Program Overview

 

  • Symposium Session - June 25, 2012
  • Symposium Session - June 26, 2012
  • Workshop - June 27, 2012
  • Workshop - June 28, 2012

  •  9:00am-
    10:15am     		 Keynote Presentation:

    "The Language of Change"

    Haydn Thomas
    Mindavation
    10:30am -
    11:45am     		 Effective Communication
    In Projects

    Louis Markstrom
    DDLS

    		  Benefits realisation
    through organisational
    emotional maturity

    Stephen Howard
    PM-Partners group

    		 Implementing the
    BABOK

    Graeme Higgins
    ITSS Shared
    Solutions

    		 CAPSICUM 
    - A Semantic Framework 
    for Business 
    Architectures

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

    Dale Nott
    Cinergi Systems
    Pty Ltd

    		  What I know about
    the BABOK and PMBOK
    I learned from
    Computer Games

    Joseph Ling
    Suggested Solutions

    		 Assessing BA competencies and outlining BA growth path

    Bhuvan Unhelkar
    AIBA Competency Standards    		  From BA to BA Lead
    and Beyond

    Deanna Hughes
    & Kim Schmack
    New Zealand
    Defence Force
    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 and Six Sigma
    - Where do I get my
    Black Belt in Rugby?

    Aoife Tallon
    DDLS

    		 A Footprint Is Only
    Made When the
    First Step is Taken:
    25 Facts About
    Enterprise Analysis

    Glenn Brûlé
    ESI International

    		 Strategic analysis
    in the BA role

    Mike Crawford
    Planit
    – Business Analysis Services
    3:45pm -
    5:00pm 


    Roundtable Discussions:

    What's your Biggest BA Challenge? / What's Your Secret Weapon for Facilitating Requirements? / BA's Becoming Extinct - we hear it - how do we avoid it? / Why Use BABOK? / Business Domain Knowledge vs. BA Skills / Toold for the BA / BA Career Paths / Agile - What's Our Role?

     
    5:00pm -
    6:00pm 


    Conference Cocktail Reception    

  •  9:00am-
    10:15am     		 Keynote Presentation:

    If You're Not Part Of The Solution, You're Part Of The Problem
    Glenn Brûlé
    ESI International
    10:30am -
    11:45am 

    Developing Project Leadership

    Gus Sabatino
    HP Australia



     

    		 Revolutionise Your Business: The Power of the Business Analyst 

    Phill Horne
    ESI International






    		 Blind Spots, Assumptions
    and False Impressions:
    Overcoming Requirements
    Hurdles

    Bob McGannon
    Mindavation

    BA Leader of your own Success

    Scott Bradley
    Cogs Project
    Therapy Pty Ltd

     
    11:45am -
    12:45pm     		     LUNCH
    12:45pm-
    2:00pm     		 Complement or conflict
    The PM versus the BA

    Terry Parker
    DDLS

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

    Karen Sleeman
    International Institute
    Project Coaching

    		  Business Analyst,
    Systems Analyst or Change Manager –
    What Animal is This?

    Sally-Anne Mitchell
    Ajilon

    		  Story Mapping: An Agile Analysis Technique

    Craig Brown
    Swinburne University
    2:15pm -
    3:30pm     		 Mapping Project
    Dialogues Using IBIS

    Kailash Awati
    Boehringer-Ingelheim
    Pty Ltd

    		 10 Mighty Tools
    – closing the divide
    between PMs and BAs

    Haydn Thomas
    Mindavation

    		 The Problem with
    Analysis and Design

    Ashley Aitken
    Curtin University of
    Technology

    		 Business Value:
    Is There Something
    Missing from the BA Toolkit?

    Dr. Laurence LockLee
    Optimice Pty Ltd
    3:45pm -
    5:00pm     		 Panel Discussion:
    Agile- Is this an
    excuse for being l
    azy and missing requirements?    		 Negotiation Skills

    Frank Byrnes &
    Carol Laurance
    HPCI

    		 CBAP & CCBA
    Certification Explained

    Richard Henderson
    Infosys Australia

    		 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