Forum events are held twice a year, with the agenda for the day being set by those who regularly attend. The last event, held in November 2021 was our third virtual gathering. The format of events are typically a mix of presentations, workshops and a networking lunch. Events are supported and sponsored by the staff of the BA training and consultancy company - Assist Knowledge Development www.assistkd.com

Next Event

The next event will be held in June 2023. Details will be available in April. 

Past Events

Past events have addressed topics such as;

  • Business Analysis as a service
  • The benefits of running a centralised practice
  • BA team development
  • Growing your own
  • Marketing and branding the BA role
  • Data and the BA service
  • BAs transforming the customer experience
  • Measuring BA performance
  • Embedding new working practices
  • Defining BA services
  • Evaluating the maturity of practice.
  • The BA Leadership Code

November 2021 - Business Analysis as a Service - Allianz Insurance Case Study/ Workshop 

 

This session provided insights to the BA practice transformation at Allianz Insurance. Key findings were presented on the practice leaders’ experience of offering and delivering business analysis as a service. This workshop follows on from the August webinar on the same subject and included breakout sessions for open discussion.  

Transforming Business Analysis as a Service - Workshop Slides
The slides used by Jo Wilson and Mark Wilson as part of their workshop presentation.
Allianz Insurance - BAMF - Transforming [...]
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Service Definition Example - Requirements Definition and Management
As part of the workshop, practice leads provided input to define the "requirements definition and management" service. This PDF is a consolidated version of the input provided across two workshops and around 100 participants.
Strawman Service Definition -Transformin[...]
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The BA Elevator Pitch
The final discussion point at this workshop asked attendees to put across in a short "elevator pitch" what business analysis has to offer their organisation.
They came up with the following insights – useful inspiration if you are thinking of coming up with your own elevator pitch.
Elevator pitch.png
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August 2021 Webinar - Business Analysis as a Service 

 

Thinking about and delivering business analysis as a service, helps to establish and communicate the core value proposition offered by a business analysis team. This approach was outlined at a Forum event in 2018 and has since been pioneered by a number of organisations. This webinar was an opportunity to understand the principles underlying the service approach and to hear from some of the early exponents about their practical experiences.  

BA Manager Forum - January 2021 - Working More Effectively with Senior Stakeholders 

 

In January we were able to run a virtual event for a around 150 BA leaders. The topic in hand was how to work more effectively with senior stakeholders. David Harper led the session which was a healthy mix of input and group discussion. Notes taken during the discussions are written up below. 

 

Working more effectively with senior stakeholders
Notes taken during the group discussions at this Forum event.
Working efectively with senior stakehold[...]
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BA Manager Forum virtual event - August 2020

 

In August we ran three virtual workshops and a webinar for around 150 BA practice leads. Notes and slides from the sessions are below. 

 

Workshop A Business Architecture and Business Analysis 

 

This workshop addressed the lack of clarity regarding the business architect role and how this role should collaborate with the business analyst. The session included case study input from the Bank of England.

Business Architecture and Business Analysis - Workshop Slides
Business Architecture Business Analysis[...]
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Business Architecture and Business Analysis - B of E Case Study Slides
BAMF BoE Presentation 170820 v1.0 (002).[...]
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Business Architecture and Business Analysis - Consolidated Workshop Outputs
Business Architecture and Business Analy[...]
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Business Architecture and Business Analysis - Consolidated Mural
Business Architecture and Business Analy[...]
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Workshop B - Benefits Management

 

This session reviewed the principles and techniques involved in managing benefits by considering: the challenges and realities of benefits management, the benefits management lifecycle, key benefits management techniques and the business analyst role in benefits management. 

Benefits Management - Workshop Slides
Benefits Management workshop slides - Au[...]
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Benefits Management - Workshop Notes
Benefits Management Workshop - August 20[...]
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Resilience Webinar 

 

This webinar enabled attendees to learn exactly what is meant by resilience, be able to assess their own resilience and understand approaches for building resilience.    

 

Resilience for BAs Webinar Slides
Resilience for Business Analysts slides [...]
Adobe Acrobat document [1.5 MB]
Resilience for BAs - Support Materials and Further Reading
Resilience for Business Analysts - suppo[...]
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BA Manager Forum November 2019

 

The November 2019 event saw practice leads from a range of sectors gather to attend workshops and special interest groups. Slides and notes relating to the day are provided below. 

 

Workshop A  The BA role within scaled agile delivery

This was an opportunity for attendees to share their experiences of working in a scaled agile environment and included case study information from Aviva and Arm. 

