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SUMMARY:Lessons from success and failure in changing organisations
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Tracy Stanley will explore the challenge of driving change in an organisation\, and how we help impacted managers and staff to cope with/embrace change. Presenting research from her book ‘Change Stories’\, we’ll explore the areas of: \n\nWhat change management is. (It’s important to revisit definitions);\nWhy change gets derailed and what are the early warning signs;\nKeys to success in managing change; and\nCharacteristics of the best change managers.\n\nThis is a Brisbane-based virtual event starting at 5:15pm AEST and registration is required for attendance.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/lessons-from-success-and-failure-in-changing-organisations/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211104T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211104T090000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T031552Z
UID:43127-1636012800-1636016400@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Enterprise Analysis\, Not as Usual
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URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/enterprise-analysis-not-as-usual/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211027T164500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211027T184500
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UID:40945-1635353100-1635360300@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Co-Create a Product Owner Capability Model
DESCRIPTION:Bruce Taylor and Craig Brown have been developing capability models for Product Owners and Business Analysts. We want to share our approach with you and co-create a career development framework with you. \nIn the course of this workshop\, you will contribute to creating a capability model that you can use to plan and manage your career or the people you manage\, mentor and support. \nThe workshop agenda:\n1. Set the context. What’s the problem we are addressing?\n2. What core competencies matter? Collaborating on building a model of what areas matter.\n3. Defining what good looks like on the journey from novice to mastery and at the stages in between. \nWe are looking to have rich conversations with BAs and POs that work with or mentor others in managing and developing their careers. \nWe have referenced the ICAgile PO learning objectives and the BABOK as sources for our thinking.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/co-create-a-product-owner-capability-model/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211027T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211027T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20211025T031742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T031835Z
UID:43128-1635328800-1635332400@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Your BA Toolkit: The right tool for the right job
DESCRIPTION:About this event\n\n\nWe are Business Analysis craftsmen and our toolkit is filled with techniques. There are hundreds of techniques from which to choose: almost half of the BABOK is dedicated to techniques. You might be having similar questions to these: \n\nHow can I possibly learn all of them?\nWhere should I start?\nHow should I expand?\nWhat do I do in the meantime?\n\nIn this session we will explore all of those questions and gather some helpful\, practical approaches to build your BA Toolkit. \nAGENDA \n5:00 – Intro \n5:05 – Speaker session begins \n5:40 – Q & A \n5:50 – Lucky draw (prize to be announced soon) \nSPEAKER BIO \nMike Jones has been a Business Analyst in Agile software development for many years working in various industries including Energy\, Transportation\, Finance and Telecommunications. He has enjoyed working on a wide variety of teams: from a delivery BA on a 3 member team to a program BA with a dozen large delivery teams\, from custom development to vendor COTS implementation. \nHe has taught Business Analysis courses at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. He first volunteered with IIBA as a mentor in Calgary’s mentorship program and continues to enjoy giving back as a mentor to people building and growing their BA careers. Previously he has led BABOK study groups and was the Director of Education in the Calgary Chapter for a term. He is currently the President of the Calgary Chapter. \nHe earned his CBAP certification in 2013 and has subsequently earned an Agile Analysis Certification and a Certificate in Product Owner Analysis.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/your-ba-toolkit-the-right-tool-for-the-right-job/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211022T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211022T140000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210927T011855Z
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UID:41190-1634907600-1634911200@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:IIBA Festival: The Global State of Play
DESCRIPTION:IIBA’s Chief Growth and Engagement Officer Keith Ellis will discuss the current state of play for Business Analysis around the world. \nPresented by Keith Ellis.  This event is free for IIBA members and $5 for non-members.  Registration is required to attend.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/iiba-festival-the-global-state-of-play/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211021T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211021T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210927T011217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211018T224632Z
UID:41189-1634844600-1634848200@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:IIBA Festival: How to use Neuroscience to effectively solve business analysis problems
