Agenda

 
Monday, 26 September 2011 • Pre-Conference Workshops
08:30-09:30 Registration
09:30-13:00 Full-Day Workshop
Creative Problem Solving - The Swiss Army Knife for BA's

Andy Wilkins, CASS Business School and Perspectiv
James Archer, Business Analyst & Project Manager, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Morning Workshop
World Café Debate - How does Business Analysis Help Organisations to Change?
Melanie Gladwin, Business Change Consultant
Lambert David, Lead Business Analyst, UK Government

Morning Workshop
Model-Driven Business Analysis Techniques (That Work in the Real World)
Alec Sharp, Senior Consultant, Clariteq Systems Consulting

Morning Workshop
Project Blastoff: How to Build a Rock Solid Foundation for Your Requirements
Suzanne Robertson, Principal & Founder, The Atlantic Systems Guild

Morning Workshop
Design Thinking for Business Analysts
Raffaella Recupero, Senior Strategic Designer, ThinkPlace
Andrew Kendall, Director, ThinkAnalyse Consulting

13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-17:30 Full-Day Workshop
Creative Problem Solving - The Swiss Army Knife for BA's

Andy Wilkins, CASS Business School and Perspectiv
James Archer, Business Analyst & Project Manager, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Afternoon Workshop
Creative, Visual Thinking for Business Analysts

Vanessa Randle, thinkingvisually
Penny Pullan, Director, Making Projects Work

Afternoon Workshop
What Business Analysts Need to Know About Data Modelling – Getting Great Results From a Misused Technique

Alec Sharp, Senior Consultant, Clariteq Systems Consulting

Afternoon Workshop
Innovation, Requirements and Agile - Techniques for Getting More from Your Business Analysis

James Robertson, Principal & Founder, The Atlantic Systems Guild
Neil Maiden, Professor of Systems Engineering,
City University London
Bianca Hollis, Lead User Experience Designer, BBC Worldwide Technology
Afternoon Workshop
From Personal Effectiveness to Delivery Success

Corrine Thomas, Business Analysis Capability Manager, Virgin Media
 
Tuesday, 27 September 2011 • CONFERENCE DAY 1 & EXHIBITS
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:10 IIBA® UK Chapter Conference Chair Welcome
Alex Papworth, Business Analyst Mentor, President, IIBA® UK Chapter and Financial Services Authority
09:10-09:55 KEYNOTE: The New Use Cases
Ivar Jacobson, Founder & Chairman, Ivar Jacobson International
09:55-10:05 Business Analyst of the Year Award 2011
TRACKS
Track 1:
Business Change
Track 2:
Innovation and Creativity
Track 3:
Tools and Techniques
Track 4:
Business Analysis in Practice
10:10-11:05 How the Business Analyst can Ensure Success within IT-Enabled Business Change Programmes
Paul Turner, Director, AssistKD & BIS Skills
What is true, what is Real, what is Good? The 3 Questions Business Analysts Should Ask
Frank Buytendijk, Founder, Beingfrank - Strategy and Research

Systems Thinking and the Business Analyst
Mike Eckersley, Freelance Business Analyst & Consultant
"Getting Beyond Good Enough" - A User-Goal Based Framework for Agile Delivery
Darius Kumana, Leadership | User-Experience | Agile Transformation, ThoughtWorks
11:05-11:35 Networking Break & Exhibits
11:35-12:30 Rooting Business Analysis in Business Strategy
Jack Springman, Head of Corporate Advisory Group, Business & Decision
Business Process Mapping: Innovating to Achieve Government Outcomes
Raffaella Recupero, Senior Strategic Designer, ThinkPlace
Project Shaper - the BA goes Undercover
Marie Atallah, Freelance Business Analyst, Allianz Insurance
Experiences with Agile Requirements at Scale
Dee Wauchope, Delivery Process Lead, Capgemini UK
12:30-13:50 Lunch & Exhibits (including Sponsored Sessions & Qualification Clinics)
13:10-13:45
PERSPECTIVE SESSION
Software Tools That Enhance Business Analyst's Experience
Louardi Messai, Senior Project Manager and CIO, Telys
Nikita Chtcheglov, Consultant AMOA/Business Analyst, Telys
13:50-15:10 PLENARY SESSION: What's Your VIEW? Thinking About Your Creativity and Problem Solving Preferences and the Implications For BA's
Andy Wilkins, CASS Business School and Perspectiv
15:10-15:40 Networking Break & Exhibits
15:40-16:35 Planning for Successful Organisational Change
George Bridges, Director, Business Analysis, International Institute for Learning
18 Days that shook the world – Lessons from the Egyptian Revolution in Change and Creativity
James Archer, Business Analyst and Project Manager, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Six Essential Steps to Create a Use Case Model
Alex Papworth, Business Analyst Mentor, President, IIBA® UK Chapter and Financial Services Authority
Business Analysis - a Coat of Many Colours
Lynda Girvan, Business Analyst, UK Government
16:45-17:35 Handling Risk: How BA's can Engage People to Identify, Own and Manage the Risks of Strategic Business Change
Penny Pullan, Director, Making Projects Work