Workshop A Slides
Slides used in workshop A
Workshop A Slides - The BA role within s[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [3.0 MB]

Workshop B The BA Leadership Code

This session invited attendees to consider the values and behaviours that are appropriate to the BA leadership role. It drew on lessons learned by the British Army as a case study. 

Workshop B Slides
Slides used in workshop B
Workshop B Presentation - The BA Leaders[...]
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Workshop B Notes
Notes produced by attendees to workshop B
Workshop B Notes - The BA Leadership Cod[...]
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Workshop C – Digital Accessibility

This session provided very practical insights to digital accessibility and something of the challenges BAs need to take account of in their work.  

Workshop C Slides
Slides used in workshop C
Workshop C Slides – Digital Accessibilit[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [2.3 MB]

Workshop D – From Good to Great: building exceptional business analysts

This workshop provided an opportunity to re-assess top performance from BAs. It included case study information on the challenges faced by BAs seeking to excel in an agile environment.

Workshop D Slides & Notes
Slides used in workshop D
Workshop D Slides – From Good to Great.p[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [1.1 MB]

BA Manager Forum May 2019

 

The May 2019 event saw practice leads from a range of sectors gather to attend workshops and special interest groups. Slides and notes relating to the day are provided below. 

 

Workshop A Business analysis and cybersecurity

Cybersecurity should be part and parcel of everyday delivery for business analysts. This workshop provided delegates with the necessary insights into the role that can be played by BAs in protecting information assets. 

Workshop A Business Analysis and Cybersecurity - Slides
Slides used during workshop A
Workshop A Business Analysis and Cyberse[...]
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Workshop A Business Analysis and Cybersecurity - Session Notes
Notes produced by attendees of workshop A
Workshop A Business Analysis and Cyberse[...]
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Workshop B Data analysis and the BA Service

This workshop examined the key questions regarding data analysis and its relevance to the business analyst role. This included: why BAs need to understand data, the skills the BA needs to work effectively with data and how BAs can engage in data analysis and modelling work. 

Workshop B Data Analysis and the BA Service - Slides
Slides used during workshop B
Workshop B Data Analysis and the BA Serv[...]
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Workshop B Data Analysis and the BA Service - Session Notes
Notes produced by attendees of workshop B
Workshop B Data Analysis and the BA Serv[...]
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Workshop C – Practical tips on surviving restructure for BA leaders and your team

Restructures are becoming a part of everyday life and BAs are not immune to this change. In this session, attendees discussed the most practical means of ensuring career preservation and personal well-being for themselves and team members.

Workshop C Surviving Restructure - Slides
Slides used during workshop C
Workshop C Surviving Restructure - Slide[...]
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Workshop C Surviving Restructure - Session Notes
Notes produced by attendees of workshop C
Workshop C Surviving Restructure - Sessi[...]
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Workshop C Surviving Restructure - Exercise materials and templates
Exercise templates for workshop C
Workshop C Surviving Restructure - Exerc[...]
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Workshop D – Transforming the customer experience

This workshop offered insights into what is meant by ‘Customer Experience’ and provided a framework for analysing an organisation from a CX perspective. It also provided opportunities to discuss the relationship between Business Analysis and CX with fellow Forum members. 

Workshop D Customer Experience - Slides
Slides used during workshop D
Workshop D Customer Experience - Slides.[...]
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Special Interest Groups (SIGS)

 

Time was again made available for two informal discussions.   

 

Ensuring the quality of analysis in an agile environment

Assuring the quality of analysis in a waterfall environment is a well-worn path, but it is less clear of how to do this in an agile environment.  This session was an information share on exploring approaches to assuring the analysis output in an agile environment, and continuing to retain that agile environment.

SIG Ensuring the quality of analysis in an agile environment - Session Notes
Notes produced by the session leaders – ensuring the quality of analysis in an agile environment
SIG Ensuring the quality of analysis in [...]
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BA Apprenticeships

This session provided an introduction for BA leads who are new to the scheme.     

