BUSINESS ANALYST/PROJECT MANAGER | UNSW CANBERRA
Shravan Cunchala
Shravan Cunchala is the 2025 IIBA Australia & New Zealand Emerging Business Analyst of the Year, recognised for delivering business transformation, operational efficiency and positive organisational impact. With more than five years’ experience in business analysis, project delivery and consulting, Shravan excels at guiding stakeholders from ambiguity to clarity and designing future proof processes. He works at UNSW ADFA as a Business Analyst/Project Manager and leads the IIBA Canberra Branch, driving strategic direction and professional development.
Presentation: Human–AI Collaboration as a Core BA Capability
Human–AI collaboration is becoming a core skill for Business Analysts, but most teams still treat humans and AI as separate problem-solvers. Co-presented by two practitioners with complementary strengths, one representing the AI-assisted side of analysis and the other representing the human side of stakeholder engagement, this session demonstrates how BAs can orchestrate both to solve real delivery problems.
Through a series of live, scenario-based demonstrations, audience volunteers will join the presenters in tackling common BA challenges such as clarifying ambiguous requirements, refining user stories, analysing conflicting stakeholder needs and mapping incomplete processes. Together, they will compare human and AI-generated outputs, critique the differences and combine them into a practical Human–AI workflow.
The session introduces a simple, repeatable template that helps BAs decide where human judgement is essential, where AI can accelerate analysis and where both must work together. It highlights the strengths and limitations of each, showing how BAs can guide AI behaviour while preserving meaning, intent and stakeholder context.
This is an energetic, interactive session designed for practitioners who want to move beyond theory and experience Human–AI collaboration in action. Attendees will leave with a practical workflow they can apply immediately, and a deeper understanding of how to blend human nuance with AI-driven structure to deliver better outcomes.
Shravan will be co-presenting with Raj Jonnalagedda.