Have you ever met a stakeholder that doesn’t see the value of business analysis? Or perhaps you find that some stakeholders don’t want to engage you early enough, or don’t understand the value that a BA can bring to a project? If so, this is the webinar for you! In this webinar, we’ll face the… Read More »What’s the Point? The Relationship Between Business Analysis and Value with Anna Rajander
This event is delivered in partnership with the Atlantic Systems Guild and IT Works. You can book directly using the links below Whether you work in an agile team, or write traditional specifications, the essential business analysis task is to uncover the real needs of the real customers. Without understanding the real need, it is… Read More »Business Analysis Agility (Partner Event)
If you’re practising agile, the chances are that you have a backlog. In fact, you might have a huge, bloated backlog that from a distance looks suspiciously waterfall… Backlogs can be useful, but as teams become truly agile, are they still needed? Or are backlogs like training wheels on a bicycle… they get you so… Read More »Moving Away from Backlog Driven Development: A New Chapter in Agility? With Allan Kelly
In this session, we will discuss how to support, grow and retain new Business Analysts in the market as more and more individuals transition into the BA career paths amid this BA shortage crisis. This will be addressed from the angle of both of us being new BAs in the market who have recently transitioned… Read More »How to Support, Grow and Retain New Business Analysts with Sophie Chen & Tereza Vu
Slipping through my fingers all the time I try to capture every minute, but just when I think I've got it, my stakeholder slips away! In the tool box of skills required to be a successful business analyst, arguably one of the most valuable skills is that of stakeholder management. Unlike tools and technology, here we… Read More »Slipping Through My Fingers – The Stakeholder That Got Away! With Christelle Govender
About The WebinarThere has been a huge growth in the delivery of goods and services through digital channels. With new channels and new business models, it’s important to ensure that customers get an integrated end-to-end experience. Digital product management is a key enabler for this type of success. In this interactive panel session, you will… Read More »Digital Product Management: An interactive panel session with Kevin Brennan, Sallie Godwin & Filip Hendrickx
About the WebinarIncreasingly, organisations are focussing on delivering beneficial customer-centric change quickly. Product ownership and management are firmly in the spotlight, yet there can be differing opinions over what these terms actually mean. If you've ever wondered the difference between "product-led" and "project-led' change, and if you're curious as to where business analysis fits in,… Read More »Project vs Product: How Does Business Analysis Fit?: An interactive panel discussion with Myriam Baecke, Ryan Folster, Steven Hubau & Anna Kochanowska
Increasingly, organisations are operating in fast-moving and often volatile business environments. Project teams need to respond quickly to tricky and often ill-defined problem situations, enabling the organisation to adapt and meet the ongoing demands of its customers and environment. In these contexts the pre-project stage is crucial: For our change initiatives to be successful, we need to… Read More »Pre-Project Problem Analysis (2 Day, In-Depth Version)
Many big books on software requirements and business analysis recommend dozens and dozens of practices. They’re all useful in appropriate situations, but it’s daunting to try to remember—let alone implement—the whole set consistently. However, every project should perform 20 core requirements activities. These lay a solid foundation for success and help teams efficiently and effectively… Read More »Essential Requirements Practices with Karl Wiegers & Candase Hokanson
Have you ever tried to navigate through a messy backlog, with hundred (or thousands) of seemingly unrelated stories? Or perhaps you've struggled to grapple with prioritisation of backlog items? Or maybe you've had a debate over whether developers should be adding 'technical stories' to the product backlog... if so, this is definitely the session for… Read More »The Art Of Backlog Management: An Interactive Q&A with Lyn Girvan & Mick Brian
The agile manifesto tells us to value “working software over comprehensive documentation” but how can we practically apply this value without sacrificing quality and rigour? How can we ensure that our requirement providers and analysts connect with our coders and testers to deliver fast, reliable value? How do you solve the analysis conundrum and eliminate… Read More »Back to the Feature – A Practical Guide to Iterative Analysis with Stuart Mann
This is a FREE LinkedIn Live event, and you'll need a LinkedIn account to attend. Tina and Adrian read a lot of books, and often find themselves discussing books that they particularly like. Recently, an idea emerged: why not have those conversations *online* so anyone interested in the book (or the topic) can listen in?… Read More »Tina & Adrian’s Business Bookshelf: Begin with You… by Petra Velzeboer