SIG Apprentice Introduction - Slides
Slides used by the session leaders
SIG Apprentice Introduction - Slides.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [2.1 MB]

BA Manager Forum November 2018

 

The November event saw 150 BA Practice leaders gather to attend four workshops and swap notes on BA best practice. The slides and materials from the workshops are below: 

Workshop A Defining Digital Business Analysis - Slides
The slides to accompany the workshop designed to help attendees understand the why, what and how of a digital approach.
Defining Digital Business Analysis.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [2.0 MB]
Workshop B Creating an Engaged Team of BA's - Slides
Slides used during the workshop B - creating an engaged team of business analysts.
Creating an engaged team of Business Anl[...]
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Workshop B Creating an Engaged Team of BA's - Session Notes
Session notes from workshop B - creating an engaged team of business analysts.
Creating an engagaed team of business an[...]
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Workshop C Team Well-being and Pressures of BA Life - Slides
Slides to accompany the workshop on team well-being and the pressures of BA life.
Team well-being and the pressures of BA [...]
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Workshop C Team Well-being and Pressures of BA Life - Session Notes
Notes produced form the workshop on team well-being and the pressures of BA life.
Team well-being and Pressures of BA Life[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [233.4 KB]
Workshop D Tools and Techniques Triage - Slides
Techniques triage – workshop slides
99 Techniques BAMF Slides.pdf
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Workshop D Tools and Techniques Triage - Producing Mail-merge Labels
Techniques triage – the document used for producing mail-merge labels
Techniques Triage - Mailmerge Labels.doc
Microsoft Word document [347.5 KB]
Workshop D Tools and Techniques Triage - Technique Matrix
Techniques triage – the matrix used to grade technique importance and confidence
Technique Triage - Importance Matrix.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [123.1 KB]
Workshop D Tools and Techniques Triage - 99 Business Analyst Techniques
Techniques triage – the spreadsheet listing the techniques to be used for tracking usage or team actions
Techniques Triage - 99 Business Analyst [...]
Microsoft Excel sheet [28.6 KB]

BA Manager Forum May 2018

 

The May event saw 160 BA practice leads from a range of sectors and industries gather to attend workshops and enjoy a networking lunch. Slides and/or notes from the 4 workshop sessions are below.

Business analysis as a service - workshop slides
The slides to accompany the workshop focused on defining BA services. Debbie Paul and Louise Hale.
BAMF 2018-05-11.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.4 MB]
Business analysis as a service - workshop notes
Notes to accompany the workshop on defining BA services. Debbie Paul and Louise Hale.
BAMF BA Service Workshop notes .pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [446.7 KB]
T-shaped skills for business analysts - workshop slides
Slides to accompany the workshop on t-shaped modelling (agile/waterfall). Brian Simpson, Mark Atherton and Carol Friel.
T-Model skills workshop slides .pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.0 MB]
T-shaped skills for business analysts - report
A report based on research conducted within the Business Analyst community, including two BA Manager Forum workshops. Brian Simpson.
T-Shaped Skills Model for Business Analy[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [2.7 MB]
Creative hiring and retention - workshop notes
Notes to accompany the workshop on creative hiring and retention. Lawrence Darvill and James O'Driscoll.
Creative hiring and retention workshop n[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [299.5 KB]
Cognitive biases - workshop slides
Slides to accompany the workshop on cognitive biases. Liz Calder.
Cognitive Biases - BAMF Summary (1).pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [47.2 MB]
Special Interest Group (SIG) - Emerging functional areas
Notes from the SIG on emerging functional areas. David Avis.
Emerging functional areas - Forum notes [...]
Adobe Acrobat document [454.3 KB]
Special Interest Group (SIG) - Higher education
Notes from the SIG relating to the HE sector. Christina Lovelock.
Higher Education SIG notes May 2018.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [493.2 KB]

BA Manager Forum November 2017

 

The November 2017 event saw 160 BA practice leads gather to attend workshops and enjoy a networking lunch. Slides and/or notes from the 4 workshop sessions are below.

 

Forum opening and the centralised practice
The slides used to introduce the Forum event and to accompany the workshop on the benefits of running a centralised BA practice. Lawrence Darvill, Sarah Bullen & Sandra Sheppard.
BAMF opening and centralised practice sl[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [1.5 MB]
The benefits of running a centralised BA practice - workshop notes.
The write up from the workshop that examined the pros and cons of running a centralised BA practice from three different perspectives. Sarah Bullen, Sandra Sheppard and Lawrence Darvill
Centralised practice workshop notes fina[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [400.2 KB]
Enabling Innovation through Business Analysis
The slides used to frame the workshop - enabling innovation through Business Analysis. Michael Conroy, Deen Najimudeen, Cristina Belles Edo.
Enabling Innovation through Business Ana[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [1.6 MB]
The Product Owner and the BA - Whose role is it anyway?
A short paper that details the key findings from the above workshop. David Beckham and Karen Lees
The Product Owner and the BA - whose rol[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [557.9 KB]
The 'Quest' for consistent requirements
The slides that framed the workshop relating to achieving a greater consistency of requirements. Jonathan Hunsley
Requirements Consistency_v0.06.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.3 MB]

BA Manager Forum June 2017

 

The June 2017 event saw 150 BA practice leads gather to attend workshops and enjoy a networking lunch. Slides and notes from the 4 workshop sessions are below. 

