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TRANSFORMINGBUSINESS EXCELLENCE

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BAW Chicago is part of the largest conference series in North America specifically designed for Business Analysts. As a trusted education provider of the IIBA and PMI, our industry-leading and highly influential events feature industry experts from all over the country. Attendees can earn up to 26 PDUs and CDUs over the course of the 4 day conference, which assists in attaining or renewing a designated certification.

Transforming Business Excellence is more than just a conference theme, it’s establishing a new mindset that enables us to believe, achieve and deliver. Like your favorite super hero, we equip you with a toolbelt armed with all the necessary skills and tools to conquer any business challenge.

As a project or business analysis professional, you are often tasked with managing teams, predicting shifting scenarios and ensuring careful direction, while understanding the importance of the bottom line. This conference is designed to create circumstances that deliver breakthrough skill-set learning situations. Whether it’s through recognized experts and innovators in the field of Business Analysis or peer-to-peer casual conversations, the learning process will be natural and often neglected, fun!

BusinessAnalystWorld creates a space where Business Analysts are able to work and learn together, share experiences and collaborate in an engaging environment.

I encourage you to take a moment from your busy day to review this concept of gathering-sharing insight and make an informed decision on what this opportunity might mean to you and your team.

We look forward to seeing you at Business Analyst World Chicago!

TRANSFORMING BUSINESS EXCELLENCE:A NEW WAY OF THINKING

GREETINGS FROM THECONFERENCE DIRECTOR

Erin Poredos | Conference DirectorBusiness Analyst World ChicagoEmail: [email protected]: 1 888-443-6786 ext. 2254


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Unique Conference Model

NETWORKINGUnlimited Networking

Opportunities withYour Peers and

Industry Leaders

Local & Convenient Location

BUSINESS ANALYST WORLDCHICAGO

ADVISORY BOARDDavid DeWitt IIBA Chicagoland

Chapter

Tami D’Angelis Coventry Health Care

Mark Rayha CUNA Mutual Group

Christopher Getter

AVP

Betty Burke U.S Cellular

Tomette Kirk President IIBA Southeast WI Chapter

David Saboe IIBA Chicagoland

John Barker ACMP Midwest Chapter

Robin Bronstein AllState

Jody Reeme NorthWestern University

Don Parker North American Lighting

Oana Cojocaru Performance Trust Capital Partners


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2017 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

THE POWER OF PLAY

Bored of boring meetings? Tired of tired employees? Learn fascinating new ways to turbocharge learning, relationships, and happiness.

New studies in neuroscience have identified the Power of Play as one of the best methods to create engagement, increase performance and supercharge creativity and innovation. In a word, play is MAGIC.

Roger demonstrates innovative techniques that incorporate elements of play into education, meeting, and team programming. As an advocate for active, participant-driven sessions, Roger will showcase how to weave together learning, networking, and fun using interaction, theatrics and friendly competition.

THE GAME CHANGER: IT’S TIME TO THINK, LEARN & WORK DIFFERENTLY

Are you a Game Changer? A person that can change the entire game? I am talking about a major did-not-see-it-coming game changer like Lin-Manuel Miranda who wrote “Hamilton the Musical.” Hamilton is a record breaking, award winning Broadway musical with ticket prices exceeding $3,000 a seat. My thinking about business analysis has forever been changed after seeing “Hamilton the Musical.” Business Analysts need to embrace that kind of game-changing skills as we head into the future of business analysis. Can’t afford the ticket price? No worries because tickets to Bob the BA’s Game Changing presentation are included in your conference price! The future of business analysis requires people that are Game Changers to lead their projects, teams, and practices into a new era of technology, hybrid business models, and advanced collaboration. Game Changers anticipate what is coming and they work hard today so that they are prepared for tomorrow. Hey Game Changer, do you know what you need to do today to get ready for the future of business analysis? Don’t be caught in the past and get ready for a game-changing event that you will not soon forget because you are about to Think, Learn & Work DIFFERENTLY!

