Program Overview

  • Thursday, June 14
  • Friday, June 15
  • 9:00AM - 10:15AM Conference Opening & Keynote

    The Language of Change

    Haydn Thomas
    Mindavation
     10:30AM - 11:45AM Business Analyst, Systems Analyst
    or Change Manager
    – What Animal is This?

    Sally-Anne Mitchell

    Ajilon

    		 Useful Business Process
    Models to be included
    in Requirements Analysis

    Dr. Paul Nash

    Object Training

    		 BA leader of your own success

    Scott Bradley

    Cogs Project
    Therapy Pty Ltd


     
     11:45AM - 12:45PM    LUNCH
    12:45AM - 2:00PM BAs and PMs
    should work together

    Terry Parker
    DDLS

    		 CBAP & CCBA Certification Explained

    Richard Henderson 
    Infosys Australia    		 Building up resilience for the
    everyday challenges
    facing the BA

    Cora Stapleton
    BT Financial Group
    2:15PM - 3:30PM 10 Mighty Tools
    – closing the divide
    between PMs and Bas

    Haydn Thomas
    Mindavation

    Assesing BA competencies &
    outlining BA growth path

    Bhuvan Unhelkar
    Australian Institiute
    of Business Analysis

    At the crossroads -
    bridging the gap between
    business analysis and customer experience design

    Greg Stewart
    SMS

    3:45PM - 5:00PM
    Roundtable Discussions:

    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,
    Tools for the BA, BA Career Paths, Agile - What is Our Role?


  • 9:00AM - 10:15AM Keynote

    If You're Not Part Of The Solution, You're Part Of The Problem

    Glenn Brûlé
    ESI International
     10:30AM - 11:45AM Lean, Agile and Six Sigma
    - Where do I get my
    Black Belt in Rugby?

    Aoife Talon
    DDLS    		 Information discovery
    with new tools for
    metadata harvesting
    and spatial relationships

    David Hedge
    Conducive Pty Ltd    		 Blind Spots, Assumptions
    and False Impressions:
    Overcoming Requirements
    Hurdles

    Bob McGannon
    Mindavation
     
     11:45AM - 12:45PM    LUNCH
    12:45AM - 2:00PM Workflow Reporting – Can it do everything ?

    Richard Hughes


    BT Financial Group

    Revolutionise Your Business: The Power of the Business Analyst

    Phill Horne
    ESI International

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

    Karen Sleeman
    International Institute 
    Project Coaching
    2:15PM - 3:30PM

    A Footprint is Only Made When the 1st Step is Taken:
    25 Facts About Enterprise Analysis

    Glenn Brule
    ESI International

    Business Analysis
    in the Mining Sector

    Bhuvan Unhelkar
    AIBA

    		 Implementing the BABOK

    Graeme Higgins
    ITSS Shared Solutions
    3:45PM - 5:00PM Dealing with ‘Growing-Up Pains’ and ‘Climate Change’ – A Business Analysis Perspective

    Dan Didolkar
    Sportscover Australia

    		 Panel Discussion:

    Agile- Is this an excuse
    for being lazy and missing
    requirements?

    		 The Problem with Analysis and Design

    Dr. Ashley Aitkan
    Curtin University
    of Technology