| Date: | 11 May 2015 |
| Venue: | Hiscox 1 Great St Helen's London EC3A 6HX |
The Agile Business Analyst and Product Manager - Pulling it all together
Currently Agile Teams consist of one or two BA or PMs and a dozen or so developers and testers. The world is waking up to the fact that "Building the Right Thing" is even more important than "Building it Right!". But what happens when we have a Product Team that is four or five strong? What specialist skills will these "T" shaped individuals bring to the table? And how do we get them to work together nicely? Come have fun in an interactive session learning how to weave, Product Management, Big data, Lean UX, Agile... and er, er, er, Business Analysis all together. Finally, come find out the key differences between Product Management and Business Analysis.
Chris Matts is an Agile Transformation Coach. He works with large organisations helping them to tackle their big challenges beyond the team, and also helps with the team level principles and practices. Prior to being a coach, Chris was a Business Analyst and Project Manager since 1995, and applying Agile techniques since 2003. He is the co-author of "Commitment - Novel about Risk Management" and pulled together the team that wrote the "Agile Extension to the BABOK". He created some popular and not so popular Agile Tools and Techniques.
Building effective communication skills using NLP
Good communication and working well together in teams sits at the heart of all projects and is particularly relevant in agile where the emphasis is on conversations and collaboration rather than lots of documentation. We all have our own perception of the world and everyone experiences this in their own way; this can sometimes make building a shared understanding a challenge. Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), provides a collection of ideas, tools and techniques to enable us to communicate better with others, influence more effectively plus feel more positive, motivated and engaged at work.
In this interactive presentation Corrine Thomas will give you an overview of NLP and share with you techniques for applying at work and in everyday life. Themes covered will include
Corrine Thomas has over 25 years' experience of working in analyst roles across a range of industry sectors including Local Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Financial services. During that time she has worked on projects such as the introduction of the poll tax and large billing projects in the telecoms industry. In recent years she has focused on creating BA practices within large Change teams and has lead the analysis function in two companies the most recent being Virgin Media . She now works as an independent consultant and trainer focused on capability development for BA teams and personal coaching for professionals looking to realise their full career potential.