Visual thinking opens up new possibilities that can take your business analysis practices to the next level, writes Grant Wright, Principal Consultant at Scarlett Solutions and co-founder of The Visual …
A Short Review Of The IRM Business Change And Transformation Conference
Our relationship with IRM first started with sponsoring the Enterprise Architecture Conference in London each autumn. But last week it was our pleasure to again join the annual Business Change …
Team Work Makes The Dream Work
In my previous article ‘How agile is your Business – a personal journey’ I explained what business agility is and why it is so important. I also shared insights into my …
Are You Doing The One Thing That Is Most Critical To Achieving The Purpose Of Change?
Simply put, the purpose of change is to achieve a result that is currently not being achieved. You are not going to change your eating habits unless you expect to …
BCBS 239 Four Years On – And How Enterprise Architecture Can Help With Implementation
According to a report by the European Central Bank, more than five years after its inception in January 2016, standard number 239 of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS …
Your Customers Don’t Want Your Products, They Want their Effects – And This Is not Always Easy To Achieve
The common business model of many companies is to produce goods or services and sell them to their customers. In doing so, they concentrate on quality characteristics of these goods …
Collaborating And Engaging WITH Your Stakeholders
When I talk about elicitation, facilitation, collaboration, and especially engagement the key word that comes up is WITH. Elicit WITH your stakeholders. Facilitate WITH your stakeholders. Collaborate WITH your stakeholders. …
May Change Management Have A Great Funeral
A good friend, an expert in Communications, has created her new website with a prominent quote of mine, ‘Change Management as we know it is dead’ in the middle of …
How Coaching Can Facilitate Business Transformation In A VUCA World
Meet VUCA, the new normal!VUCA (pronounced voo–ka) is an acronym for: Volatility – things are changing quickly but not in any predictable way Uncertainty – past experience is not a …
A Checklist for Business Analysis Planning
Use the Universal Business Analysis Planning Checklist as You Plan Your Business Analysis Approach. Every project is a unique, temporary endeavor. The business process management, regulatory compliance and digital transformation …
What’s the Point of Business Events?
Whatever it is you are working on, it is almost certainly made up of many, sometimes very many, pieces. Each of the pieces interacts with other pieces to achieve some …
Signals In The Noise
Fact 1: process management seeks to improve organizational performance.Fact 2: to manage a process effectively, its performance must be measured reliably. Roger Tregear, Principal Advisor, TregearBPMRoger presented a workshop at …
Life Moves Pretty Fast; What About You?
The ability of your organisation to thrive is linked to how rapidly it can accommodate, adapt to, or avoid the challenges coming from the competitive environment. With the increase in …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …