The recent ‘Online Presentation Skills’ webinar presented by David Beckham was so well attended that it resulted in some unanswered questions due to time constraints. Here David gives his answers. …
Constructing The “Right” Strategy Team
Strategy is about setting targets for the future, choosing the right direction based on insight to market and resources. Strategy leads to strategy execution, but strategy execution is about delivery, …
Interactive And Innovative Dashboards – Extending The Frontiers Of Business Intelligence
How is our current recruitment strategy? What is the % of visitors that converted to leads compared with the last quarter? What is the current financial situation of our largest …
Speaking Publicly About Something I Know Nothing About: Horizontal vs Vertical User Story Slicing
After years of working as a Business Analyst, I have always wanted to try my hand at public speaking in order to share some insights on topics I feel passionate …
How to Explain What Enterprise Architecture Is to Non-EAs
Greetings from an Enterprise Architecture newbie. When I started at Ardoq a couple of months ago, Enterprise Architecture (or EA as the cool kids call it) was a whole new …
5 Questions With John Fraser
John Fraser brings an energy and commitment to all his projects that truly compliments and builds upon his years of experience in strategic business process improvement. In short, you know …
Boards Need IT-Savvy Directors
Financial and legal matters dominate the agendas of board meetings, which is often reflected in board composition. But what about IT-related matters? Aamir Jamil, IT Governance Consultant, Information Technology AuthorityAamir …
Moving Enterprise Architecture Frameworks into the Future
In our first post “Origins of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks”, we discussed the origination of frameworks and the context for enterprise architecture frameworks, but in the enterprises of today, digital transformation, …
A Product Lives By Its Principles
Values are powerful. They reflect what is important to us and they define who we are, the decisions we make and, most importantly, they drive our future. Understanding our values …
Avoiding the “Solution Illusion” with Pre-Project Problem Analysis
This article was written in July 2020, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The past few months have acted as a catalyst for change in most, if not …
Why Can’t We Just Have One Data Team?
Learnings from more than a decade of experience in this realm by Michiel van Staden, Data Analytics Leader/Speaker/Listener & currently Data Analytics Lead @ Absa banking group in South Africa …
Business Intelligence and Analytics in a UK Major Infrastructure Case Study
In the mid-1800s, the stench emanating from River Thames was so foul that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert cancelled a boat trip within minutes of taking to the water. Londoners …
Data Lake Librarians
Enterprises need to become more lean and efficient to stay in business. As a result, Enterprise Data Management is gaining more attention. In my position, I promote treating data as …
Creating Synergies Between Business Analysts And Project Managers
At first glance it may seem that project managers and business analysts have conflicting objectives with one focused on project delivery and the other on solution delivery. But by unlocking …
The Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge
Taxonomies are everywhere in Information Management, but are hardly ever formally acknowledged and managed. Most code tables (lookup tables) contain taxonomies – perhaps even the overwhelming majority. Yet we seem …
Champion Diversity, Inclusivity and Change Across Your Organisation Through Establishing a Change Network
Working as a Change Management specialist one thing I encourage every organisation to do is to create an internal ‘Change Network’ as part of their change strategy. Why does this …
Story Telling For BAs
I am a big advocate of storytelling as a way of getting your message across and whilst this is a method usually associated with speeches and presentations I believe it …
Business-Outcome-Driven Enterprise Architecture: What Benefits?
Enterprise architecture programs are often perceived as being too long and academic while requiring lots of manual work and producing limited value. Enterprise Architecture also relies on frameworks that may …
Organizational Debt — A Necessary Evil
Regardless of their state of growth, all companies face a certain level of organizational debt, which can paralyze them if it’s not kept under control. Alina Ghiarasim, Lead Business Analyst, EndavaAlina …
Developing and Adopting a Common Language: What’s Required from an Organizational Perspective
Executive Summary It seems obvious enough that companies, government agencies and non-profits would benefit from a common language. Without it, coordinating work is more difficult, computers “don’t talk,” and basic …