What is our business landscape going to look like in the years to come? Come on a journey where we discuss 7 major trends that will impact our companies and employment. Which trends will influence changes and which trends do you think will be disruptive? What will our roles look like when these trends take […]
Disruption, Strategic Planning, Trends
In user surveys by VersionOne each year, over 80% of respondents claim faster delivery, better teamwork, and closer stakeholder alignment. However in quantitative studies, Agile is no better than other delivery methodologies. Wait, WHAT?!!! Why is that? Companies are moving to DevOps, BusDevOps, DevSecOps, SalesBusDevSupportSecRinseRepeatOps (and the list goes on), but few teams can agree […]
agile, best practices, BusDevOps, DevOps, DevSecOps
If a zombie outbreak happened tomorrow, would you be ready? What happens when you find yourself in another death-march project or client? We learn the most valuable and long-lasting lessons when we face and overcome impossible situations, and what is more impossible than a zombie apocalypse? Using disaster preparedness as a backdrop, we will demonstrate […]
Business Analysis, business architecture, Disaster preparedness, Process improvement, Project Management“Innovation”, like “freedom”, seems to mean something different to everyone. Google “Innovation Model” and you’ll only have about 300,000 results to read through. So, how do you know which model or approach to innovation is right for your team or organization? In this session, we’ll examine the different approaches to innovation, and where each is […]
Center of Excellence, culture, Innovation, org change management, Process improvement, product management, transformation
Your organization is pushing for increased business agility, but what do they mean? It is not about switching to an Agile SDLC. Business agility requires a different approach to responding to and managing change across your organization. It requires teams to think and act differently. In this session, we’ll discuss how the Cynefin Framework will […]
agile, business agility, culture change, transformation, value realizationIn “Good to Great”, Jim Collins found that the best companies set Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGS). What would happen if you took the same approach for your practice? In 2007, SunTrust Enterprise Delivery Services transformed business analysis to follow the IIBA BABOK and industry parity. The transformation team also established a foundation of tools […]
Business Analysis, Center of Excellence, organizational change management, Process improvement, Strategic Planning
Aren’t you glad you weren’t the reason customer data was lost?! Well, maybe you are. If security isn’t built into your systems from the beginning, it is very difficult to add it later. You owe it to your customers and employees to learn the security landscape and how to elicit, document, and enforce security in […]
access management, best practices, Business Analysis, business analyst, business architecture, data breach, non-functional requirements, security, user authenticationLet’s face it. Some organizations are scared of any group that proclaims themselves as experts. Others don’t have the time, support, or accepted leadership to implement a Center of Excellence (COE). This session tells the tale of how a small team was able to establish a Business Analyst Center of Excellence despite all the common […]
Business Analysis, business architecture, Center of Execellence, COE, Community of Practice, CoP, organizational change management, Process improvement
