Fort Worth IIBA Monthly Meeting - August 2018
Truth or Dare: Dealing with Difficult BA Decisions
By Dagmar Cole
Should the stakeholder conventional wisdom be accepted as "truth" or should the BA dare risk ridicule pursuing an "impossible" process? There is the chance of missed requirements as well as missed opportunity but there is also the perception of wasting project time and money chasing the unfeasible. What should a Business Analyst do?
This presentation provides the Business Analyst with one process for dealing with difficult decisions by providing:
• identification of barriers and how to overcome them
• use of decision tables
• guidelines for documenting the final decision and alternatives
The results demonstrate due diligence on the part of the BA, as well as providing defensible rationale for the decision for current and future stakeholders.
This presentation will be given at the 2018 IIBA BBC this November in San Antonio.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dagmar Cole is a highly experienced IT professional who is consistently recognized for her ability to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency in identifying strategic opportunities by aligning business processes and IT to realize cost savings and competitive advantages. She also has extensive training, certification, and experience in conflict resolution. Dagmar is viewed as a "out of the box" thinker and troubleshooter for intricate projects. She is a sought-after facilitator due to her ability to broker successful "win-win" solutions under pressure with difficult teams as well as her ability to deal with the "C" Suite level executives.
She is a frequent speaker in the Dallas - Fort Worth area and has presented at the IIBA BBC Conferences for 2015, 2016 and 2017. She contributes monthly to the BR Community Practitioner's Corner and was recently published on the Data Management University Business Analysis site.
Please mark your calendar to join us this month.
Chimy's, The MARFA Room, 1053 Foch St, Fort Worth, TX 76107
AGENDA:
7:00 - 7:15 Chapter News
7:15 - 8:15 Speaker Presentation
8:15 - 8:30 Giveaways & Final Comments
ADMISSION:
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