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Blackmetric Business Solutions is a niche Business Analysis consultancy offering bespoke Business Change, Improvement, Management Consultancy and Business Analysis services. We can help you to solve your business problems, streamline your processes to increase profit and have happier customers. At Blackmetric, we offer tailored consultancy to BA practices. We help teams create and implement a consistent analysis framework and embed best practice. We are an endorsed education provider of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)®, and provide a range of courses including those that are aligned to the CBAP®/CCBA™ qualifications.
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LATEST NEWS & BLOGs
News, useful updates and blog articles from the Blackmetric team
Blackmetric’s Adrian Reed to speak in Minneapolis, Slovenia, Belgium & Vienna
May is a busy month for us here at Blackmetric, and we’re really pleased that our Principal Consultant, Adrian Reed, will be speaking at a number of conferences and will be delivering a number of seminars. On 3rd May 2018, Adrian will present the opening keynote at the IIBA Minneapolis/St. Paul Professional Development Day (MSPPDD). Adrian’s keynote
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Webinar Recording: Agile and Business Analysis: An Expert Panel
In this BA community webinar we were joined by a panel of expert practitioners, who provided their perspectives on agile and business analysis. Webinar: Agile and Business Analysis: An Expert Panel The webinar was recorded and can be viewed below. If you’d like to hear about future webinars, and receive a handy newsletter every 4-6 weeks,
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Webinar: Powerful, Persuasive Presentations for BAs – How to move your audience towards action
We’re pleased to announce that in our next BA community webinar we’ll be joined by Gavin Meikle of Inter-Activ, who will be providing practical tips on designing and delivering a powerful presentation. Webinar: Powerful, Persuasive Presentations for BAs – How to move your audience towards action The session will be held on 8th May 2018 at 18:30 GMT (UK Time). The
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Webinar Recording: Influencing without Authority: developing organisational intelligence with Sarah Coleman
In this BA Community webinar, we were joined by Sarah Coleman of Business Evolution, who discussing the thorny issue of influencing without authority, which is extremely relevant to the BA world. Sarah’s session was entitled Influencing without Authority: Developing Organisational Intelligence The webinar was recorded and can be viewed below. If you’d like to hear about future
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Webinar Recording: Are you thinking what you think you’re thinking? With Liz Calder
In this BA Community webinar, we were joined by Liz Calder of Blue Raccoon, who discussed why it is useful for business analysts to understand cognitive biases. Liz’s session was entitled: Are you thinking what you think you’re thinking? The webinar was recorded and can be viewed below. If you’d like to hear about future webinars, and
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Webinar Recording: Systems Thinking – A Crucial BA Skill in an Uncertain World
We’re really pleased to say that Adrian Reed, Principal Consultant at Blackmetric, recently presented a global IIBA webinar on the topic of systems thinking. The webinar was recorded, and can be viewed below: If you’d like to hear about future BA news and webinars, and receive a handy newsletter every 4-6 weeks, you can Join
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Webinar Recording: Soft Skills, Hard Business with Neil Mullarkey
In this BA Community webinar, we were joined by Neil Mullarkey, author of ‘Seven Steps to Improve your People Skills‘, actor, and co-founder the world famous improvisation group The Comedy Store Players. Neil’s session was entitled: Soft Skills, Hard Business This is a topic that I am sure will resonate with many of us, as the interpersonal
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Pre-Project Problem Analysis: London 22-23 May
We are pleased to announce that, in partnership with IRM UK, we are running a two day version of our course Pre-Project Problem Analysis: Practical Techniques for Early Business Analysis Engagement. This practical and hands-on course is an excellent choice for Business Analysts and other project professionals who need to engage with tricky problems early in the
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Blackmetric BA Digest November/January Edition — Get Your Copy!
We’ve recently sent out the November/January edition of Blackmetric BA Digest–a round up of useful Business Analysis resources and articles from around the web. If you’re not yet a subscriber, you can read a copy here: Read BA Digest We hope that you find the newsletter useful, please do get in touch if there are topics
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Webinar Recording: Assertiveness and the Power of NO with Almarie Meyer
In this BA Community Webinar, we were joined by Almarie Meyer of Almey Insights whose session was entitled : Assertiveness and the Power of NO I am sure this is a topic that will resonate with many of us in the business analysis community, as it is often difficult to juggle competing priorities and projects. The
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