DESCRIPTION:Do you feel like ‘Problems Never Seem to Go Way’!!!! Problems arise\, every day in our work and personal settings. Finding creative solutions to the issues or challenges faced by you and your team is very important (including the recent impact of COVID). As a creative leader\, I am constantly looking for innovative solutions\, new approaches in every problem-solving situation\, hence cognitive science as a problem-solving technique has intrigued me and it works!!!! \nIn this keynote\, Maria will share how an individual and organisation can use neuroscience to creatively undertake business analysis problem solving\, through a very passionate and interesting presentation. The presentation is filled with real-life experience\, knowledge sharing\, aiming to inspire the audience in the business analysis world with takeaways for future implementation. \nLearning Outcomes:\n• Understand the cognitive science\, neuroscience techniques and how our brain works\n• Understand how to use neuroscience to improve your problem-solving skills\n• Understanding what BAs can do TODAY to become more efficient in problem-solving\, decision making and rewiring their brain \nPresented by Maria Montgomery.  This event is free for IIBA members and $5 for non-members.  Registration is required to attend.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/iiba-festival-how-to-use-neuroscience-to-effectively-solve-business-analysis-problems/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211021T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211021T163000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210914T062242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T062242Z
UID:40944-1634828400-1634833800@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Project Management with Kanban
DESCRIPTION:Nowadays\, in the context of changing customer demand and rapid technology progress\, project organisations have to develop the competencies that allow them to adapt and thrive. \nThe Kanban practices\, appropriately integrated with those of PMBOK or another project management method\, strengthen the communication\, team management\, planning\, monitoring and risk management skills of the project managers. This allows them and their teams to conduct projects with greater agility and confidence. \nThe Kanban Maturity Model describes an evolutionary approach to introducing the Kanban practices for project management. \nIn addition\, it does it in parallel with the development of a culture of transparency\, collaboration and alignment around the business purpose. \nIn this meetup Teodora Bozheva will present the basics of project management with Kanban and how to gradually develop them through the Kanban Maturity Model.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/project-management-with-kanban/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211020T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211020T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210927T010925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210927T010925Z
UID:41187-1634758200-1634761800@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:IIBA Festival: Helping you create Deaf-friendly Experiences
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, Nikhil will discuss the experience and knowledge\, of how important it is to understand the accessibility for Deaf people and Sign language users. We have a responsibility to follow some basic recommended guidelines which will give everyone the right access to information for Deaf and Sign language users. We want to enhance the deaf user-friendly experience for your services and products. \nOutcomes/learnings: \n• Understand the profile of the Deaf Community\n• Services and Products accessibility barriers for Deaf and Hard of Hearing users\n• Expertise comes from a data-driven\, heart-to-heart understanding of what Deaf and hard-of-hearing consumers want.\n• Business Analysis and Digital Accessibility to Deaf and Sign languages users checklist \nPresented by Nikhil Bora.  This event is free for IIBA members and $5 for non-members.  Registration is required to attend.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/iiba-festival-helping-you-create-deaf-friendly-experiences/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211019T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211019T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210927T010630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210927T010630Z
UID:41186-1634670000-1634675400@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:IIBA Festival: Balancing mental health and resilience in light of Covid
DESCRIPTION:We are honoured to have a community speaker from Beyond Blue\, John Maguire\, coming to present his journey of hope\, recovery and resilience with depression and/or anxiety conditions. \nAs a disclaimer\, this session will involve a discussion of a personal story and experiences with a mental condition and may touch on the theme of suicidality. For some of you\, it may be difficult to hear this story\, especially if you have experienced a mental health condition yourself\, or supported a friend or family member. The talk is completely optional and if you’re worried that the content may be triggering or upsetting you don’t have to stay and you may also leave at any time during the presentation.  \nIf you would like to stay for John’s talk\, we encourage you to check in with yourself and your workmates afterwards. If you are feeling impacted\, please reach out to our EAP\, the Beyond Blue support service\, or Lifeline on 13 11 14 for support. We will also have a more detailed list of contacts at the end of the session. \nPresented by John Maguire.  This event is free for everyone!  Registration is required to attend.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/iiba-festival-balancing-mental-health-and-resilience-in-light-of-covid/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211018T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211018T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210927T010303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210927T010303Z
