All Conferences
Business Analysis Rising
Speakers
30+
across all sessions
Venue
Hilton
Sandton
Conference Days
2
+ Pre-conference Workshops
Tracks
3
Room A · Room B · Room C
About the 2016 Conference
A New Era Begins
The 2016 Business Analysis Summit Southern Africa marked a pivotal turning point — the first conference under the bold new restyled format that would define the Summit for years to come. Under the theme Business Analysis Rising, the conference brought together practitioners, thought leaders, and innovators at the Hilton, Sandton.
With pre-conference workshops across three rooms, two packed days of concurrent sessions, a Shebeen leadership lounge, and an Agile Open Space, the 2016 summit set the standard for what a BA Summit could be: immersive, diverse, and deeply connected to the realities of business analysis in Southern Africa and beyond.
The conference was organised by IIBA Southern Africa, the official regional chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis.
Conference Tracks
Four Streams · One Community
Room A
Strategy & Practice
Business strategy, natural language requirements, sector competitiveness, human contracts, and the business analyst’s role in digital transformation.
Room B
Core BA Skills
Elicitation, stakeholder relationships, agile analysis, the indispensable BA, and the evolution of the strategic business analyst.
Room C
Innovation & Digital
Digital innovation in Africa, design thinking, co-creating strategy, deep work, and business analysis on the continent.
Shebeen & Open Space
Leadership & Agility
Growing BA talent, lightning talks, the power of partnerships and tools, plus Agile Open Space sessions for collaborative problem-solving.
Full Programme
Conference Schedule
Registration
Registration & Breakfast
Morning Session — 09:00 to 12:30
Pre-Project Problem Analysis
Better Elicitation for Better Business Results
BABOK v3 and the new Enhanced IIBA® Certification
Lunch
Lunch
Afternoon Session — 13:30 to 17:00
Business Model Canvas
The power of the humble context diagram
5 agile practices that will give you a competitive advantage
What Use are Use Cases
Opening
Registration & Breakfast
Opening Remarks — IIBA SA President & Conference Chairs
Business is for the Ambitious
Morning Tea & Exhibition
Session Block 1 — 10:00 to 10:50
The Anatomy of a Natural Language Requirement
Model Based Analysis in Agile Environments
Co-creating strategy that aligns with operational execution
Growing BA talent for the digital world
Session Block 2 — 11:00 to 11:50
Innovation as a Driver of Sector Competitiveness — SA ICT Innovation Case Studies
The Indispensable BA and the Surprising Truth: You Work in Sales!
Finding your problem solution fit
Faculty Training Institute Lightning Talks Session
Session Block 3 — 12:00 to 12:50
A platform primer for business analysts
Are Business Analysts heading for extinction?
Digital Innovation in Africa — Leading with Design
The power of partnerships · The power of trust · Go-to tools for Business Analysts
Lunch
Lunch & Exhibition
Session Block 4 — 13:50 to 14:40
Human Contracts
The evolution of the strategic business analyst
Innovating and “deep work” as a business analyst
Agile Open Space Sessions 1 & 2
Session Block 5 — 14:50 to 15:40
The implementation of business strategy in a digital era
From Stakeholders to Partners — Unlocking hidden value by nurturing stakeholder relationships
Business Analysis Across Africa — Lessons Learned Running Requirements Workshops in 8 African Countries
Closing — Day 1
Agile Open Space Sessions 3, 4 & 5
Afternoon Tea
Cocktail Party
Opening
Registration & Breakfast
The power of business processes to make a significant difference in people’s lives
Morning Tea & Shebeen: Fish Ponds and Agile
Session Block 1 — 10:30 to 11:20
Process One Pager
Creating a Context for Strategic Conversations
The Fundamentals of the Millennial BA — Recruiting, Retaining and Growing the 21st Century BA
Life’s a pitch! Saratoga Lightning Talk Session
Session Block 2 — 11:30 to 12:20
The practical implementation of organisational strategy through business analysis
Don’t disrupt me, please! How BA’s can disrupt their organizations before external ones do
From a Fresh Graduate to Entry Level BA in 9 weeks — A Case Study
Internet of things: unlocking data buried in machines
Session Block 3 — 12:20 to 13:40
Cheap User Stories — The Agile Achilles Heel
BA 4.0: You Innovated
5 Star Reviews
Agile Open Space Sessions 6, 7, 8 & 9
Lunch
Lunch
Session Block 4 — 14:30 to 15:50
Do we all react in the same way? Influence of People’s Personality Traits on process optimization?
Business Analysis as a Strategic Force
Innovation in the realm of Business Analysis
Closing
Afternoon Tea
The Bulletproof BA & Closing Remarks — Conference Chairs
Featured Speakers
Three Highlights
Mohamed Bray
President, IIBA Southern Africa
“Business is for the Ambitious”
Day 1 · Main Stage
Themba Baloyi
Day 2 Opening Speaker
“The power of business processes to make a significant difference in people’s lives”
Day 2 · Main Stage
Alex Noel
Conference Closing Speaker
“The Bulletproof BA”
Day 2 · Main Stage
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