Program Overview

 

  •  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