The role of the BA in strategic change - workshop slides
Slides from workshop C - prepared and presented by Tim Hill.
BA role in change and strategy - slides [...]
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The role of the BA in strategic change - workshop notes
Workshop notes from workshop session C. Tim Hill.
The role of the BA in change and strateg[...]
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Great Expectations - workshop slides
The slides to accompany a workshop on the expectations placed on business analysts by various stakeholders. Christina Lovelock and James Cadle.
Great Expectations - slides from worksho[...]
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Great Expectations - workshop notes
The notes taken from the workshop on expectations of BA delivery. Christina Lovelock and James Cadle.
Great Expectations - Workshop B notes.pd[...]
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Aligning business analysis with technical and business architecture - workshop slides
The slides used as part of workshop A. Prepared and presented by James Devereux and Taz Wafa
BA aligning with architecture - slides .[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [756.8 KB]
Aligning business analysis with technical and business architecture - workshop notes
Notes from the workshop on business analysis aligning with technical and business architecture. James Devereux and Taz Wafa.
Aligning BA with Architecture - workshop[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [385.3 KB]
The Business Analysis Apprenticeship - workshop slides
The slides used as part of a workshop on the new business analysis apprenticeship scheme.
Lawrence Darvill
BA Apprenticeship - workshop D slides .[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [1.3 MB]
The Business Analysis Apprenticeship - workshop notes.
BA Apprentice - workshop D notes .pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [229.3 KB]

BA Manager Forum event November 2016

 

The November 2016 event again saw 150 BA practice leads gather to attend workshops and enjoy a networking lunch. Slides and notes from the workshop sessions are below.

 

BA team development slides
Slides to accompany the workshop on BA team development
BAMF opening Nov 2016 and Team Developme[...]
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Team Development workshop notes
Notes compiled from the group work during this workshop.
BA Manager Forum 11th November 2016 - Te[...]
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Leading a customer centric BA practice
The slides used by Lacey Barnfather in her session on BAs taking ownership within the CX field
BA Forum November 2016 - Customer Experi[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [2.3 MB]
Business case health check - workshop slides
The slides to accompany the workshop session on health checking business case development.
BA Manager Forum - November 2016 - Busin[...]
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Slides to accompany the workshop "To be or not to be Agile"
The workshop addressed the factors to consider when deciding on the approach to be taken.
BA Manager Forum November 2016 - To be o[...]
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BA Manager Forum event May 2016

 

The May 2016 event saw 150 practice leads congregate to attend workshops on: embedding new working practices, tools of the trade and career next steps for BA Practice Leads. 

Workshop notes are posted below. 

 

BA Manager Career Next Steps
This paper is a write up of the discussion points raised by a total 80 BA practice leads on their career next steps.
BA Manager career next steps Forum write[...]
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Embedding new working practices - white paper
A write up of the findings from two workshops.
Embedding New Practices final version.pd[...]
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Tools of the trade
The write up following two workshops on the tools available to BAs/BA practice leaders. This includes commentary on tools that relate to requirements management, office utilities, wireframe production, modelling, team collaboration and project management.
Tools of the trade - report from BAMF se[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [1.7 MB]

BA Manager Forum event November 2015

 

Around 130 BA practice leads gathered again at Hamilton Place, London. The agenda for the day included a whole group presentation on coaching and workshops on; entry level BA development, marketing and branding the BA role and evaluating the maturity of BA practice. Slides and notes from the event are below.

Coaching for performance
Coaching tools to develop your biggest asset - your team! This session was led by Philippa Thomas - MD Skills Shift.
BAMF Coaching Session 27 November 2015 .[...]
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Grow your own - workshop A session notes.
The practicalities of developing entry-level Bas. A session led by Christina Lovelock HSCIC and Lawrence Darvill - AssistKD.
BAMF November 2015 Grow your own worksho[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [243.1 KB]
Branding and marketing the BA role - workshop B session notes
A workshop to share best practice on marketing and branding the BA role within the wider organisation. Session led by Paul Turner - AssistKD and Kerry Adams - American Express.
BAMF November 2015 Workshop B value and [...]
Adobe Acrobat document [219.1 KB]
Evaluating the maturity of the BA practice - workshop C led by Debbie Paul - AssistKD, Lacey Barnfather - Colt and Richard Thomas - TFL
Slides from a workshop to evaluate models of practice maturity, the means to assess maturity gaps and practical steps to help advance practice maturity.
BA Manager Forum November 2915 - Worksho[...]
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BA Manager Forum event May 2015 

 

Around 120 BA practice leads gathered at Hamilton Place, London to hear presentations and attend workshops on; measuring BA performance, The Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis, the BA practice lead view of business architecture, better support of BAs in an Agile environment, working with remote colleagues, tools selection and personal development for BAs.

Forum welcome, measuring performance outline and Advanced Diploma overview.
The opening slides for the event including details of the new BCS Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis. This session was led by Debbie Paul (AssistKD) and Lucy Ireland (BCS)
BAMFopening May 2015 (4).pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [2.0 MB]
Measuring BA performance draft white paper
A draft paper providing the base line information for BA practice leads to establish CSFs and KPIs for individual BA performance. This paper will be updated periodically with case study examples. This session was led by Michelle Shakesheff (Zurich Insurance) and Alison Pierce (The University of Nottingham).
BA Measures White paper v 7.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [543.8 KB]
Remote working practices for BAs
A workshop to identify the experiences of BAs working in globally dispersed teams. This session was led by Eleanor Phipps (Dun & Bradstreet) and Julia Moore (Aveva)
Remote Working Practices BAMF write up M[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [267.5 KB]
Agile BA Workshop
The notes taken during the Agile workshop. Questions under discussion; measuring BA success in an Agile team, how long should an Agile deployment be? Can the BA practice itself apply the agile mind-set to continuous improvement. This session was led by Lynd Girvan (AssistKD)
Agile Workshop write up May 2015.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [351.6 KB]
BA Tooling Workshop Results
This workshop addressed the advantages of tooling, disadvantages and concerns of tooling and other considerations. This session was led by Jeff Parkhouse (Carnival) and Julian Cox (AssistKD).
BA Managers Forum - May 2015 - Tooling W[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [530.4 KB]
Personal Development for BAs
This session focused on maximising and encouraging the opportunities for BAs realising personal development. This session was led by Debbie Paul (AssistKD)
BAMF May 2015 - Workshop notes Learning[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [133.9 KB]

BA Manager Forum event January 2015 

 

Over 130 BA practice leads gathered at the John Lewis conference centre in Cookham, Berkshire to attend sesions on; measuring BA performance, senior BA career development and certification, strategic and tactical resourcing, creativity for BAs, prioritising BA workload and establishing BA team structure.

 

Measuring BA performance - the start of a longer term piece of work to establish available best practice for measuring BA performance. Craig Rollason provided an insight to the creation of a performance hub for BAs at National Grid.

Journey to a high performing practice at National Grid
Craig Rollason - Performance hub BAMF Ja[...]
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Tactical and Strategic Resourcing - a workshop to establish best practice considerations in respect of BA team resourcing. This session was led by Simon Nicholls and Eva Cairns of Standard Life Investments and Gail Oxley and James Dell of Ypsilon Business Solutions.

Workshop notes - strategic and tactical resourcing
Forum write up for breakout A - Jan 2015[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [539.3 KB]

Clinic/Open Forum workshop - attendees discussed the topics; establishing BA team structure, creativity for BAs and prioritising the BA workload. This session was led by Craig Rollason of National Grid and Lynda Girvan and Lawrence Darvill of AssistKD.

Workshop notes - open forum
Forum write up January session B.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [308.1 KB]

Career progression for established BAs; from the BA Diploma to the Expert BA Award.  - a workshop to assess and review the steps for established BAs seeking to develop their careers to expert level. This session was led by Debbie Paul and Paul Turner of AssistKD.

Workshop notes - career development for established BAs
Forum write up session C - January 2015.[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [113.4 KB]

BA Manager Forum event April 2014

 

Around 130 BA practice leads gathered at the Barclays Bank offices on Canary Wharf, London to hear presentations on personal efectiveness, NLP for business analysts, recruiting talented BAs and evaluating the maturity of BA practice.

