TRAINER, BUSINESS IT CONSULTANT, COACH, RESEARCHER AND PUBLIC SPEAKER | BLUE OCEAN RECON
Jan de Vries
Jan de Vries is a senior trainer, business IT consultant, coach, researcher and public speaker in the fields of Agile, DevOps, Business Information Management, Service Management, Antifragility and Strategy Development.
He (co-)founded:
- BlueOceanRecon.com to facilitate the development of Blue Oceans and Lean Startups.
- Antifragility.works to conduct research on the practical application of antifragility in organisations.
- GRCinAgile to explore common ground between Agile/DevOps teams and Governance, Risk & Compliance.
Perth, Melbourne & Sydney Presentation: Becoming antifragile is more important than ever in disruptive times
This presentation is about mapping the consequences of antifragility for the profession of the modern business analyst. And please note, antifragility is not the same as robustness or resilience. It goes far beyond that. An antifragile system or organisation has the ability to become stronger as a result of unexpected events, malfunctions and errors. In other words, ‘what does not kill you, makes you stronger’. But most organisations and systems are designed to deal exclusively with known risks. And process designers and IT departments have invested heavily in preventing errors.
What would happen if you designed a system while assuming that all components can and will fail. And additionally generate random failures to test the resilience of the system. The Chaos Monkey, designed by Netflix, is one of the best – technical – examples in this field.
What does this approach mean for business analysis, for the 6 BABOK areas and especially for Strategy Analysis and Solution Evaluation? After all, how antifragile should an organisation become? To what extent is an organisation prepared to invest in this?
In this presentation Jan de Vries will explain how to become antifragile, both organisationally and technically.
Perth Panellist: To Specialise or Generalise: Which Way to BA
Agile Business Analyst, Technical Business Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst—the Business Analyst role is varied. The question is, should you specialise or generalise? This panel will weigh the advantages and disadvantages of focusing on a specific technology, perspective or methodology, and discuss how it may impact your career.