Grow your own BAs

Presented by Christina Lovelock – IIBA UK – North Event, April 2015

Agenda / Overview

• Outline key themes to be covered

Context (1)

• Organisation context

• NHS IC + NHS CFH = HSCIC

Context (2) - NHS

• NHS facts

• Challenge preconceptions?

Context (3) - BRT

• The ‘Before’ band 6 introduction

Before

Identifying the need

• Problem statement

• Why?

The potential solutions

• Apprenticeship

• Graduate scheme

• Entry level

Processes and approvals

• Business Justification x3 - Director

approval

• Person Specification and Job Description –

HR approval

• Dates – when was approval received

(June)

Recruitment design

• Skills and aptitude versus knowledge and

experience

Knowledge# Experience

Skills Aptitude

Offers Made

• Good news – top 3 accepted + further

appointable candidates

• Timescales – offered Oct, start Nov

Preparing for the new role (2)

• Set up

- entry level BA specific

- standard

Ways of working – the reality part (a)

• Arms length from the project

• Discrete pieces of work

• Clear deliverables and boundaries

Internal development work

• Making improvements

• Capacity to do this

Ways of working – the reality part (b)

• How the role has developed - ongoing

• More holistic assignments

• More project involvement

• Reactive

BCS Diploma

• How did this make you feel

• Perception

Other training

• External

• Internal – HSCIC

• Internal – BRT

Team next steps

• Add more 6’s

• Develop into other roles

• Career ladder

Challenges

• Lessons learned

• Top tips

Metrics

• Cost analysis

Benefits – individual

• To individual

• To team

• To projects

• To organisation

Benefits - team

Benefits – project

Benefits – organisation

Revisit Agenda / Overview

• Refer to key themes addressed

Questions ?

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