Mr. Brûlé will discuss the critical skill gap facing many organizations: Despite their impressive technical knowledge, many business analysts simply lack the business skills to work at a strategic level. Often moving up the organizational ladder in an IT capacity, many business analysts are, unfortunately, lacking the overarching business skills essential to becoming an integral, contributing member of the organization.
Learning Objectives:
- The seven skills essential to taking your organization—and your projects—to the next level
- How to use two valuable tools to help your business analysts develop their business skills
- What skills separate the high-performing business analyst from the average business analyst
Skill Level: Advanced
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Glenn R. Brûlé
Director of Client Solutions, ESI International
Glenn Brûlé, Director of Client Solutions for ESI International, has more than 18 years of experience in many facets of business, including project management, business analysis, software design and facilitation. At ESI, he is responsible for supporting a global team of business consultants working with Fortune 1000 organizations. Glenn's background as an educator, communicator and business consultant has served him well through his many client engagements. These engagements have focused on understanding, diagnosing and providing workable business solutions to complex problems across various industries, including financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, insurance and automotive, as well as government agencies
In addition to his position at ESI, Glenn is a founding member and serves as a Director at Large for the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). Glenn’s primary responsibility is to form local chapters of the IIBA around the world by working with volunteers from such countries as Italy, India, Singapore, China, Japan, Germany, and the Czech Republic to name a few.
Glenn is a frequent speaker at professional association meetings and conference around the world, including ProjectWorld/World Congress for Business Analysts and IIBA events. Glenn has authored numerous articles on business analysis and was instrumental in the development of two ESI white papers: “Eight Things Your Business Analysts Need to Know—A Practical Approach to Building and Improving Competencies” and “Establishing and Maturing a Business Analysis Centre of Excellence—the Essential Guide.”
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