Why Do BA's Play a Pivotal Role in Project Success

Business Analysis Webinar August 27, 2020 6:00pm - 7:30pm EST (GMT-5) Why Do BA’s Play a Pivotal Role in Project Success

Making Change a Core Competence

Michel RAIMONDO Digital Business Transformation [email protected] Why Do BA’s Play a Pivotal Role in Project Success? Requirements are the critical component when developing and implementing solutions, and managing related organizational changes. These projects have been conducted following project management frameworks, methods, and good practices. But, why do IT projects still fail? Regardless of the project development strategy, plan-driven or change-driven, according to the Standish Group - Chaos Report, the average project failure rate has been the same for the last 40 years: around 70-75%. Five of the top 10 reasons why projects fail are directly tied to poor requirements. These are traditional reasons. During this webinar, we will be considering a different approach, redefining BA’s role and responsibilities, redefining a requirements classification, redefining requirements management processes. Business Analysis is not an easy job. It is about adding value to the business. Good BA’s, please raise your hand! Business Analysis Pivotal Role of BA’s in Project Success

1 Why Do IT Projects Fail?

BA PM/BA PM Framework 2 3 4 The Dream Framework Requirements Team Classification

5 BA’s Critical Competences

6 Master Complexity, Uncertainty, and Versatility

Michel RAIMONDO Digital Business Transformation [email protected] Biography Michel has been working as operational consultant for over 30 years, covering business transformation, IT governance and strategic planning, portfolio/program management, business process re-engineering, and business analysis. Event directions: Michel Linking strategies and operations, aligning business/IT goals Raimondo and strategies, processes and operations and management IIBA Kingston Chapter, Jamaica is eager Industrial systems are his specialty. As strategic business partner, he to welcome you for an inspiring session Engineer has a sound understanding of how technology can be used on Thursday the 27th of August, 2020. to advance business/IT strategies. This event is free but registration is Furthermore, Michel has experience in a wide variety of required. The link to the online session industries like Oil & Gas, manufacturing, utilities, mining, will be communicated to all registered engineering, public transportation, healthcare, insurance. participants. In addition to his consulting roles, he has held several leadership positions in information systems departments as To register: CIO (15 years). He presents at conferences and facilitates https://kingstonja.iiba.org/event/why-do-bas- workshops as well. play-a-pivotal-role-in-project-success Last but definitely not least, he is IIBA® - CBAP® certified (2008 - 2014), passed the ISACA - CGEIT exam (2013) and got the ITIL Foundations v3 certificate (2008, Deloitte).