| Date: | 2 Jul 2014 |
| Where: | Swindon |
| Venue: | Nationwide Building Society |
Presentation: BABOK v3 and the Future of Business Analysis
Businesses are looking for a new breed of Business Analyst: one that creates business solutions and ensures that change initiatives deliver business value. This means expanding the BA role from a focus on requirements management and project success to focus on business success, which requires strategic thinking and the ability to drive organizational innovation and improvement. Kevin Brennan discusses how the BABOK® Guide v3 supports this direction by including new and improved information on the performance of business analysis at all levels of the enterprise, from strategic change and business architecture to the delivery of process improvement and business systems.
Kevin Brennan is one of the authors of the CBAP® exam. He is a frequent speaker on business analysis, project management, and software quality assurance topics at conferences. Kevin has over a decade of experience as a business analyst and project manager across several industry sectors, including regulated professions, utilities, automobile manufacturing, courier services, and mortgage banking.
Presentation: Cultivating a BA Practice
Kim Bray, Practice Lead at Nationwide Building Society, shares her approach to raising the profile and capability of her BA Practice. The BA Practice at Nationwide has grown under Kim's leadership and vision. The journey is not yet complete however views are changing from being viewed as "requirements gatherers" to valued business analysis professionals, whose engagement gets actively sought out even at project inception stage. In her presentation, Kim will share her passion for the practice model, capability uplift and bringing the value of business analysis to life in the project lifecycle which has presented her with challenges and opportunities to take her practice forward to meet the business needs.
Kim Bray has worked in the Change environment for 28 years and performed a number of analysis roles within the change lifecycle including BA Practice Management. Kim started her career in the aerospace industry, moving to the financial industry in 1990 where she remains today. Kim is an active participant in the BA Manager Forum and highly committed to creating a business analysis community and knowledge sharing among analysts in the UK.