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2008 Melbourne Symposium Sessions Schedule

Symposium Track Sessions — Monday, July 21st and Tuesday, July 22nd
The Symposium program serves the needs of every business and IT professional. The Symposium has 3 dedicated track sessions; Business Skills and Panels Discussions, Advanced BA Sessions and Strategic Business Analysis.


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	Business Skills and Panels Discussions	Advanced BA Sessions	Strategic Business Analysis
8:30 - 9:30	Opening Remarks and Keynote PDF
9:45-11:00	Panel - The BA Career path - where do we or can we go from here?	Business Process Institutionalisation and the BA Andrew Barnden, Monash IT PDF	$50k to $250k – Understanding the BA career path and what it takes to be an Executive Analyst The Helmsman Institute PDF
11:15-12:30	Enterprise Architecture - As a BA do I care? Bryce Day, Catch Limited PDF	The Next Step: Questioning and Negotiation Techniques for the Business Analyst Jim Hughes, PMPartners PDF	Stepping Stones: Transition from Requirements to Design Anja Wever, Software Education Australia Pty Ltd PDF
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:45-3:00	The IIBA - Where have we been? Where are we going?	Requirements Management Plan (RMP) – Planning for a successful project Tim Coventry, Business Analysts Pty Ltd Peter Ebborn, Business Analysts Pty Ltd PDF	Turf Wars: Business Analysts vs User Interface Designers Wendy Ashmore & Julie Lee, Object Consulting PDF
3:15-4:30	Panel - The role of the BA in an Agile environment?	User-centred design and interative prototyping Matthew Hodgson, SMS Management & Technology PDF	The Creative Business Analyst Jan (Yan) Kusiak, IRM Training Pty Ltd PDF
4:30-6:00	Conference Cocktail Reception - Sponsor Showcase