UID:41181-1634585400-1634592600@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:IIBA Festival: Education for you – the BA education transformation
DESCRIPTION:This is a workshop-style presentation and will include some interactive activities.\n \nThe Education Portfolio (tribe) seeks to provide the opportunity to grow\, nurture\, and share knowledge that stimulates intellectual growth in our BA community. \nWe seek to provide a positive experience for all our members\, and we are focused on enhancing our services to meet your needs. In the spirit of continuous improvement\, the Education team launched a program of improvement initiatives in the 2021/2022 Education Plan. \nThis presentation covers the plan in more detail and includes: \n\nThe current state of play for educations services\nGoals that define and guide our plans\nTargeted initiatives that allow us to\nThe ways and means of improvement\, and;\nWho is delivering the change (the team).\n\nPresented by Tim Wrathall.  This event is free for IIBA members and $5 for non-members.  Registration is required to attend.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/iiba-festival-education-for-you-the-ba-education-transformation/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211014T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210927T012221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210927T012221Z
UID:41191-1634238000-1634245200@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Setting up your Agile Transformation for Success
DESCRIPTION:Many companies are attempting agile transformations with mixed results. James Staltari has successfully delivered a number of digital transformations across a range of industries\, and is currently delivering an agile transformation at Sime Darby Industrial trading as Hastings Deering (Caterpillar) in Australia\, and is thus in an ideal position to share with you what he has learned on this journey. \nIn this interactive presentation\, James will take a practical approach\, firstly introducing you to each element of his agile transformation playbook: cross-functional\, multi-disciplinary\, co-location\, sponsorship and aligned goals. He will then provide practical tips\, such as how to overcome the frozen layer\, how to frame your challenges to get better results\, as well as looking at any tricks and traps that you might encounter. As James has been in the trenches he has a number of agile war stories to share in his transformations. We will then finish off the session with a discussion where you can pick his brains or those of your colleagues with specifics. \nThis session is aimed at the intermediate agilist looking to improve ways of transforming medium to large scale organisations who want to be more agile. \nAgenda:\nIntroductions and Community News ~ 5 mins\nJames Staltari: Setting up your Agile Transformation for Success:\n— Key elements of the agile transformation playbook\n— Overcoming the frozen layer\n— Tips and tricks for agile transformations\n— Traps & war stories from the trenches\n— Discussion\nClosing ~ 10 mins
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/setting-up-your-agile-transformation-for-success/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211007T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211007T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210916T092810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T092810Z
UID:41001-1633608000-1633611600@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Building Business Analysis At Scale
DESCRIPTION:Business Analysis is a framework for solving business problems and capitalising on opportunities – enabling business to turn ideas to revenue\, strategy to customer service\, vision to product & strategy to implementation. \nMany organisations struggle to scale their business analysis services creating bottlenecks in software initiatives or worse\, resorting to subpar capability to plug ‘gaps’ creating far greater problems for organisations. \nIn this panel discussion\, IIBA and BAPL will discuss the importance and process of building business analysis at scale to enable organisations to be both agile and successful in software delivery.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/building-business-analysis-at-scale/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211005T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211005T183000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210825T060216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210825T060216Z
UID:39977-1633453200-1633458600@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Virtual Lean Cocktail - Women’s Welfare and Wellbeing during Covid
DESCRIPTION:The topic for this event will be related to the topic “Women’s Welfare and Wellbeing during Covid” presented by Kristy Theissling on the 24th August. \nPlease join us\, share stories of your own experiences when it comes to women’s welfare.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/virtual-lean-cocktail-womens-welfare-and-wellbeing-during-covid/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210922T174500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210922T191500
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210914T061850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T061850Z
UID:40943-1632332700-1632338100@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:What is Agile 2? An introduction discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Agile movement took us away from big up-front plans\, micromanagement\, and projects-by-numbers. It shifted the focus from big initiatives to small teams\, from big promises to incremental deliveries\, and from handoffs between specialists to collaboration and self-sufficiency. \nBut it dismissed the importance of leadership\, structure\, forethought\, and individual differences. It defined one-size-fits-all practices\, often favoring some styles of work over others\, and too often defined by frameworks or methodologies that were pushed in an all-or-nothing way by their most ardent advocates. Despite its technical roots\, Agile also quickly devalued the importance of engineering; and it did not even mention the importance of information and data – things that were strategically important when Agile was born and are even more so today. \nThese are not small things. We therefore realized that a fresh start was needed – not an incremental one: a start that is informed by the first Agile experiment\, but that does not hesitate to make major departures: a new beginning. We call it Agile 2. \nHosted by Murray Robinson\, Co-author of Agile 2 – https://agile2.net/
