The 12th annual Business Analysis Conference Europe 2020 took place recently 22-23 September and we were delighted that this, our first ever virtual Conference received positive feedback from our delegates, …
Design Thinking Helps Your Team Thrive In Times Of Change
Many companies have had to adopt new ways of working at speed. In the most part, they’ve been pleased and proud of how their teams have adapted. It was an …
How To Develop A Sustainable Digital Platform
“The digital world is here but our old companies are simply not yet designed for digital”; stated by Jeanne Ross in her new book “Designed for Digital.” Eskil Swende and …
Is Data An Afterthought?
Does your business consider data an afterthought? This was the question posed to the CDO of Dyson, Mridul Mathur, during a recent podcast. Michael Lonnon, MDM Marketing Manager, Stibo SystemsStibo …
What Every Business and IT Leader Can Learn From Africa About Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is playing a key role in Africa’s development and is a driving force behind the continent’s fastest-growing economies. Elsbeth McSorley, MEGA InternationalMEGA International will be sponsoring the virtual …
Questions from ‘The Online Presentation Skills’ Webinar.
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 …