2024 Online Program

Thank you for attending the 2024 IIBA® SoftEd Festival of Business Analysis.

If the presenter has granted permission to share their presentation slides, a link to ‘Download presentation slides’ has been added to their timeslot below. 

Presentation recordings are available within the OnAir portal for Online ticket holders until 30 April 2025. 

Monday 14 October

AEDT
11:45am – 12:45pm FoBA – A Product Story
Luigi Bini & Garrie Irons
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1:00pm – 2:00pm Essential Requirements Practices
Dr Karl Wiegers
2:30pm – 3.30pm Navigating the Innovation Landscape: Strategies for Future-Ready Professional Development
Rebecca Weaver
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3.45pm – 4.45pm Powering Business Analysis with AI All The Way
Craig Smith
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6:00pm – 7.00pm Functional & Non-Functional Business Requirements – are they really that clear cut??
Rajiv “Max” Roy
7:15 – 8:00pm Data Security: What every professional needs to know
Bindu Channaveerappa
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Tuesday 15 October

AEDT
09:00am – 09:45am Futureproof: Amplifying Business Agility with AI and Insightful Business Analysis
Tim Coventry & Angela Wick
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10:00am – 11:00am AMAi: Demystifying AI with an Ask Me Anything
Vincent Mirabelli
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11:30am – 12:15pm Designing the Adaptive Organisation
Eduardo Nofuentes
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1.00pm – 2.00pm The Pathway to Business Analysis Greatness
Craig Smith
2:30pm – 3:00pm Supercharging Projects with AI Augmented Software Requirements
Chris Rickard
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4:00pm – 4:45pm The Art of Crafting Tailored Personal Development Plans
Iurii Gomon
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5:15pm – 6:00pm Crafting Your Roadmap for BA Success: Leveraging AI in Business Analysis!
Maria Montgomery
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6:15pm – 7:15pm President’s Panel
Facilitated by Niall Clerkin, with panelists Briana Ertanin, Caio Diehl & Filip Hendrickx
7:30pm – 9:00pm Applying Design Sprints for Complex Systems
Eksara Jayan
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Wednesday 16 October

AEDT
9:30am – 10:15am Embrace Neurodiversity to be a better Leader, Follower, and Teammate
Scott Helmers
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11:00am – 11:45am Increase Efficiency with Business Rules
Breanne Casteel
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12:15pm – 1:15pm The Elegant Expectation Factory
Robert Snyder
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1:30pm – 2:30pm Not So Risky Business Information Flows and Applications
Dr Ashley Aitken
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4:00pm – 4:45pm Elevate your Strategy with #HolisticBusinessAnalysis
Stefan Bossuwé
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5:30pm – 6:30pm Strategic Sustainable Business Project Management
Prassede Colombo
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7:00pm – 7:45pm Communities of Practice: The Secret Sauce
Pardeep “Paddy” Dhanda

Thursday 17 October

AEDT
9:00am – 9:40am Get A Purple Team
Lison Mage
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10:00am – 10:45am Building the Business Case for AI
Jamie Champagne
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11:00am – 12:00noon The 3 “S’s” of User Stories
Kathy Berkidge
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12:15pm – 1:00pm Case Study: Visualizing data in context for a theme park operator
Scott Helmers
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4.00pm – 5.00pm Designing for Sustainability: A guide for Business Analysts
Oluwakorede “Olu’” Asuni
5:45pm – 6:45pm Leveraging Cultural Diversity in Global Business Analysis Initiatives: Insights from South Africa
Lungile Mnguni
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7:00pm – 7:45pm Sharpen your Agile tools for Better Outcomes
Rob Li
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Friday 18 October

AEDT
8:30am – 9:45am Lead from Where You Are: Be a Better Business Analyst
Glenn Brûlé
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10:00am – 11:00am A Late Bloomer’s Guide to GenAI: Ethics, Bias, and Effective Prompting
Mindy Bohannon
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12:00pm – 12:45pm A day in the life of an AI-BA (AI enabled Business Analyst)
Rajendra Jonnalagedda
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