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/what-is-agile-2-an-introduction-discussion/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210922T172000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210922T185000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210914T061643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T061643Z
UID:40942-1632331200-1632336600@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Short talks: Remote Agile + What a Masterful Scrum Master does
DESCRIPTION:— Agenda —\n5:20pm (AEST) Join the call for informal networking\n5:30pm Welcome & speaker introduction\n5:35pm Presentation from Allison\n5:55pm Initial Q&A with Allison\n6:05pm Presentation from Rowan\n6:25pm Q&A with both speakers\n6:50pm Close \n— Talk 1: Remote Agile with Allison Arandez —\nIs it possible to successfully work in Agile with remotely distributed teams? \nThe pandemic has forced many office based organisations to find a way to continue their IT projects via distributed teams. We know this is not ideal for Agile teams to work remotely especially at the beginning of any project. I’d like to share my experiences about how the organisation I work for has worked remotely for over 15 years and how we managed to transition our delivery operations to an Agile way of working in the last few years. \n-Learn how to prepare your teams\, stakeholders and clients to transition and work successfully in an Agile environment\n-Challenges and successes along the way\n-How you can maintain team motivation and success long after the hype of the transition to Agile \n— Talk 2: What a Masterful Scrum Master does with Rowan Bunning — \nAre you trapped in a hamster wheel of meetings\, updating tracking tools\, trying to keep stories progressing and generally being the “Scrum secretary” for everything that others are not doing themselves? Whilst you might be aware that this is not the most effective way to spend your time\, you may not know how to transition out of this situation and what the more impactful activities are to transition to. \nIn this session we will explore what the most effective Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches focus on as well as some strategies for freeing up your time and building your skills in order to make a much bigger difference for your Scrum Team and surrounding organisation.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/short-talks-remote-agile-what-a-masterful-scrum-master-does/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210916T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210916T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210825T055823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210825T055823Z
UID:39976-1631818800-1631824200@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Continuous Improvement: Beyond Retros
DESCRIPTION:We seem to try to foster a mindset of continuously and relentlessly striving for improvement with mainly one practice: retrospectives. For years\, retros have been our default – and often our only – continuous improvement tool. Aurelien certainly used to think that retros were the most important ceremony. As a coach\, he previously considered them his main tool to drive improvement. \nIn this talk\, Aurelien prompts us to look beyond retros and explore what other tools (Toyota Kata\, improvement boards\, etc.) and concepts we can explore to foster a continuous improvement mindset. Drawing on his own journey\, Aurelien will share experiments he has conducted and is planning to carry out— discussing what worked for him and\, more importantly\, what hasn’t and where he failed. \nAgenda \n\nIntroductions and Community News ~ 5 mins\nAurelien Beraud – Continuous Improvement: Beyond Retros\nClosing ~ 10 mins\n\nBio\nAurelien Beraud is an Agile Coach with a strong technical and product background. With an unquenchable curiosity\, Aurelien does not shy away from asking way too many questions. He has been a software developer with an extreme focus on giving users what they truly need\, and then became an Agile Coach who focuses on helping teams and organisations find ways of working that best fit them.  He believes in data and scientific research over opinions and tries to understand human beings and their weird behaviours by delving into cognitive science and getting a deeper understanding of the brain.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/continuous-improvement-beyond-retros/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210916T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210916T090000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210830T024432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T024548Z
UID:40475-1631779200-1631782800@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:"Providing Value as a Business Analyst Practitioner" by Jared Gorai
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/providing-value-as-a-business-analyst-practitioner-by-jared-gorai/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210915T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210915T090000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210830T024733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T024815Z
UID:40476-1631692800-1631696400@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Systems Thinking: Practical Techniques for Business Agility