ROGER HASKETTEngagement Unlimited

BOB PRENTISSBob The BA

NOVEMBER 13TH, 20178:30AM - 9:45AM

NOVEMBER 13TH, 20173:45PM - 5:00PM


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2017 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

TRANSFORMING BUSINESS EXCELLENCE

Business Transformation consists of Innovation, Delivery, and Performance. Your ability to implement all three areas will determine your success in creating your individual business excellence. How will you be innovative with the information you learn while here? Have you looked at how you deliver your message or yourself? Your performance is up to you. Together we will review the highlights of our conference. Through laughter, a unique perspective, and collaboration, you will walk away with clear steps you will need when you return to your workplace. Together we will transform your business excellence.

RHONDA SCHARFOn the Right Track

NOVEMBER 14TH, 20173:45PM - 5:00PM

APPLYING IMPROVISATIONTO YOUR TEAM

To accomplish anything, you need the help of others and others need your help. Successful teams have members that are continually improving how they interact and communicate with each other. Collaboration, creativity, and results grow out of an environment that is positive and affirming. In this highly interactive and fun session, Kupe, an improvisational actor, focuses on key improvisation lessons that will help you be a more attentive and flexible team member.

You will walk away with lessons to help you stay in the present, temporarily suspend judgment, keep conversations moving forward and listen generously. These skills are needed to build positive, trust based, results oriented teams. With Kupe’s background, he will be able to help you directly apply these skills to your job.

KUPE KUPERSMITHKupeTalks

NOVEMBER 14TH, 20178:30AM - 9:45AM


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SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH

10:00AM

11:00AM

11:15AM

12:15PM

1:15PM

2:15PM

2:30PM

3:30PM

5:00PM

6:00PM COCKTAIL RECEPTION & NETWORKING

BA & BEYOND TOOL BELT ESSENTIALS BA & BEYOND AGILE

THE POWER OF PLAY

THE GAME CHANGER:IT’S TIME TO THINK, LEARN & WORK DIFFERENTLY

ROGER HASKETTEngagement Unlimited

BOB PRENTISSBob The BA

3:45PM

5:00PM

8:30AM

9:45AM

12:15PM

1:15PM

7:30AM

8:30AM

Business Modeling 101 -Using the Business Model Canvas for Business AnalysisColumbus BrownWAZA Consulting, LLC

Lean Startup for the Enterprise:

Build Better SolutionsDave Saboe

Mastering Business Analysis

Data 101:Demystify the Information Leprechauns Lou RussellMoser Consulting

Willy Wonka andthe User Story Factory

Clinton AgesCoach Clinton

Thank You! Leveraging the Power of

Appreciation to Increase Stakeholder

EngagementJoy Toney

ALSAC/St Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Leveraging the Power of Emotional

IntelligenceJennifer Shirkani

Penumbra Group

I Built It and They Didn’t Come -

Addressing Technology Adoption

Columbus BrownWAZA Consulting, LLC

Forging Relationships and Creating

Success through 3 Key Competencies: Leadership, Trust, Communication

Lisa CombestInsperity

Give Your Project a “High Five”:

Five Essential Tasks for Any BA ProjectTomette Kirk

Humana

The Importance of Understanding End

User Workflows before You Start

Lisa CombestInsperity

Requirements Analysis and Design Definition: A Practical Perspective

Paula MaychrukSovereign General Insurance

The Experience of Prototyping

Jennifer KalzSkyline Technologies

BA Role:Agile vs. WaterfallYanko Ivanov &Tatiana Cakici

Enterprise Knowledge

Long Time Analyst, First Time Agile:

Lessons Learned on my First Agile Project

Paula MaychrukSovereign General Insurance

What’s the Point?The Story Behind Agile

EstimationClinton Ages

Coach Clinton

Is Agile Design and Architecture an

Oxymoron?Timothy Guay

AgileWorks

NETWORKING LUNCH

NETWORKING BREAKFAST

*All sessions are subject to change.


