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Unlocking Business Value
Dates
2–4 Sep
2013
Venue
Cape Sun
Cape Town
Speakers
25+
across all sessions
Tracks
4
Track A · B · C · D
About the 2013 Conference
The 2nd Edition — Cape Town
The 2013 Business Analysis Summit Southern Africa brought the conference to Cape Town for the first time, expanding the reach of Southern Africa's premier BA gathering beyond Johannesburg to the Western Cape.
Under the theme "The Professional Business Analyst: Unlocking Business Value", the conference explored how business analysts can drive tangible value out of strategic business change — moving from order-taker to value-driver. The event drew practitioners from across the region and welcomed international thought leaders from the USA.
The conference was presented by the South African Chapter of IIBA in association with the Faculty Training Institute and SBS Conferences, and was held at the Southern Suns Cape Sun Hotel on Strand Street, Cape Town, from 2–4 September 2013.
Conference Focus Areas
Topics & Themes
Area 01
BA in the Organisation
How business analysts operate within enterprise structures to debate, shape, and deliver strategic business change.
Area 02
Business Rules
Business rules analysis and decision management — from the world-leading Ron Ross and Gladys Lam of Business Rule Solutions.
Area 03
BA Practice & Tools
Analytical tools, techniques, and hands-on methods that business analysts use to elicit, model, and communicate requirements.
Area 04
Professional Development
Growing the BA profession — international perspectives on skills, influence, and advancing the standing of business analysis.
Full Programme
Conference Schedule
Morning Workshops — 08:30 to 12:20
Influencing without Authority
Business Rules: From A to Z
Agile Simulation Workshop
Afternoon Workshops — 13:00 to 17:00
Influencing without Authority (continued)
Capturing Business Rules: From Business Solution to Business Requirements
Creating Value through User Experience Design
Opening Keynote — 09:00 to 10:00
What is it that makes your company smart?
Session Block 1 — 10:20 to 11:10
Reaching New Frontiers: Value Added Business Analysis
The Business Analyst as Change Agent
Session Block 2 — 11:20 to 12:10
Retention is Cheaper than Recruitment! Performance Management, Mentoring and Retention of BA Talent
BABOK Underlying Competencies: Applying Soft Skills to Hard Truths
Lunch
Lunch
Session Block 3 — 13:00 to 13:50
The Value-Minded Business Analyst — How Professional BAs Generate Measurable Business Value
Starting a Project Right — Using Up-front Planning
Session Block 4 — 14:00 to 14:50
Creating the Very Best Business Solutions — and the Requirements to Align with It
The Value of Understanding Business Requirements
Session Block 5 — 15:00 to 15:50
The Agile Analyst in Action
Bulletproof Business Cases
Closing — 16:20 to 17:30
New Technologies — Old Habits: The Impact and Implications of Game-Changing Technologies on the Professional Business Analyst
Agile Requirements: Journey of a User Story
IIBA AGM — 08:15 to 09:00
IIBA AGM
Session Block 1 — 09:00 to 09:50
Seven Ways to Build Trust for Effective Elicitation
The Business Analyst Detective (Fighting Crime One Requirement at a Time)
Session Block 2 — 10:00 to 10:50
Design Thinking as a Framework for Innovation
The BA's Perpetual Question: Is this a Quality Use Case?
Session Block 3 — 11:10 to 12:00
The Nedbank BA CoE Journey to Success
CBAP-CCBA Foolproof Plan Mini-Workshop
Lunch
Lunch
Session Block 4 — 12:50 to 13:40
Business Analysts and Business Architects: A Role Comparison
Where Do I Fit on a BPM Project?
Session Block 5 — 13:50 to 14:40
Agile: Where Business Analysts Go to Die?
The Value of Soft Skills in Becoming a Great BA
Session Block 6 — 14:50 to 15:40
Failing Fast! A Case Study on Achieving Elusive Time, Cost & Quality
Change Management 101: Guidelines for the Business Analyst
Closing — 16:00 to 17:30
The Life of Pro: Being a Professional (and How to Survive the Tigers on the Way)
The One Minute BA's Guide to The Art of War
Featured Speakers
International & Keynote Speakers
Ron Ross
Co-founder, Business Rule Solutions — USA
"What is it that makes your company smart?"
Tuesday 3 September · 09:00–10:00
Elizabeth & Richard Larson
Watermark Learning — USA
Influencing without Authority; multiple presentations across both conference days
2–4 September
Joe Newbert
BCMG
Closing address and perspectives on the business analysis profession
Wednesday 4 September · 16:00–16:50
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