IIBA UK

🔔 Is There a User-Shaped Hole in Your Business Analysis? Join us for an insightful session with Nick de Voil, where he will share practical ways to make your projects genuinely user-centered. Drawing on years of experience with public sector organizations, investment banks, and internet startups, Nick will explore how to shift focus from power players within your organization to the hands-on users of your solutions. 📅 Date: 23 October 2024 🕛 Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (GMT Daylight Time) 📍 Location: Zoom  🔎 Anticipated Key Takeaways: 1. Learn difference between UX theatre and a genuinely user-centred approach. 2. What skills are required. 3. Explore the implications for your project process and how international standards can help. 4. Stay ahead of recent developments in user thinking—and hear Nick’s thoughts on the role of AI in this context. 🎤 About the speaker: Nick de Voil has been a key advocate for user-centered design for 15+ years, promoting the idea through speaking, writing, and training courses. He authored the BCS book "User Experience Foundations" and was a former IIBA UK Chapter director. Register now via this link https://lnkd.in/evg2tRuu  #BusinessAnalysis #UXDesign #UserCentered #AI #ProjectManagement

🚨 Your First 90 Days - Setting Yourself Up For Success 🚨 Join us for the upcoming lunchtime workshop to learn key principles for magnifying impact, influence, and identity each time you embark on a new project or start a new role. After this hands-on workshop, you will receive a list of actions you can apply immediately. 📅 Date: 17 October 2024 🕛 Time: 12:00 -13:00 (GMT Daylight Time) 📍 Location: Zoom 📝Key Highlights: 1. Make Your Mark Early: Learn how to set the right tone and gain trust from day one by understanding business drivers and delivering quick wins. 2. Be the Business Ambassador: Position yourself as the go-to problem solver and guide, leading teams through change with empathy and strategic insight. 3. Craft Your Future Identity: Shape your role with a long-term view, using your current project as a stepping stone for future success. 4. Build Meaningful Relationships: Gain visibility and influence by developing strong relationships with key stakeholders.  🎤 About the speaker: James Compton is the UK IIBA Director of Professional Development, coach and BA Consultant with over 20 years of experience delivering complex projects. 📢 Register now on the IIBA UK Chapter website via the link: https://lnkd.in/eizQDDzU

 🚀 Privacy, data protection and security - what BAs really need to know!🚀 Join us at the upcoming webinar to learn what you should do to become compliant with Privacy and Data Protection laws and regulations, in particular, GDPR, what should you avoid doing and what preventative actions you can take in your business analysis work to address this increasingly important topic. 📅 Date: 22 October 2024 🕛 Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (GMT Daylight Time) 📍 Location: Zoom 📝 Key Highlights: ·      You will learn how personal data processing is carried out, which parties are involved and what their responsibilities are. ·      You will also learn about the security standards IT teams are expected to provide in today's complex and volatile business landscape. ·      The webinar will also give you some context around what privacy and data protection laws and regulations mean and how they apply to different regions and data processing tasks. 🎤 About our speakers: Christiane Vandepitte has over 30 years of experience in IT focused on designing custom-made software applications for data processing. Guy Kindermans also has over 30 years of experience in IT journalism, mainly for the Belgian magazine Data News, Guy has covered all aspects of ICT, focusing on security and privacy. He is a member of the advisory board of the security show Cybersec Europe, a speaker on the subject of privacy for national and international associations and a member of several ICT awards and juries 📢 Register now on the IIBA UK Chapter website via the link https://lnkd.in/eGDxUr8s

💡Help Shape the IIBA UK Chapter’s Future— Take Our Survey! As Business Analysis Practitioners, we understand the importance of facing challenges head-on and seize new opportunities. But here's the thing: it's not just about keeping up - it's about ensuring the right support is in place to help you succeed.   That’s where you come in 👏   🚀We’re inviting you to take part in the IIBA UK Chapter Business Analysis Survey from Tuesday, 8th October, until Friday, 29th November, and help us inform the services we’re providing to better serve the UK Business Analysis community through your feedback. As a thank you, all participants will have a chance to win a Garmin Venu Sq 2 fitness tracker!    ✨Join us in this important effort and lend your voice to the conversation that will define how we continue to evolve as a community.   Click here https://lnkd.in/ekZj2_tw to take the survey!