DESCRIPTION:The business environment is moving at a rapid pace. More than ever we need the ability to quickly sense and respond to change\, and there is increasing focus on enabling agility within organizations. Achieving agility can be tricky when working in large\, seemingly bureaucratic\, organizations with a whole legacy of technology\, political and process issues that seemingly need resolving. With tricky stakeholders and conflicting perspectives\, change initiatives stall and our organizations risk falling behind market and customer expectations. \nBusiness analysis is a crucial enabler that plays an important part in overcoming these issues and helping organizations strive towards achieving agility. As practitioners we can draw techniques and approaches from the world of systems thinking to help us. \nIn this practical session you will hear: \n• What systems thinking is\, and how it can contribute towards business agility. \n• A practical set of systems thinking techniques that have direct applicability for BAs. \n• How systems thinking naturally fits with an agile BA mindset.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/systems-thinking-practical-techniques-for-business-agility/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210909T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210909T133000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210830T015538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T015538Z
UID:40474-1631190600-1631194200@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Mind your creativity – use it or lose it
DESCRIPTION:This session is an invitation to intentionally stretch\, play\, reflect and replenish aspects of your creative muscle and creative life. Join us for some hands-on virtual activity and reflection. \nCreativity is our most sustainable and renewable resource. The choices we make and the mindset we adopt can be one of replenishment and creative wellbeing or dehydration and loss of our greatest asset.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/mind-your-creativity-use-it-or-lose-it/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210831T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210831T140000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210811T052917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T053111Z
UID:39337-1630413000-1630418400@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Scrum Aus Lightning Talk 5: Telling Our Stories
DESCRIPTION:As many of us live our very own Groundhog Days in lockdown\, Scrum Australia and Telstra would like to brighten your day by announcing the fifth Lightning Talk session: Tuesday 31 August from 12:30-2:00pm.  The latest session features Christian van Stom\, Nik Ilich\, Rowan Walsh and Shelvia Loveridge. \nPlease visit Trybooking to register for this and other lightning talk events\, and check out the Event Website in the description below for more details on this session.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/scrum-aus-lightning-talk-5-telling-our-stories/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210827T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210827T153000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210811T052107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T052107Z
UID:39336-1630072800-1630078200@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:BAPL Brisbane Talent Acquisition Webinar
DESCRIPTION:We know it is difficult to break into the business analysis market\, especially for BAs with only a few years’ experience\, so we are doing something about it. If you are an intermediate Business Analyst level (3+ years of experience) who is currently based in (OR wanting to relocate to) Brisbane – this webinar is for you.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/bapl-brisbane-talent-acquisition-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210825T174500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210825T191500
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210618T021721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210618T021721Z
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SUMMARY:Agile Conversations; a workshop
DESCRIPTION:Culture is the cornerstone of any transformation and conversation is the way that culture emerges from people interactions\, therefore we say that if you transform your conversations you can transform your culture. \nThe purpose of this session is to make the group aware of how their biases are evident in the conversations they have. \nFor more information and structure of the event\, please check the event link below.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/agile-conversations-a-workshop/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210824T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210824T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210822T032024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210822T032024Z
UID:39939-1629824400-1629831600@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Women’s Welfare and Wellbeing during Covid
DESCRIPTION:Join Agile professional and consultant Kristy Theissling to explore practical ways to improve your personal wellbeing\, the well-being of your colleagues and women’s welfare on the larger scale\, during Covid lockdown periods. Hear\, for the first time ever told\, powerful professional true-stories of gender inequality from 25 years of professional employment in Brisbane\, Sydney\, Melbourne and the world\, and how to solve and strategise when womens welfare issues present themselves in the workplace\, in person\, or remotely.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/womens-welfare-and-wellbeing-during-covid/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210819T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210819T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210808T014225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210808T014225Z
UID:39149-1629399600-1629405000@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:The Product Owner and Scrum Master Brain Transplant!
