“Be mindful, even if your mind is full” – James De La Vega (artist). Today’s BA is a chameleon, adapting to circumstances and fulfilling many roles in any project or …
Doing Well By Doing Good
The world of business is coming under greater public and political scrutiny than ever before. Companies must act now to ensure a positive environmental and social impact, or risk having …
The Business Analysis Conference Europe 2018 and Empathy
Following on from my earlier posts about Convergence, Creativity and Customer Focus, today’s article looks at another of the themes which were prevalent throughout the Business Analysis Europe Conference 2018. Rachel Drinkwater, Senior Business …
Data Sufficiency – What Is Enough Data?
When creating a new app / product or system, how do you know when you have enough data to go live? Liz Henderson, Associate Director, Global Data Governance Lead, Turner …
How to Undermine Your Change Project
XYZ, a global services company, is implementing a large CRM system intended to improve their customer service and enable proactive and authentic customer relations. Matthew De Lange, Non-Exec Chairman, StepsSteps …
Measuring & Developing Organisational Agility
Why agility? Organisational agility is increasingly critical for the survival of organisations in turbulent environments. Organisations are looking for ways to increase their capacity to deal with a fast-changing environment …
Making Workshops More Engaging and Interesting Using Design Thinking Techniques
Design thinking is a customer centric approach putting the customer at the heart of the analysis to understand what they really need and uses techniques that focus on understanding them. …
Starting a Quality Program from Scratch
Small to medium-sized companies must continuously improve or die. Approximately 84% of all American companies have less than 50 employees. There must be more focus on helping the entrepreneurial organizations …
Is EA Art or Science?
Or to put it another way, is your EA visually-driven or data-driven? Not that long ago, a colleague found himself in a conversation with a customer’s large EA department. They …
Reflections on IRM UK’s Business Change & Transformation Conference Europe 2019 (BCT2019)
My recent London visit was because I was speaking at the Business Change & Transformation Conference run by IRM. This was my third year and the event is certainly growing …
How Adding ArchiMate to Your Enterprise Architecture Toolkit Helps Give You the «Big Picture»
Adoption of the ArchiMate standard by the enterprise architecture world has grown rapidly in recent years. At the end of 2017 it made yet another step forward when it was …
Be the Disruption You Want to See
Some people suggest this disruption will be along the lines of Airbnb. Others suggest it’ll be more like Uber. Regardless of the model, the presumption is that the disruptors will …
Are You New to Data Quality? Three Essential Best Practices
As I was growing up my mother was a fantastic seamstress. Depending on my needs at any point in time, she would make me school or casual clothes, a club …
The Five Pillars Of Master Data
As business transforms from analog to digital, from manual to automated, everything we touch turns to data. Companies of all types and sizes, across all markets and verticals are all …
Security In The Design Phase
Security is important in every stage of your project. From the Discovery Phase to the Deployment Phase, and everything in between. This post focuses on the second project phase: Design. …
Lessons From The Cyber Frontline: Addressing Critical Cyber Threats
Cybersecurity is currently dominating the news agenda for all the wrong reasons. The threat from cyber criminals is growing every day, whilst many firms are still struggling to implement effective …
Three Stumbling Blocks To Avoid In Your MDM Journey
Even with the best MDM solution, there are barriers to success are only overcome with the right strategy. It’s widely accepted that Master Data Management (MDM) technology is an essential …
Demystifying Augmented Analytics—Already?
“The world of the future will be an even more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock in which we can lie down to be …
Do You Really Understand Your Business? Business Architecture To The Rescue!
In my years as a practicing Process and Business Architect I have seen ideas, models and methods evolve dramatically. We have always known that we need to get some grip …
Unaccustomed As I Am To Public Speaking Part 2
How’s your submission coming along? If you are intending to speak at this year’s BA Euro conference in September you’re running out of time to put your submission in to …