 

Evaluating the maturity of BA practice - a workshop to look at approaches to evaluating the maturity of a BA Practice and identify the actions necessary for further development - James Cadle (AssistKD)

BAMF Evaluating the Maturity of Practice[...]
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Recruitment best practice - the write up of the workshop on best practice in relation to BA candidate attraction, selection and retention. This session was led by Dylan Jones (Debenhams) and Melissa Carr (Consulting Cube Ltd)

Recruitment white paper (first draft)
recruitment white paper first draft.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [485.6 KB]

An introduction to NLP for business analysts. Delegates gained an insight to the essential skills that NLP can help with in the context of business analysis practice. Corrine Thomas (Choices Consulting and Coaching)

NLP for Business Analysts an introductio[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [1.9 MB]

BA Manager Forum Event November 2013
   
The agenda for the day included;

 

Getting to the Top Table - A panel discussion addressing influencing at the highest level and career options for those managing BA resources. Kim Bray (Nationwide), Joe Soule (Capital One), Iain Gillespie (Barclaycard) and Nigel Chambers (Skandia).

 

Value Streams - A participative workshop allowing delegates to practise this technique. Paul Turner - (Assist Knowledge Development).

VALUE STREAMS.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [232.1 KB]

Agile in a Business Context - A re-examination of the Agile philosophy and its potential to be applied more widely to the business context. Lyn Girvan - UK Government

 

Agile in a business context.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.5 MB]

Requirements Tool Selection - A case study on the exercise to select a requirements tool for use across a large retail banking organisation. Neil Constable, Syringa Camp and Phran Ryder (Lloyds Banking Group).  

Requirements tool selection case study
BAMFNOV2013LBG Requirements Tool Selecti[...]
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BA Manager Forum Event March 2013
 
The agenda for the day included;

 

Business Architecture at the Pru - A presentation on the developing Business Architecture Practice at The Prudential – An experience share of what worked/didn’t work – Steve Danby and Andrew Wainwright – The Prudential.

 

6 Attributes every Business Architect sh[...]
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The Competent Business Analyst? - This session reviewed the output of recent academic study into this field and provides a critical comparison of the IIBA and SFIA frameworks against the views of academics and practitioners alike. Jonathan Hunsley – Senior Business Design Analyst - Barclaycard

The Competent Business Analyst.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [450.1 KB]

Workshops, run in parallel, on the day included; Business Architecture, approaches to measuring the performance of the BA function and facilitative leadership. 
  

Schroder Event – May 4th 2012

 

The agenda for the day included;

 

Recognising the Expert BA - A detailed update on the initiative to develop a new Award for Business Analysts with higher level capability. Lawrence Darvill, Lynda Girvan and Corrine Thomas.

Recognising The Expert BA.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.0 MB]

Improving Business Acumen - Eugene O’Connell – An assessment of what we mean by Business Acumen, the importance of Financial Literacy and how to improve acumen.  

Business Acumen for Business Analysts.pd[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [366.3 KB]

Devising a business analysis capability framework – Debra Paul and Maura Shields - This session focused on an approach that can be taken along with practical tools for use in devising a framework within which BA roles can be defined and capability measured.

 

Devising A Business Analysis Capability [...]
Adobe Acrobat document [825.8 KB]

 

 

Vinoplis – “Bursting the Bubble” May 2011

 

The agenda for the day included;

 

An external consultant’s view of the BA world – Andrew Holmes - Consulting models and approaches, attitudes and behaviours, the consulting skills gap and the BA community's appetite for making the maximum impact.

Andrew Holmes Vinopolis Presentation.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [642.4 KB]

Stepping outside your comfort zone –Tony Combellack – Dealing with ambiguity, understanding and taking risks, and what leaders can do to facilitate and promote the development of business analysis within their organisations.
      

Tony Combellack Vinopolis Presentation.p[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [881.1 KB]

Four parallel round table discussions for individuals to share ideas, experiences and views on a topic of interest to them including; Recognition for the Expert BA, The BA role and Six Sigma, Consultancy Behaviours and Business Analysis and Agile approaches.

 



Event Feedback

“I’d just like to say that I thought this event was the best ever – thank you.  The speakers were knowledgeable and engaging, and I found the break out sessions a really good way to drill down into some of the issues raised. – I’m definitely looking forward to the next one.”

 

M.S – Head of BA Practice - Vehicle Leasing Organisation

News

 

Congratulations to Jan Doherty, Sandra Leek and Terri Lydiard (senior BA’s with Lloyds Banking Group),
Adrian Reed (Blackmetric) Beth Downing (Diligenta) and Vicky Rothwell (CMEC) who are the
first six applicants to successfully complete the Expert BA Award. All applicants exceeded the expectations of the assessors and have confirmed the
advanced level of capability the Award sets out to recognise.

 

 

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