| Date: | 17 Dec 2015 |
| Where: | Swindon |
Nationwide Building Society hosted this event and we would like to thank them for their hospitality.
BA of the Year
The Business Analyst of the Year Award 2015 was presented at the BA Conference Europe in September by Tessa Jowell. The award is given annually to the person who has demonstrated the most significant contribution to their organisation and the field of Business Analysis. It was awarded to joint winners this year, one of whom was Rachel Henry-Jones, a Senior BA at Nationwide.
This presentation looks at Rachel's journey to achieving the IIBA UK BA of the Year 2015.
The session covers:
Rachel was introduced to Lean in 2006 and quickly realised her skills were made for a career in analysis. Initially working as a Lean Analyst at Lloyds TSB, she moved into the public sector as a business analyst/improvement partner in Welsh local government. Needing a new challenge and to test her skills in a new environment, Rachel secured a role as a Business Analyst in Nationwide in 2014 and achieved promotion to Senior Business Analyst in 2015. Since winning the BA of the Year, Rachel is now keen to share her journey to inspire other analysts.
Getting started with Agile
What you will learn: How to get started with agile, what best known methods are out there, how to move projects from waterfall to agile, what is needed in terms of training, resources, leadership behaviours etc. What barriers you may run into and how to get around them.
Who might be interested: BAs, developers, testers, managers, project managers, org leaders. You may be looking for how to get started with agile; best known methods, tips etc. You may already be using agile practices but are struggling with the transformation.
Alan Gladman, Agile Coach at Intel, who spends his time helping teams and organisations adopt lean and agile product development practices. Alan started working in the IT industry for Rolls Royce in 1982, then joined Jaguar Cars in 1987 and finally joined Intel in 1993 as a project manager. Alan learnt about agile practices such as extreme programming in 2002 when he was managing a waterfall project that was struggling with requirements change and scope creep. Since then he has been part of countless agile projects and trained thousands of people in agile practices. In 2010, Alan trained as a professional coach and these skills have helped him enormously in his agile coaching role.
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