Archive for September 2009

Business Analyst Mentor helps out with Study group and online training

I’ve been busy recently with marketing and preparing for the IIBA UK conference. I’ve also been invited to be part of a ‘mentor committee’ along with Doug Goldberg, Linda Erzah and Laura Brandau to support an online Study Group.
This initiative is being steered by David Maynard who has invested a lot of time in setting [...]

Business analysis in the creative sector - culture clash could block change

A leading figure in the project to move BBC production from London to Salford is to use Business Analysis Conference 2009 to call for a shift in the way BAs interact with creative professionals.
Mark Harrison (Creative Director, Innovation, for Project North and BBC Vision) said measurement and analysis are in danger of getting in the [...]

Time for Business Analysts to influence the future

Business analysts can be at the heart of exciting business transformation, cutting through complexity and confusion and restoring simplicity and common sense.
That’s the message from David Taylor, one of the keynote speakers at the Business Analysis Conference.
David is the author of fastest selling business book in the world The Naked Leader, and has two global [...]

User-centred analysis could mean better, cheaper systems - and more fun

Business analysts can deliver better, cheaper systems - and have more fun - by adopting user-centred techniques. That’s the message from Nick De Voil, one of the speakers at the Business Analysis Conference later this month.
West London-based De Voil has been working in the industry for more than 25 years, mainly on large public sector [...]

UK Business Analysis Conference aims to reveal the true value of business analysts

The growing importance of business analysis will be highlighted at a conference in London this month.
The IIBA’s Business Analysis Conference, which runs from 28 to 30 September, will involve more than 150 delegates from 10 different countries. Keynote speakers include David Taylor, author of the bestselling The Naked Leader.
Martyn Wilson, president of the IIBA’s UK [...]

Free articles and podcasts from presenters at IIBA UK Business Analysis Conference

Regular readers of this blog will know I have been preparing for the first Business Analysis Conference in the UK at the end of September (details here).
We have been pursuing the presenters to write articles and participate in interviews to get people ‘warmed up’ for the conference.
Here is a selection:
Leadership mastery, X-ray listening and planning [...]