reports within set production schedules for Cable subscribers/clients throughout the U.S. Responsible for JCL and script development to process batch jobs responsible for processing viewing data obtained from multiple national cable accounts.

Mortgage Banking - General Ledger, Treasury and Collections application experience.

Healthcare Administration

M.B.A.

B.S., (Mis) Management Information Systems