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SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH

10:00AM

11:00AM

11:15AM

12:15PM

1:15PM

2:15PM

2:30PM

3:30PM

BA & BEYOND TOOL BELT ESSENTIALS BA & BEYOND AGILE

TRANSFORMING BUSINESS EXCELLENCERHONDA SCHARFOn The Right Track

3:45PM

5:00PM

8:30AM

9:45AM

12:15PM

1:15PM

7:30AM

8:30AM

Parlay Likea BA Pirate

Jennifer BattanOut of the Box BA

Leveraging Rules as Effective Decision Tools

Douglas JacksonRobbins Gioia

CoP or CoE: Selecting a Direction & Charting a

Path for Success Jennifer Battan

Out of the Box BA

Getting Requirements Right With BML

Process ElicitationJared Wiese

V-Soft

You’re a BA! Defining Business Analyst Roles

in Today’s WorldMichelle GreenJM Family Enterprises

Driving Innovation and Excellence using

Process MapsScott Helmers

Harvard Computing Group

Kim CraigSeyfarth Shaw

What’s Your Strategy? Building a Personal

Leadership Strategy for any Role You’re InMichelle GreenJM Family Enterprises

It’s All About Me - Debunking Millennial Myths

Betty BurkeUS Cellular

Think Like Your Customer? It’s Crazy

Enough to WorkBrian Frederick &Josh GreenbergUniversity of Maryland

University College

Use Case Authoring DemystifiedLora McCoy

LMc3 Consulting, LLC

Design Thinking: Solve the Right Problem

with the Right Solution

Dave SaboeMastering Business Analysis

Getting onthe Same Page

Lora McCoy LMc3 Consulting, LLC

Stop Writing User Stories and Start Doing

AnalysisNicholas Cioran

Blueprint

Why BAs Matter More than Ever Before, Now

that We are AgileKristin Runyan

PayLease

You Want to Be a Product Owner!Nicholas Cioran

Blueprint

Infusing Agile in your Workplace and your

LifeKristin Runyan

PayLease

NETWORKING LUNCH

NETWORKING BREAKFAST

*All sessions are subject to change.

APPLYING IMPROVISATION TO YOUR TEAMKUPE KUPERSMITH

KupeTalks


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BA SKILLS SHARED SKILLS AGILE

Wednesday workshops run from 8:30am to 4:30pm

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONSWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, 2017 | 8:30AM - 4:30PM

FACTS TELL, STORIES SELL: HOW TO STORIFY DATA AND INFORMATION TO

GET YOUR POINT ACROSS

NO, THAT’S NOT WHAT I MEANT! A GUIDE TO WRITING “BETTER” REQUIREMENTS

BRINGING DESIGN THINKINGINTO YOUR PRACTICE

CARD, CONVERSATION, AND CONFIRMATION:THE ROLE OF THE BA IN

THE AGILE 3 C’S. Lori Silverman, Partners for Progress

Jennifer Battan, Out of the Box BA Kupe Kupersmith, KupeTalks

Timothy Guay, AgileWorksHow do you effectively share a data-driven business case? How do you keep stakeholders engaged while sharing a bunch of numbers and figures? How do you turn a pile of statistics into something that’s meaningful? All data has a voice. Someone has to extrapolate meaning from it — and then transform this meaning into a compelling story that moves people to take action. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to storify data and information to more quickly get your point across to get the action that’s needed.

Writing requirements is easy. Writing good requirements (concise, complete, understandable…. you’ve seen the list.), THAT is what’s hard. If you’ve ever taken over a project from another BA and tried to decipher someone else’s requirements, you’ve seen this first hand. Can we improve how we write and reduce confusion and bad interpretations in the future? Sure – come find out how.

Design Thinking is an innovative approach to get your team in that high performing mode. I will tell you, they are all saying we need a clearer, improved focus on the customer. Using Design Thinking approaches to your work is a way to get that clear focus. Design thinking has a long history…it is not new. Design thinking has evolved and has moved into your world. Join Kupe to experience problem solving in a different way (starting with the customer experience). Learn by doing and see how being part of a design team can get your team focusing on what the customer really needs. Design Thinking is about collaboration. We won’t just talk about collocation in this session. You’ll get to feel it.

