21 June 2024 Embracing a Security Mindset – The Next Frontier of Business Analysis Innovations such as modern ways of working, cloud technologies and process automation have created considerable value and introduced serious security risks. Output from this session includes: examples of security threats; how business analysts can embed a ‘secure-by-design’ mindset in the development process to ensure that projects deliver secure and resilient solutions efficiently.
21 June 2024 How to Integrate User Experience and Business Analysis for Successful Outcomes Output from this workshop includes: an outline of the principles, methods, and deliverables of human-centred design; exploring how to achieve synergies between UX and BA efforts; different ways to harness the activities of UX, user research and user-centred design into current BA services to achieve the best outcomes.
21 June 2024 BA and Business Architecture How do the Business Analysis and Business Architecture roles overlap and complement each other, and should Business Architecture be your next career move? Output from this workshop includes: more information on the Business Architect role; exploring the career path a Business Analyst may take to Business Architecture; the Business Architect tool kit.
21 June 2024 AI and the Business Analysis Role Output from this workshop’s key insights and discussion into the advent of AI includes: BAs making best professional use of AI; the challenges AI presents to the BA role; AI as the technical stakeholder; AI as a potential solution to wider business problems.
21 June 2024 Creative Thinking/Divergent Thinking Divergent Thinking is a key component of Design Thinking and the wider Service Design approach. Output from this session includes details of three useful creativity techniques to add to your professional toolkit: ‘Magnify; ‘Another Person’s Perspective’; ‘Making it Worse.’
2 February 2024 7 Habits of Highly Effective BAs Stephen Covey’s book ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ has sold over 25 million copies worldwide. It is regarded as one of the most influential business management books of all time. This BA blog applies the 7 Habits to the work of the BA. Originally a talk given by AssistKD’s Jonathan Hunsley.
