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Business Analysis Summit Southern Africa 2014
Dates
16–18 Sep
2014
Venue
SCC
Sandton Convention Centre
Speakers
20+
across all sessions
Tracks
3
per conference day
About the 2014 Conference
The 3rd Edition — Sandton
The 2014 Business Analysis Summit Southern Africa brought the conference to the Sandton Convention Centre — one of Africa's premier conference venues — marking a significant step up in scale and ambition for the event.
The conference featured two high-profile keynote speakers in Clem Sunter and Bill Gibson, along with an international line-up that included Roger Burlton, Kent McDonald, and Joan Pournara, alongside more than 20 South African presenters. Six parallel tracks across the two main conference days gave delegates a broad choice of topics spanning the evolution of business analysis, agility, business process management, and career development.
The conference was chaired by Steve Erlank (Faculty Training Institute) and Janet Wood (President, IIBA South Africa), and presented by the SA chapter of IIBA in association with the Faculty Training Institute and SBS Conferences.
Conference Tracks
Six Tracks Across Two Days
Track A · Wednesday
Evolution of BA
How business analysis is evolving to meet modern organisational demands — new roles, new expectations, new opportunities.
Track B · Wednesday
Role Insights
Examining the expanding scope and relevance of the BA profession in complex organisations and changing environments.
Track C · Wednesday
Career Development
Building a sustainable BA career — professional growth, leadership development, and advancing within the profession.
Track D · Thursday
Agility
Agile frameworks, adaptive analysis, and the business analyst's role in agile organisations and delivery teams.
Track E · Thursday
Business Process Management
Process thinking, BPM frameworks, and practical approaches to analysing and improving business processes.
Track F · Thursday
Role Insights
Continued exploration of the BA role — perspectives from practitioners on relevance, influence, and stakeholder impact.
Full Programme
Conference Schedule
Morning Workshops — 08:30 to 12:00
Principles of Business Process Management
Vision: Making a Good Team GREAT
Scaled Agile Framework and the Changing Role of Business Analysts
Tools, Techniques, Methodologies, Frameworks and Competencies of Business Analysis Professionals
Afternoon Workshops — 13:00 to 16:30
Improving Communication & Collaboration Through Improvisation
User Story Primer
The Three Hour Hackathon: The BA as an Innovation Driver
DIY: Process and Enterprise Maturity Assessment (PEMM) from Hammer
Opening Keynote — 08:30 to 09:30
The World and South Africa beyond 2014 — The Latest Scenarios, Flags and Probabilities
Session Block 1 — 09:40 to 10:30
Business Analysis is Dead, Long Live Business Analysis
Military Strategy & Tactics, Requirements Management and the Future of Work
The Art of Visualising Requirements
Session Block 2 — 10:50 to 11:40
The Next Generation of Business Analysis
Business Analyst as Contextual Thinker
Taking Back Your Career: 9 Principles to Accelerate Your BA Career
Session Block 3 — 11:50 to 12:40
The Business Analyst Taking an Off-ramp to Visit the User
It's Not What You Say; It's How You Say It!
Can Coaching Improve Performance?
Lunch
Lunch & Exhibition
Plenary — 13:40 to 14:40
Who Cares? Getting a Grip on Your Stakeholders' Needs and Expectations
Session Block 4 — 14:50 to 15:40
Bridging the Skills Gap: Aligning BA Content in Tertiary Education to Industry Needs
When Words Fail Us…
The BA's Involvement in the Project Delivery Process
Session Block 5 — 16:10 to 17:00
Business Analysis, Past, Present and Future
Is Working Harder Always Smarter?
Requirements Quality
Opening Keynote — 08:00 to 09:00
Personal Power, Influence & Change — The Way Forward
Session Block 1 — 09:10 to 10:00
Aginomics
Are You in the Matrix? Designing Processes and Solutions for the Real World
The Business Analyst: Information Technology's Paradigm Shift
Session Block 2 — 10:30 to 11:20
Analysis in Agile: There's More to it than User Stories
Implementing Business Process Management Framework
The Business Analyst as an Innovation Agent
Session Block 3 — 11:30 to 12:20
Against the Flow in a Waterfall Organisation?
The Design Principles Behind the Business Analysis
BA and Innovation: New Products & Services Innovation
Lunch & AGM
Lunch & IIBA-SA AGM
Session Block 4 — 13:15 to 14:05
The Strategic Catalyst: Unlocking the Value of Agile Business Intelligence
BPM — A Key Component for Achieving a Resilient Supply Chain
5 Steps from Business Analyst to Chief Technology Officer
Session Block 5 — 14:15 to 15:05
Documentation in an Agile World
Case Study: Managing Process Performance to Obtain Better Service Delivery
Case Study: The Role of the BA in the Journey to Customer-Centricity
Session Block 6 — 15:25 to 16:15
From Analyst to Agilist — Lean Coffee Style
The Business Benefits of Using Agile Business Analytics Modelling Processes
The Business Analyst as Proxy for Key Business Stakeholders
Keynote Speakers
Two Keynotes
Clem Sunter
Scenario Planner, Author & Speaker
Scenarios, strategy, and the future of business in a rapidly changing world
Wednesday 17 September · Main Stage
Bill Gibson
Keynote Speaker
Business perspectives on leadership and organisational change
Thursday 18 September · Main Stage
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