Next Chapter Event

Sanderson Plc are hosting the next IIBA event at the Clifton Club in Clifton, Bristol. The event is free with a buffet being provided.

As usual we have two excellent main speakers; Michael Brown attempts to tackle the subject of "Dysfunctional Meetings", while Lynda Girvan will ask the question, "do requirements still matter in Agile development". The talks will last approximately 40 minutes respectively with additional time for Q&A's.

This will be followed by a brief address from our hosts Sanderson on how they proactively work with Business Analysts; and a discussion on what you topics you would like to see at future meetings.

You then cordially invited to join us for the buffet and further discussion at the bar…

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Map and directions are attached.

Do Requirements Still Matter in Agile Development?
Lynda Girvan - UK Government

Requirements do still matter and are an essential part of agile development. In an Agile world scaling requirement management and processes across an Enterprise is difficult. This presentation takes you through some experiences, from UK Government, of requirement anti patterns and focuses on how a 'just in time' approach throughout the requirement management stack can deliver improved business benefit. By attending this session delegates will:

Understand the problems for Agile requirements and review some anti patterns for Requirements such as:

• Big Requirements Up Front (BRUF)
• Change management becoming change prevention
• Heavy weight process and Requirement Police
• Understand Key concepts of agile requirements and how this can provide improved Governance
• Introduce concepts for Managing Requirements at Scale

Lynda will also share her experience of how she is helping her organisation to improve it's Requirement Management processes across the Enterprise in order to support a lean and efficient approach to delivering agile Requirements@Scale.

Bio  Lynda Girvan is an experienced Business Analyst who has over 20 years experience in UK Government and 11 years software Engineering experience in UK Government and Australian Defence. Lynda has specialised as a Business Analysts working in enterprise and strategic modelling and analysis through to product level consultancy and coaching and has solid experience throughout the product development lifecycle including development, system analysis, project management, requirements management and business change.

As well as being an active member of the International Institute of Business Analysis she is also an Examiner for the ISEB Business Analysis Diploma on behalf of the Chartered Institute for IT. Lynda also represents her organisation at the IBM VoiCe events for the Requirements toolset and is a reviewer for the E-Skills Business Analysis specialism.

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Dysfunctional Meetings: Kill or Cure!
Michael Brown

"Most of us spend more time than we would like in meetings of one sort or another, either face to face or remotely. The time spent is not usually described as "productive", and in fact more typical descriptors are "frustrating", "inefficient", "unproductive" or worse.

This session is designed as a wake up call for those of us who may have, as our presenter Michael Brown describes it, "fallen asleep at the wheel". There are some dysfunctionalities which creep into meetings which lead to these negative results. Given the sheer amount of man hours we invest in them, we need to do something about it. This session will give you some thoughts on how to do so.

We will cover how to get buy in and clarity from the start. How to manage the time. Deal with time wasters. Produce action. Reduce the pressure on you as meeting leader. And maybe even help you to reduce the number of meetings you attend, using Michael's well proven "meetings pushback tool"!

Bio  Michael is an acclaimed public speaker around the world. He runs his own training business specialising in negotiations and conflict resolution. He has given several sessions for us in London, with great feedback. Not to be missed!

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