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 …
Using Emotional Intelligence to Build an Influential BA Community of Practice
Business Analysts work with facts. It’s probably fair to say that our whole lives are dedicated to finding them out, whether it’s researching requirements, scoping problems or designing solutions (that …
Unaccustomed as I am to Public Speaking…
For the last seven years I have spoken at the BA Europe Conference in London and it’s fair to say it has changed my life. It has provided me with …
Forming a Business Analyst Community at AO — Part I
We’ve been on a journey for the past few years as a business and as a Business Analysis function. As a BA function we’ve grown from a team of 2 …
Using Purposeful Workplace Rituals To Build Better Teams
When you think of a traditional team-building activity, what comes to mind? Muddy assault courses, paintballing, a sports competition or even the newer trend of escape rooms? These have all come …
Audience Analysis: A Technique to help with Business Change
This blog is to provide a brief and the essence of my talk I delivered on this topic at Business Analysis Conference in London, September 25-27 2017. This is to …
Business Analyst of the Year Award 2017
The search for 2017’s Business Analyst of the Year is almost complete with the closing date for this year’s entries now reached. The Award is sponsored by AssistKD and IIBA …