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Enabling Effective Business Change
Dates
3–5 Sep
2012
Venue
Balalaika
Sandton, Johannesburg
Speakers
25+
across all sessions
Tracks
4
Track A · B · C · D
About the 2012 Conference
The Inaugural Edition
The 2012 Business Analysis Summit Southern Africa was the inaugural edition of what would become Africa's premier annual BA conference — the first gathering of its kind on the continent, bringing together business analysts, systems analysts, project managers, business architects, and change managers to debate the future of the profession.
Under the theme "The Professional Business Analyst as an enabler of effective Business Change", the conference made the case for the BA as a central driver of strategic business transformation — not merely a requirements-gatherer, but a catalyst for meaningful organisational change.
The event was presented by the South African Chapter of IIBA in association with the Faculty Training Institute and SBS Conferences, and was held at Protea Hotel Balalaika in Sandton, Johannesburg, from 3–5 September 2012.
Conference Focus Areas
Topics & Themes
Area 01
BA in Practice
Business analysis in the real world — how practitioners apply core BA skills to drive organisational outcomes and support business change.
Area 02
Community & CoE
Building and sustaining BA Communities of Practice and Centres of Excellence to embed analytical capability across organisations.
Area 03
Agility & Tools
Business agility and the agile analyst — tools, techniques, and approaches for adapting analysis to evolving business environments.
Area 04
The BA Profession
Certifications, qualifications, and the professionalisation of business analysis — advancing the recognition and career path of BAs in Southern Africa.
Full Programme
Conference Schedule
Morning Workshops — 08:00 to 12:00
BABOK by Speed-Dating
Running Effective Requirements Workshops
Afternoon Workshops — 12:30 to 16:30
Ready, Steady, Go! Practical Steps for Certification
Building and Using Business Process Architecture
Opening Keynote — 08:30 to 09:30
A Global Vision for the Business Analysis Profession
Session Block 1 — 09:40 to 10:30
The Evolution of Business Analysis in Standard Bank
Better Requirements Communication
Session Block 2 — 10:50 to 11:40
Ensuring Business Realise Solution Benefits
The Business Analyst as Innovator
Session Block 3 — 11:50 to 12:40
The Importance of Business Process Ownership
Sources of Power to Enable Business Analysts to Influence Change
Lunch
Lunch
Session Block 4 — 13:30 to 14:20
BA's Lost in the Organisation
The Role of the Business Analyst in Agile Projects
Session Block 5 — 14:30 to 15:20
Understanding Business Analysis in the Organisation: Establishing a BA Community of Practice in Sasol
“There is no Business Analyst Role in Scrum” — Dispelling the Myth
Panel Discussions — 15:50 to 16:50
Developing a Mature Business Analysis Community of Practice in your Organisation
From Waterfall to Agile, and Back Again
Opening Keynote — 08:10 to 09:10
Collecting, Connecting and Correcting the Business Process Dots
Session Block 1 — 09:20 to 10:10
Using Mentoring to Grow Business Analysts
Why Business Analysts Often Lose Their Way
Session Block 2 — 10:20 to 11:10
Build Your BA Blueprint
The Essential Software Engineering Approach to Requirements Engineering
Session Block 3 — 11:30 to 12:20
Changing the Way Things Are Done Here!
RFI — Asking the Right Questions to Enable Clear Ranking of Vendor Solutions
Session Block 4 — 12:30 to 13:20
Analysing Self-Investment: Building the Business Case for Practising Safe Stress
The Arrival of the Data Age and What Business Analysts Should Do About It
Closing
Profile of a Professional Business Analyst 2015
Achieving the Impossible
Keynote Speakers
Three Keynotes
Kathleen Barrett
CEO, International Institute of Business Analysis
Address on the state and future of the business analysis profession
Tuesday 4 September · 08:30–09:30
Roger Burlton
Co-founder, BPTrends Associates — Canada
Business process architecture and organisational change
Wednesday 5 September · 08:10–09:10
Lewis Pugh
Ocean Advocate & Motivational Speaker
Inspirational address on leadership, challenge, and the pursuit of the extraordinary
Wednesday 5 September · 16:05–17:05
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