DESCRIPTION:Imagine you are a Mad Agile Scientist and have a diabolical experiment to conduct – what would happen if you exchanged the brains of a Product Owner and Scrum Master? Mwuhahahaha!!! How would the body of a Product Owner with the brain of a Scrum Master act? And vice versa? \nPerhaps the Scrum Master would now treat the team like a backlog? This Scrum Master would be focused on value and maintaining a coaching backlog of team and person improvements. This Scrum Master is refining the team\, crafting a group that delivers value. And perhaps the Product Owner might treat the backlog like a team? Rather than backlog refining\, they coach the backlog. They would be focused on nurturing\, protecting\, and empowering the backlog. The backlog might transform from an irritation into a labor of love. Although this experiment sounds terrible\, this change of perspective might be what you need to reanimate your dead team or backlog. \nJoin the fun and come learn what horrifying results await! \nThank you to SoftEd for providing the Zoom facility! \nAgenda:\n* Introductions and Community News ~ 5 mins\n* Alex Sloley – The Product Owner and Scrum Master Brain Transplant!\n* Closing ~ 10 mins
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/the-product-owner-and-scrum-master-brain-transplant/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210819T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210819T173000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210811T051410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T051410Z
UID:39334-1629388800-1629394200@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Quest to Increase Organisational Maturity
DESCRIPTION:Andreas Bartel has applied the Kanban Maturity Model for more than two years now with different clients. In this talk\, he will briefly summarise the model and reflect on its role as a coaching tool from a consultant’s perspective. He will also share one example from his practical application of the model in working with a client\, a global logistics enterprise: How was the model applied in practical terms\, which impact did it have on the service\, and how organisational constraints impact maturity. I’m super excited to have Andreas in New Zealand with this talk as I have worked with him and his wife Susanne for that particular client just before Andrea’s story in the talk starts.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/quest-to-increase-organisational-maturity/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210817T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210817T093000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210811T051821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T051821Z
UID:39335-1629187200-1629192600@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Leading Beyond Change: A Practical Guide to Business Agility
DESCRIPTION:— Overview of the event —\nThere is much attention on the organisational pursuit of Business Agility and other new ways of working to meet the demands of the changing world. Yet\, most of what people believe about leadership\, effective workplaces\, and how to create lasting change is either incomplete or outright incorrect. And even if the desire to change is there\, understanding of how to achieve it is elusive. The emergence of a high-performance organisation is wholly dependent on the evolution of those holding power. Ultimately\, the only way to scale is with people. \n— Outcomes —\n• Introduction of the SHIFT314 Evolutionary Leadership Framework™ (SELF) as a coherent set of maps and principles to navigate from the current organisational reality to a more adaptable future\n• Presentation of an integrated understanding of culture\, leadership and organisational change needed to unlock Business Agility
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/leading-beyond-change-a-practical-guide-to-business-agility/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210805T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210805T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210709T035550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T035550Z
UID:37239-1628190000-1628193600@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Achieve Better Outcomes by Understanding People
DESCRIPTION:IIBA Sydney is delivering an online session in August presented by Anna Bashkirova.  The event is free for IIBA members and $20 AUD for non-members.  More details and registration via the Event Website in the details below. \n“To develop facilitation skills\, business analysis professionals should encourage ideas from a variety of employees and key stakeholders\, read books on conflict resolution\, and learn to maintain neutrality.” – IIBA blog (https://www.iiba.org/business-analysis-blogs/in-demand-business-analysis-skills-for-2021/) \nJoin in for an insightful session with Anna\, learn about the behavioural profiling framework\, understand how the four major behavioural types think\, connect\, make decisions\, what causes stress and what motivates them. \nAnna Bashkirova\, CPA\, is a Professional Coach\, qualified Extended DISC behavioural profiler\, Meta Dynamics and NLP practitioner and a PROSCI certified Change Manager.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/achieve-better-outcomes-by-understanding-people/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210728T174500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210728T184500
