The 2024 IIBA® SoftEd Festival of Business Analysis will encompass a program of cutting edge and engaging content, alongside networking opportunities.
Keep an eye on the below space as planning proceeds.
Monday 14 October
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| 11:45am – 12:15pm | FoBA – a Product Story Luigi Bini & Garrie Irons |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Essential Requirements Practices Dr Karl Wiegers |
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| 2:30pm – 3.30pm | Navigating the Innovation Landscape: Strategies for Future-Ready Professional Development Rebecca Weaver |
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| 3.45pm – 4.45pm | AI for BA Craig Smith |
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| 6:00pm – 7.00pm | Functional & Non-Functional Business Requirements – are they really that clear cut?? Rajiv “Max” Roy |
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| 7:15 – 8:00pm | Data Security: What every professional needs to know Bindu Channaveerappa |
Tuesday 15 October
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| 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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| 1.00pm – 2.00pm | The Pathway to Business Analysis Greatness Craig Smith |
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| 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 |
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| 7:30pm – 9:00pm | Applying Design Sprints for Complex Systems Eksara Jayan |
Wednesday 16 October
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| 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 | Elegance: A People Centric Methodology Improves Mental Health and the Job Market 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
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| 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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| 11:15am – 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 |
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| 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 |
Friday 18 October
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| 08:30am – 09:45am | 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 |