Scrum and XP do not explicitly address the role of the BA. However, the BA, either in the role of Product Owner or as a team BA, has a vital role to play throughout the Agile project. Using the Agile concept of the 3 C’s (Card, Collaboration, and Confirmation) as our structure, we will explore the BA’s role, tasks, and techniques on an Agile project through a series of interactive hands-on exercises.

WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCEWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH

8:30AM

4:30PM

No, That’s Not What I Meant! A Guide to Writing “Better” Requirements

Bringing Design Thinking into Your Practice

Jennifer Battan,Out of the Box BA

Timothy Guay,AgileWorks

Facts Tell, Stories Sell: How to Storify Data and Information to Get Your Point Across

Lori Silverman,Partners for Progress

Card, Conversation, and Confirmation:The Role of the BA in the Agile 3 C’s.

Kupe Kupersmith, KupeTalks


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BA SKILLS SHARED SKILLS AGILE

Thursday workshops run from 8:30am to 4:30pm

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONSTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2017 | 8:30AM - 4:30PM

PROVEN WAYS TO ENHANCE STRATEGIC THINKING IN YOURSELF AND OTHERS

GET THERE QUICKER - USING BPMN TO ELICIT CURRENT STATE, RULES AND

REQUIREMENTS

LEAN BUSINESS ANALYSIS WITH DECISION MAKING

AGILE BA BOOT CAMP

Lori Silverman, Partners for Progress

Lora McCoy, LMc3 ConsultingKupe Kupersmith, KupeTalks

Dave Saboe, Mastering Business Analysis

We live in a VUCA world. It’s easy to be consumed by short-term challenges posed by leaders, team members, and other stakeholders and only be tactical in our responses. To respond for the long haul, we must think strategically. We need to know when to stop analyzing and breaking apart data. We need to figure out how to create useful meaning from the uncertainties and trends that seem far out, but have begun to impact us. In this workshop, you’ll walk away with a variety of practical strategic thinking tools you can immediately apply.

“Getting the whole story”; “Understanding the big picture” - depending on the change initiative, this can be quite difficult if the techniques are limited to simple interviewing. A very high percentage of individuals are “visual” learners and thinkers. So, draw them a picture to get them engaged and sharing the detail needed by the Business Analyst. Putting the business process in a visual format can help stakeholders remember key business rules, activities and pain points. This creative thinking and sharing will allow for more complete, concise and clear understanding of the business need resulting in more successful change initiatives.

This workshop will take an in-depth look at how improved decision making helps increase project success. After all, one of the main responsibilities of a business analysis professional is to help others make better decisions. If decisions are not made during a project nothing can get accomplished. Easier said than done right? Making a decision, especially when there isn’t consensus can be interesting, to say the least. However, there are tools that can be used to help facilitate decision making – tools that will lead you and the team to the right decision. Whether you are new to the role or have been doing analysis for a while, you will look at the “why” of business analysis in a whole new light after this session.

The Agile BA Boot Camp will expand your knowledge and take your skills to the next level. In this workshop, we’ll explore the role of the Business Analyst in an Agile environment. You’ll get experience managing backlogs and find out how requirements in Agile differ from traditional project methodologies. This one-day boot camp will take you through the entire lifecycle of an agile project through activities and a hands-on case study.

WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCETHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH

8:30AM

4:30PM

Get There Quicker - Using BPMN to Elicit Current State, Rules and Requirements

Bringing Design Thinking into Your Practice

Lora McCoy,, LMc3 Consulting, LLC

Dave Saboe,Mastering Business Analysis

Proven Ways to Enhance Strategic Thinking in Yourself and Others

Lori Silverman,Partners for Progress

Agile BA Boot Camp

Kupe Kupersmith, KupeTalks


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