2021 Chapter Meeting Presentations
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February 2022 Katharine Chajka - Agile and Beyond
March 2022 Kevin Corkrean - Facilitation through Chaos
April 2022 Tom Tomasovic - All About Certified Business Data Analytics (CBDA) - the practice and IIBA certification
May 2022 Russel Cotter - Psychitecture
June 2022 Karl Wiegers - The Thoughtless Design of Everyday Things
July 2022 Summer Social
November 2022 11th Annual BACon Conference
December 2022 Happy Holidays!
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Agile and Beyond
It is hard to believe that Agile practices are now over 20 years old!
Agile practices have become mainstream in software development over the past several years. Agile practices are now moving beyond development teams, expanding into other areas of the company, such as security and HR. Most importantly, organizations are starting to take a “Systems View” to start to gain the benefits of lean and agile techniques in order to provide best value to their business and customers.
Katharine will share current trends and common pitfalls that she sees as organizations evolve to scale lean and agile practices across the entire organization. Some of the practices will include OKRs, “Business Agility,” the shift from “Project to Product” (and what that may mean for agile and project management type roles), Agile for non-software projects, Value Stream Management, and more.
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Facilitation through Chaos
Liberating Structures are easy to learn facilitation techniques that will bring energy and creativity to your next meeting. There are 33 predefined techniques that also leave room for enhancing the experience based on the audience and situation.
In this session, we will discuss and practice with 25-10 Crowd Sourcing. This technique rapidly generates and reveals a group's most powerful actionable ideas.
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
All About Certified Business Data Analytics (CBDA) - the practice and IIBA certification
Data analytics are critically important for businesses to understand the past, interpret the current, and chart the future, based on data. Business data analytics is the BA's role in the discipline.
The Certification in Business Data Analytics (CBDA) is one of four “specialty” certifications offered by the IIBA. Data Analytics is a domain that has garnered a great deal of attention as more and more organizations are seeking to become “data driven.” More than Data Analysts or Data Scientists, BAs have a unique opportunity to leverage their analysis skills to be a driving force in this transition.
This session will focus on understanding how core business analysis skills, combined with the ability to be agile and an understanding of the domain of data science and analysis can provide an organization with a path toward using their data assets to secure competitive advantage
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Psychitecture
When you try to present or propose models and narratives to inform design conversations, do you see the eyes glaze over people as they look for the door?
When we need to present, influence and inform our stakeholders, a lack of engagement can be frustrating.
Welcome to PSYCHITECTURE!
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022
The Thoughtless Design of Everyday Things
Why do so many software systems and physical products seem to have been designed by someone who has never used a product like that before? This presentation explores that mystery. You’ll see numerous examples of thoughtlessly designed products that violate nine fundamental principles of good design, along with several examples of particularly effective designs.
By studying such products we can identify lessons that can help designers, product development managers, and even consumers. I’ll share nearly 20 of those lessons with you in this presentation. You’ll also hear about multiple techniques that can help designers craft products with a focus on how consumers will use them, not just on their features.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Friday, November 4, 2022
Happy Holidays