🚨IIBA UK Members, your Chapter needs you!🚨 It's time to vote for new Directors 👏 The election is open for 10 days - vote for your preferred candidate by 17 October 2024 via this link: https://lnkd.in/eE2jytYg    ✨IIBA UK is run by UK BAs for the benefit of its members and the UK BA community.   As a member, you are responsible for voting for the board of Directors.   The roles currently open for election are:  a) the Technology Director b) the Operations Director   💡These are both key roles on the board and we have excellent candidates for you to vote for. #IIBA #BusinessAnalysis #Collaboration #IIBAUK

 🚀Unlock Accountability, Clarity, and Peace with the Updated RACI Plus Communication Method  📅Date: 3rd October 2024  🕛Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT Daylight Time 💻 Location: Zoom Need everyone to leave the meeting on the same page? Understand exactly what they committed to, who’s involved, when things will be delivered, and which decisions were agreed upon (and by whom)! Join us for this interactive webinar to explore the RACI Plus communication method!  🎤Speaker: Thea 🌞 Soehren, CSPO, 🛠️, LION Thea is a well-known advocate for effective Business Analysis, with decades of experience spanning industries from greeting cards to nuclear power! She was also an author of the IIBA’s BABOK 3.0 and recently published the book  Business Analysis: Bridging the Gap Across Industries. Thea serves as the President of the Tampa Bay IIBA Chapter, provides consulting, coaching, and training to individuals and groups worldwide, and seeks to lift our communities from where they are to where they want to become, making each life better, for the good! 📝What to expect: 1. Learn how Thea has evolved the traditional RACI model with new considerations based on personality types, communication theories, and more. 2. Discover how to apply this approach to ensure accountability, clarity, and peace in every meeting—even the toughest and most contentious. 3. Hands-on practice to start using RACI Plus in your work. 📢Register now for the upcoming webinar and get ready to leave your next meeting with actionable commitments and clear decisions! Link for registration: https://lnkd.in/ePcw4jKc

🚨 In-person event this Wednesday! 🚨 Join us at the next in-person event, "Transforming Through Apprenticeships, Collaboration, and Visual Thinking", organised by IIBA UK on Wednesday, 2nd October at NFU Mutual. To sign up for the event please follow the link below: https://lnkd.in/eyEnyETS

✨ It was our pleasure to meet and greet some of the IIBA members in person and share the Chapter’s latest news, along with information about upcoming events, at the 16th Annual Business Analysis Conference last week in London. The Conference once again affirmed its status as a global gathering for Business Analysts, with an impressive turnout of 580 attendees from 33 countries. 👏 This event wouldn’t have been a success without the incredible people involved in its organisation. A big thank you goes out to  AssistKD, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, IRM UK, and the Conference Advisory Board. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 💡 Looking for an opportunity to learn and connect? 🚀 Join us at the next in-person event, "Unleashing Business Analysis Excellence at NFU Mutual: Transforming Through Apprenticeships, Collaboration, and Visual Thinking", organised by IIBA UK on Wednesday, 2nd October. To sign up for the event please follow the link below: https://lnkd.in/eyEnyETS #BA2024 #IIBA #BusinessAnalysis #ProfessionalDevelopment #Networking

Great news! The deadline for the applications has been extended to 25th of September! Join us and make an impact! 💼✨

🚀 Unlock Business Analysis Transformation at NFU Mutual 🚀 Join us for an in-person event at the beginning of October to learn how NFU Mutual effectively recruits, trains, and develops business analysts through an apprenticeship scheme. Discover the collaboration of business analysts for successful transformation and explore visual thinking superpowers. Speakers from NFU Mutual and guest speaker, Agile Practice Director Pardeep (aka Paddy) Dhanda, will share their experiences and insights. 📅 Date: 2nd October 2024 🕛 Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Event starts at 5:30 PM) 📍 Location: NFU Mutual Head Office, Tiddington Road, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 7BJ 📝 Key Highlights: ·      Hear about NFU Mutual’s successful BA Apprenticeship Scheme, including the strategy, benefits, and lessons learned over the years. ·      Learn from a real NFU Mutual transformation project focused on replacing their current policy administration system with an “off-the-shelf” software product. This session will highlight how the NFUM business analysis community has worked effectively with delivery partners to ensure good outcomes for both the project and customers. ·      Join Pardeep (aka Paddy) Dhanda for an interactive workshop. Regardless of your creative ability, Paddy will guide you from the basics to producing engaging visuals that you can start using in your teams immediately. 📢 Register now on the IIBA UK Chapter website via the link https://lnkd.in/eyEnyETS