Agenda
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Pre-Conference Tutorial | Room: Oceana 7
Enterprise Level Business Analysis Practices to Improve Results
Presented by: Kathleen [Kitty] B. Hass, Jas Phul
Hiring more skilled and experienced BA Professionals may not be the answer!
Research has proven that improving overall team performance will deliver far greater improvements in results, productivity and increased value delivered to the organization. Our BA Community’s experience also supports this.
We have learned that the answer lies in optimizing business analysis practices at an enterprise level which drive an organization towards improved results. In short, anything you can do to improve organization level business analysis practices will yield greatly improved business outcomes.
This tutorial will discuss how to optimize business analysis practices at an enterprise level to improve organizational performance.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand why it’s important to optimize business analysis practices at an enterprise level
- Review practical models for enterprise level business analysis services
- Identify how to select and implement a model that best serves your organization
Speaker(s)
Kathleen [Kitty] B.Hass, PMP
President and Principal Consultant
Kathleen Hass & Associates, Inc.
Kitty is the leading expert in Strategic Business Analysis and Complex Project Management, a prominent keynote presenter at industry and corporate conferences, author, consultant, and certified facilitator. She is the president of a consulting practice specializing in strategic business practices. Her expertise includes managing: PMOs/ BACOEs, complex programs, groundbreaking maturity efforts. Kitty served as an IIBA® ®Director from 2008-20016, and currently serves as a consultant to IIBA®.
She has written nine books, dozens of influential articles, and given lectures at corporations throughout the world. Kitty serves on the BA advisory boards for Villanova University, Capella University and the University of California, Irvine. Her groundbreaking work in Project Complexity has earned her recognition as a recipient of the PMI’s David I. Cleland Literature Award.
Kathleen [Kitty]'s 2017 Presentations:
- Enterprise Level Business Analysis Practices to Improve Results
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
- Transformative BA Training and Education to Meet the New Business Reality
Thursday, November 9, 2017 (8:00 am – 8:50 am)
Jas Phul
Associate Director, ESR
IIBA®
Jas is a seasoned professional whose career has spanned over 25 years of helping project teams and organizations reach their potential. As a Certified Business Analysis Professional® (CBAP®), a Project Management Professional® (PMP®), a Certified Agile Project Manager (Cert. APM®), and a Certified Change Management Expert (Prosci®), Jas leverages a unique combination of knowledge, skills and experience for each challenge.
During his career, Jas has experienced a wide variety of industries as a Business Analyst, Project Manager, Technical Specialist, IT Software Development Manager, and Senior Management Consultant. He provides deep expertise in helping organizations leverage and integrate best practices across multiple disciplines to dramatically improve organization performance.
In his role of Product Manager – BA Practice Development at IIBA® (International Institute of Business Analysis), Jas serves a global community of business analysis professionals, providing innovative products and services that can be leveraged at an organizational level to drive better business outcomes.
Jas's 2017 Presentations:
- Agile Business Analysis: Why, What and How
Monday, November 6, 2017 (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
- Your Path to Business Analysis Mastery
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
- Enterprise Level Business Analysis Practices to Improve Results
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
- Agile Business Analysis — State of the Practice
Thursday, November 9, 2017 (8:00 am – 8:50 am)
- Business Analysis 4.0: A New World of Opportunities for the Evolving BA Professional
Thursday, November 9, 2017 (10:40 am – 11:40 am)