Symposium Tracks
Symposium Track Sessions
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Appealing to the diversity of interests, as well as audience experience levels, this conference offers three speaker symposium tracks. To better utilize the following schedule and choose the presentations that are right for you, please refer to the descriptions of each symposium track and target audience level at the bottom of this page.
| Requirements Representation | |||||
| 10:00am - 10:55am | 11:15am - 12:00pm | 1:00pm - 1:55pm | 2:15pm - 3:10pm | ||
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The Decision Model for Business Rules and Logic: An Enterprise Analysis Technique Barbara von Halle & |
Case Study: Use Cases as a Foundation for Solution Design Joe Goss |
Avoiding 10 Common Process Modeling Mistakes David De Witt |
The Agile Business Analyst: How to Write Effective User Stories Bob Schommer |
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Peeling Back the Onion - Presenting an ITIL Compliant eBonding Interaction David Davis |
Managing Virtual Distance: Using Web 2.0 to Do Better Business Analysis Dave Bieg |
Best Practices for Controlling Risk in Application Modernization Projects Matthew Morgan |
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Straightforward Modeling of Business Requirements William Hagerup |
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| Business Analysis Career Management | |||||
| 10:00am - 10:55am | 11:15am - 12:00pm | 1:00pm - 1:55pm | 2:15pm - 3:10pm | ||
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Guiding the PM and BA to a Successful Partnership Barbara Carkenord |
It's Your Career. Take Charge! Bruce Opsal |
Introduction to the Certification of Competency in Business Analysis™ (CCBA™) Dave Bieg
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Business Analysis Competency Model Angela Wick
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Advancing Your BA Career by Increasing Your Perceived Value Laura Brandenburg |
Bob Prentiss |
Laura Brandenburg |
Panel Discussion: The CBAP® Value |
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Measuring the Performance of Business Analysts Adriana Beal |
Building a Business Analyst Practice Suzanne Lawson |
Barbara von Halle & |
The Essential Business Architect: The Business Architect as Project Ambassador Linda Finley |
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| Symposium Track | Description |
| Requirements Elicitation | The Requirements Elicitation track presents techniques and advice for best practices pertaining to gathering information utilizing different approaches and the Business Analyst’s interaction with stakeholders. |
| Requirements Representation | The Requirements Representation track delivers the various techniques and methods that can be used to communicate the information gathered. |
| Business Analysis Career Management | The Business Analysis Career Management track includes topics pertaining to increasing the competencies and capabilities of a Business Analyst. This track can be for practitioners looking to develop their careers. It can also be for individuals that manage business analysis professionals, and are responsible for developing or implementing/sustaining a business analysis forum or center of excellence. |
| Audience Experience | Description |
| Beginner |
The is a level of someone new to business analysis often at the staff or entry level, or a seasoned professional with limited exposure to business analysis practices. Note that some presentation topics are for the general audience (all levels) and have also been labeled for the Beginner. |
| Intermediate | This level is for someone with detailed knowledge of business analysis and less than 5 years in the industry. They should be capable of taking operational responsibility and working at the mid-level of an organization with some supervisory responsibility. |
| Advanced | This level is for an individual with more than 5 years in the field and has mastery of business analysis. They have the CBAP® designation or equivalent work experience. |
