What's Hot! Trends in the World of Business Analysis
Presented by: Elizabeth Larson Wonder where the business analysis industry is heading? This presentation addresses hot topics like DevOps, Digital Transformation, the role of the BA on Agile projects,...
View ArticleWhat Every Business Analyst Needs to Know About DevOps
Presented by: Bob Schommer Organizations that foster a culture of collaboration and communication among their teams find they can reduce the time it takes to get valuable product into their customer's...
View ArticleThe Trifecta of Greatness - Creating and Capitalizing on a High Performing Team
Presented by: Rachel Rieck Why do some teams just naturally "get agile" and others don't. Why is it companies create an agile team that can tackle anything and when other teams are created they...
View ArticleThe Power Of Pairing
Presented by: Jeff Bubolz Often we see such success with implementing frameworks like Scrum or Kanban that we stop looking for other innovations in our process. We continue to fall back into...
View ArticleThe Mindset Shift of Here and Now
Presented by: Jen Kalz Change is the only constant. While agile may not be the answer to solving all "project" woes it can help mitigate many of them. Agile processes can lead organizations into a new...
View ArticleThe Business Analyst da Vinci Code
Presented by: Bob Prentiss Leonardo da Vinci was the archetype Renaissance man, likely the most diversely talented person who has ever lived. He was a polymath mastering many disciplines in his...
View ArticleStrategic Enterprise Analysis: Start Stronger - Finish Faster
Presented by: Paul Crosby What if every project that started out was perfectly aligned to the corporate vision or mission and 100% agreed upon by everyone? Everyone understood the scope and...
View ArticleStorytelling for the BA
Presented by: Renee Saint-Louis For the longest time, my biggest fear in business was working with marketing. Worse yet, having marketing responsibilities in my job. Those people are filled with whimsy...
View ArticleRoot Cause Doesn't Have to Hurt Like a Root Canal! 5 Techniques for...
Presented by: Richard Larson Needs are arguably the most important input to any business It is the most-mentioned concept in the BA Core Concept Model from IIBA. Given the impact of business needs, it...
View ArticleOrganizational Structure: The Rock On Which Agility Is Built
Presented by: Chad Beier As organizations grow and look for ways to scale they need to focus on creating an organizational structure that will nurture agility and enable continuous improvement. This...
View ArticleManage Your Stakeholders, Don't Be Managed by Them!
Presented by: Bob Prentiss Are you Managing, or being Managed by your Stakeholders? Giving your stakeholders what they want is difficult enough but if you do not understand them even more so. If you...
View ArticleLeading BAs through your Agile Transformation
Presented by: Tracey Barrett An Agile Transformation brings significant change, especially for business analysts. They worry that they are not valued. They feel as if they're being displaced. And yet,...
View ArticleGetting Down To the Bone - Techniques To Define Minimum Viable Product
Presented by: Jen Kalz The only way to truly understand if a product is providing value is get a working solution in the hands of the end users sooner than later. Are your stakeholders asking for...
View ArticleFour Frames Adapted
Presented by: Bob Hill Adapting the four frames (Human Resource, Structural, Political and Symbolic) to aid in stakeholder management and communications (Planned and Unplanned). Key Learning Points:...
View ArticleFail Fast Fail Safe - Harness Failure Quickly and Safely in Your Career and...
Presented by: Paul Crosby Why is it we value people who don't fail when research has shown you need to fail to maximize your learning to become significantly better when trying it again? Let's face it,...
View ArticleDo It Yourself Usability Testing for Requirements Elicitation
Presented by: David De Witt To avoid requirements that are too abstract, business analysts can perform basic usability tests to establish the current baseline of requirements and to cross-check...
View ArticleDesign Thinking IS Good Business Analysis
Presented by: Dave Saboe Design Thinking is quickly becoming a leading approach for product development, innovation, and problem solving. A Design Thinking approach allows you to focus on tackling a...
View ArticleCollaborate Like a Pirate
Presented by: Jennifer Battan "Going Agile" is all the rage; focused teams delivering with rapidly increasing velocity. Many teams get tripped up by processes that are hard-wired into how we do work....
View ArticleBeyond the Techniques; Tools to Get Stuff Done
Presented by: Kurt Wondra These days, there are many easily accessible and oftentimes cheap (or free) online tools which can help BAs get stuff done. Whether you need to groom a product backlog, manage...
View ArticleAgile Transformation Pain Points (and how to avoid or manage them)
Presented by: Rachael Wilterdink There are many challenges that face teams and organizations attempting to transform to an agile manner of delivering value. Making the decision to "go agile" is more...
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