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2008 Sydney Symposium Sessions Schedule

Symposium Track Sessions — Thursdayy, July 24th and Friday, July 25th.
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	Roundtable Discussions
9:45-11:00	Managing the Partnership between the BA, PM, IT Developer and End User Laurence Lock Lee, Optimice Pty Ltd Paul Meredith, IRM Training PDF	Agile Methods and the Business Analyst Mark Foley, Borland PDF	Standing Up-front? Karen Christolis, Object Consulting PDF
11:15-12:30	Panel - The BA Core Competencies - What are we looking for?	Surprise them early – Using a RAP to Open Stakeholder Eyes Tony Newport, Business Consultant, Fronde Systems Group	Business Analysis in Australia: Research and Future Directions Jim Hughes, PMPartners Group PDF
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:45-3:00	Enterprise Architecture - As a BA do I care? Bryce Day, Catch Limited PDF	Right Teams, Delivery Results Pamela Stone, Thoughtworks	How much process is enough? Julie Blake, Object Consulting PDF
3:15-4:30	Australian Business Analysis Association (ABAA) development of competency framework	Managing Stakeholders and their Business Requirements Marina Pullin, Radford Consulting PDF HANDOUT	Struggling to define Business Analysis and the Role of a BA Maria Murphy, SMS Management & Technology PDF