A Simple Open Innovation Approach Solves Real Business Challenges
Stephen Clulow, Director of Knowledge and Information Management and Informatics, MedImmune
Implementing a New Customer Self Scanning System for Waitrose Supermarkets
Andrew Poland, Senior Analyst, Waitrose
Business Engagement on Technical IT projects: a Case Study
Adrian Reed, Lead Business Analyst, Skandia
17:35-18:40 Drinks Reception and Networking
 
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 • CONFERENCE DAY 2 & EXHIBITS
09:00-09:45 KEYNOTE: Business Analysis and the Learning Organisation
Emma Langman, Change Magician, Progression Partnership
TRACKS
Track 1:
Business Change
Track 2:
Innovation and Creativity
Track 3:
Tools and Techniques
Track 4:
Business Analysis in Practice
09:50-10:45 Customer Experience and Service Design
Nick de Voil, Director, De Voil Consulting
Creative Collaboration in Temporary Teams
Alison Coward, Director, Bracket
Providing Metrics to Help Make the Project/Change Real
Tony Mann, Director, Resource Strategic Change Facilitators
Incorporating Specialist Requirements in Agile Environments
Danielle Downs, Product Owner, Totaljobs Group
10:45-11:15 Networking Break & Exhibits
11:15-12:10 How can we Navigate the Human Elements of Change in Business?
Patricia Kurjata,  Director, Frontlook Solutions Ltd

Panel - Why should BA’s be Creative and Innovative? Moderator: James Archer, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Panellists:
Steve Danby, OM Analyst, Prudential
Clive Holtham, Professor of Information Management, Cass Business School
George Sadler, Business Analysis Practice Manager,
RWE npower
Deborah Szebeko, Founder, thinkpublic

Efficient BPMN. Anti Patterns in Best Practice
Edita Mileviciene
Product Manager,
No Magic Europe
Remote Requirements - Really?
Matt Andrews, Analyst Manager, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Vicky Di Ciacca, Director/Consultant, Be Positive Analysis Solutions
12:10-13:30 Lunch & Exhibits (including Sponsored Sessions & Qualification Clinics)
12:50-13:25 PERSPECTIVE SESSIONS
13:30-14:15 KEYNOTE: The Impact of Social Networks on Business
Euan Semple, euansemple.com
14:20-15:15 Business Change Implementation
Sue Tan, Chief Executive, Miragroup
Creative Behaviour
David Avis, Lead Business Analyst, Barclays Bank
David Baskerville, Lead Business Analyst, Barclays Bank
A Layered and Incremental Approach to Managing Requirements
Chris Moran, Principal Consultant, Karona Consulting
Richard Johnston, Principal Consultant, Karona Consulting
When Methodology Becomes Madness, the Scary Side of Project Management
Sarah Gait, Business Analyst, The National Assembly for Wales
Frank Rae, Senior Business Analyst, The National Assembly for Wales
15:15-15:45 Networking Break & Exhibits
15:45-16:40

Achieving Payback: Managing the Benefits of Change Projects
Graham Spicer, CEO, SolstonePlus & Commercial Director at UK Oracle User Group
James Cadle, Director, Assist Knowledge Development Ltd

Innovation Day at Intel
Alan Gladman, Project Manage, Intel Corporation
Joanne Payne, Business Analyst, Intel Corporation

How to Achieve Excellence as a BA Mentor (from a Mentees Perspective)
Alex Papworth, Business Analyst Mentor, President, IIBA® UK Chapter and Financial Services Authority

How NATS has developed a Business Investment Information Model to drive investment in the UK's future Air Traffic Control System
Stephen Pybus, Head Roadmap Development , NATS
16:45-17:10

President’s Closing Keynote Address: Business Analysis – a Stepping Stone or a Career Choice?
Alex Papworth, President, IIBA UK Chapter