Events

Join the IIBA Ottawa-Outaouais, Palmetto, Nova Scotia, and DC Metro Chapters for our Lunch & Learn session as Emily Tom talks about Functional Decomposition, one of her favourite techniques. The Functional Decomposition technique is a simple yet effective way to cut through the complexity. It will help you see the big picture and the little picture at the same time.

Artificial technology is more than a shiny new object! It’s a powerhouse tool that is helping business analysis professionals be more efficient, productive, and even effective! But what is AI when it comes to business analysis work? What does it mean? What does it look like? And why should I care about AI? Come join Jamie as she walks you through the application of artificial intelligence to business analysis work. See AI in action that enables and supports quality analysis work. Come with your questions and concerns on what this new technology is, what it is doing, and what it means to the profession of business analysis. And even try a few examples with Jamie in a safe place to get your feet wet and connect and share new ideas on how we can add this powerful tool into our business analysis tool box!

Automation gets a lot of hype and has a lot of buzzwords, but it mostly has a lot of workflows that probably never should have existed in the first place. This session cuts through the noise and focuses on practical, low-risk automation using Power Automate - starting with how to recognize good automation candidates and, more importantly, when to walk away. This session will cover the foundational skills and knowledge you actually need to get started (hint: it’s less about being a developer and more about understanding processes), then move quickly into hands-on examples. Using pre-built Power Automate templates, we’ll walk through three real-world scenarios that will demonstrate how automation done right saves time, is effective, and avoids creating a fragile mess that someone must babysit later.