Program Overview

  • 9:00am-
    10:15am

    Keynote Presentation:

    "The Language of Change"

    Haydn Thomas
    Mindavation

     PROJECT
    MANAGEMENT
    PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOTH  BA  BA BA
    10:30am-
    11:45am
    Improving Project
    scheduling with
    Event Chain
    methodology:
    Myth or reality?

    Dora Constantinidis
    Melbourne
    University- CIS

    Project
    Management:
    What it takes to run successful projects?

    Stephen Dowling
    ETM Consultancy and Training Pty Ltd

     The Influencing "Formula": Three Tips for Influencing Without Authority

    Elizabeth Larson
    Watermark Learning
    Implementing
    the BABOK

    Graeme Higgins
    ITSS Shared
    Solutions

    4 Views on Business Change: Why the BA Rules the Roost!

    David Stead
    OLS Consulting

    Business Analyst, Systems Analyst or Change Manager -What animal is this?

    Sally-Anne Mitchell
    Ajilon  

    11:45am-
    12:45pm
    LUNCH    
    12:45pm-
    2:00 pm
    Metrics Model
    for Optimising Delivery Performance
    in Dynamic
    Project Environments

    Dale Knott
    Cinergi Systems
    Pty Ltd

    Complement or
    conflict The PM
    versus the BA

    Terry Parker
    DDLS

    High performance
    communication
    skills

    Mike Crawford
    Planit – Business
    Analysis Services

     CBAP & CCBA Certification Explanied

    Richard Henderson
    Infosys Australia
    BA Leader
    and Beyond

    Deanna Hughes & Kim Schmack
    New Zealand
    Defence Force

     
    Revolutionise Your Business: The Power of the Business Analyst


    Michael Morris
    ESI International
    2:15pm-
    3:30pm

     Panel Discussion:
    Offshoring vs. Onshoring

    10 Mighty Tools
    –closing the
    divide between
    PMs and BAs

    Haydn Thomas
    Mindavation

     Don't talk, show.
    Getting your message
    across

    Jacky Jacob
    Object Consulting

     CBAP®/CCBA™ Application Tips and Tricks

    Richard Larson
    Watermark Learning

     From requirements
    to process to data
    - enabling improvements in data quality - the Hydro
    Tasmania
    experience

    Alicja Mosbauer
    Hydro Tasmania

    Assesing BA Competencies & Outlining BA Growth Path

    Bhuvan Unhelkar
    AIBA
    3:45pm-
    5:00pm
     Roundtable Discussions:

    BA TOPICS: What is your Biggest BA Challenge? *What is Your Secret Weapon for Facilitating Requirements? *
    BA's Becoming Extinct - we have hear it - How do we avoid it? * Why Use BABOK? *
    Business Domain Knowledge vs. BA skills - Which do you hire and which do you train? *
    Tools for the BA * BA Career Paths *
    Agile - What is Our Role?Which Role is more important to a project's success - PM or BA?*
    Managing Risk - Whose responsibility * What is your Secret to Dealing with Difficult People?*
    A Fool With A Tool - Lessons Learned about Tool ImplementationHow do you stop stupid projects
    - and is it your responsibility to do so? *
    Agile: When, Where and Why? *
    Change Management: Resistance is Futile - Ignore Resisters or Convert Them? *
    Managing Scope and Expectations. How do we define project success?

    On Time on Budget is an Oxymoron!* If you can't do it all - what are the 'must haves' for Project Management

       
    5:00pm-
    6:00pm
        Conference Cocktail Reception

  • 9:00am-
    10:15am

    Keynote Presentation:

    The Carrot, The Egg, And the Coffee Bean
    Stirring the Pot of Leadership Styles

    Glenn Brûlé
    ESI International

     PROJECT
    MANAGEMENT
     PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOTH   BA  BA BA 
    10:30am-
    11:45am
    Developing Project
    Leadership

    Gus Sabatino
    HP Australia

    Agile project Management: mindset and behaviors for practical outcomes
    Annie Sheehan, Emma Bryce
    NAB

    A Footprint Is Only Made When the First Step is Taken

    Glenn Brûlé
    ESI International

    How low should requirements go?

    Trang Perham
    Department of Justice

    How to create and re-use Business Analysis results for Continuous Process Improvement

     Bruce Nixon
    Holocentric

     

     

    Using Domain Specific Languages to document requirements, analyze and generate working programs 

    11:45am-
    12:45pm
    LUNCH    
    12:45pm-
    2:00 pm

    Project Management
    Softskills

    Diane Butler, AMP
    Australia
    Emma Bryce, NAB

    Story Mapping: An Agile Requirements Planning Technique

    Craig Brown
    Swinburne University

    Advancing Your Way Thriugh projects with Emotional Intellegence 

    Stephen Howard
    PM Partners

    Selecting the BEST
    Modelling Notations
    and Techniques

    Jeremy Ramsay
    Transport Accident
    Commission

    Blind Spots,
    Assumptions and False
    Impressions: Overcoming Requirements Hurdles

    Bob McGannon
    Mindavation

     Attracting New BA's...

    2:15pm-
    3:30pm
    Project failure
    - delivering a solution
    on time and on budget
    does not always
    deliver value to the
    business

    Tim Coventry
    Business Analysts
    Pty Ltd

    Lean, Agile & Six Sigma- Where Do I get My Black Belt in Rugby?

    Aoife Tallon
    DDLS
     Continuing your
    professional development
    through mentoring

    Pete Cohen
    IServices Consulting

     The Critical Value
    of Business Analysts
    to Enterprise
    Architecture

    John McLeod
    Enterprise Architects

     Deliverable Descending
    a Staircase; or,
    Six Ways of Looking at a
    Functional Specification

    Bruce Melendy
    Business Victoria Online,
    Department of Business
    & Innovation Victoria

    Panel Discussion:
    The BA Identity Crisis 
    3:45pm-
    5:00pm
    Strategies for Recovering
    From A Project
    Disaster: A Case
    Study

    Ivan Sun
    Monash University

    Lean and Agile meet,
    date and integrate

    Tony Ponton
    Suncorp

     
     The Tale of Two Coaches
    – the Who, What, Why
    & How of coaching
    engagements

    Karen Sleeman
    International Institute
    Project Coaching

    Yet Another Workflow System

    Chris Goodman
    Object Consulting 
    Dealing with
    'Growing-Up Pains' and
    'Climate Change' – A Business
    Analysis Perspective

    Dan Didolkar
    Sportscover Australia 

     

  • 8:30am - 4:30pm Creating High Performance Project Teams

    Dominic Siow
    EQ Strategist

     8:30am - 4:30pm Negotiation: Getting What You Want

    Frank Byrnes
    HPCI

     8:30am - 4:30pm Change Management, Stakeholder Engagement and Project Coaching -
    The three Models that will make you an indispensable asset

    Haydn Thomas
    Mindavation Pty Ltd

     8:30am - 4:30pm  Writing effective Business Rules - a practical method

    Graham Witt
    Ajilon

  •  8:30 am - 4:30 pm Effective Stakeholder Engagement

    Dominic Siow
    EQ Strategist

    8:30 am - 4:30 pm  Meeting Management

    Carol Laurance
    HPCI

    8:30 am - 4:30 pm  Capturing The Most Wanted – Ultra-Efficient Process Collection from Strategic to Tactical

    Marjolein Towler
    Consultas Pty Ltd

    8:30 am - 4:30 pm  Requirements and Change Discovery – Beyond Gathering

    Bob McGannon
    Mindavation Pty Ltd