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210618T021426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210618T021426Z
UID:36625-1627494300-1627497900@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Measuring and Proving the Value of an Agile/Lean Coach
DESCRIPTION:When times are tough\, roles like ways of working/Agile/Lean coaches seem to be the first to be cut. \nIf we self-reflect\, it’s obvious that as a community\, we haven’t been very good at selling our benefits or our value. Now is the time to discover the multi-million dollar operational impact that we can make for the organisation. \n\nDo you want to know as a kanban practitioner how to pitch your value to the organisation?\nWould you like to quantify the value you’ve created to get a pay rise or a bonus?\nDo you know how to make a rock solid business case to get more kanban tools and resources?\nCould you give an elevator pitch for a kanban transformation to a c-level executive in under 60 seconds?\n\nDiscover how you can apply a Kanban Transformation Return on Investment financial model in under 5 minutes that will have your c-level executives saying “Yes!”. \nIt’s time to reveal our awesomeness\, join this session now.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/measuring-and-proving-the-value-of-an-agile-lean-coach/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210728T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210728T140000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210617T125605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210617T125605Z
UID:36616-1627475400-1627480800@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:Scrum Aus Lightning Talk: New ideas as to how we move forward
DESCRIPTION:Scrum Australia and Telstra present their 4th Virtual Scrum Lighting Talk for 2021! \nJoin James Hayes\, Rowan Bunning and Sally Sloley for an exciting discussion. \nYou can register for all Telstra/Scrum Australia Lighting Talks for free via Trybooking.
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/scrum-aus-lightning-talk-new-ideas-as-to-how-we-move-forward/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210727T195000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20210727T212000
DTSTAMP:20260502T185052
CREATED:20210712T232133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210712T232133Z
UID:37464-1627415400-1627420800@www.business-analysis.com.au
SUMMARY:The 6 Enablers of Business Agility
DESCRIPTION:Many organisations are built to survive and thrive in a 20th-century business climate. A climate marked by relative stability and low levels of competition\, where efficiently delivering known products and services for years was the recipe for success. \nUnfortunately\, what worked back then does not work well today. The 21st century is anything but stable and competition is anything but low. An exponential rise in volatility\, uncertainty\, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA)\, and hyper-competition means that the old approach is not enough. In this talk\, we will explore why\, to thrive in this new world\, organisations need to also be effective at creating new products\, services and even entire business models. They must become masters of reinvention. They must achieve business agility. \nAnd yet\, most Agile transformations fail. They fail because their focus is too narrow. We will explore The 6 Enablers of Business Agility and how focusing on these areas can help to unlearn 20th-century practices and set organisations up for success in today’s new context. \nOutcomes:\n– Describe how given the relative stability of the 20th century\, exploiting existing products and services with efficiency was the main competitive advantages\n– Explain that\, given the vastly increased levels of VUCA in the 21st century\, exploring new products and services with agility has become the new competitive advantage\n– Outline the main reasons why most ‘Agile Transformations’ fail\, and explain why only those which take a broader focus and a holistic approach will success \n— Agenda —\n7:50pm (AEST) Join the call for informal networking\n8:00pm Welcome & speaker introduction\n8:05pm Presentation from Karim\n8:50pm Discussion of participant questions\n9:20pm Close
URL:https://www.business-analysis.com.au/event/the-6-enablers-of-business-agility/
LOCATION:Online
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