News

Strategic Planning Day, May 25
05/29/2019
Last Saturday, the chapter's Board of Directors spent the day in a strategic planning session.  Even with an impressive list of accomplishments for this past year, board members still had plenty of great ideas and improvements to bring to the chapter membership next year.  They're looking...
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Great Intro to IIBA's Strategy to Execution Framework
05/23/2019
Attendees at this month's chapter meeting were very pleased to hear about IIBA's new Strategy to Execution Framework.  Stuart Houlahan, of The Strategic BA, walked us through an introduction and personal experiences with the 9 components of the strategy. We learned how each segment draws on...
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Digital Transformation in Government Conference, June 12-13
05/15/2019
IIBA Ottawa-Outaouais Chapter, in partnership with ISACA/AEA, is pleased to announce that IIBA members are welcome to attend the Digital Transformation in Government Conference at a discounted rate of $100 plus $7.10 processing fee. This is a great opportunity to learn about...
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Webinar, Delivering Value in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
04/26/2019
In case you missed the webinar from Chapter President, Emily Tom, you can access the recording from the IIBA member webinar archives in the next few days. https://www.iiba.org/professional-development/knowledge-centre/webinars/webinar-archives/
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Dos and Don'ts of Identity and Access Management
04/18/2019
Attendees of this month's chapter meeting learned how easily we can be defrauded when the appropriate checks and balances are not in place. Using the infamous case of Jérome Kerviel and the Société générale as a backdrop, speaker Julien Bois described how the circumstances of the $9 Billion...
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BA Trailblazer Update – AI Panel Discussion
03/23/2019
Exciting news about the AI panel discussion! We now have a moderator and two of the panelists.  We're searching for one more panelist from the public sector. If you know anyone who would be a good panelist, please contact Ted Kerr. To find out more about this BA Trailblazer initiative, have...
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Message from Chapter President, Emily Tom
03/23/2019
We’ve had another very successful speed recruiting event this year. Great job! Many thanks to everyone involved for your contributions, particularly the board members and volunteers who did the legwork to make it all happen. It really was a team effort between coordinating with recruiters and...
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Shedding Some Light on BPR, BPM and BPI
02/23/2019
This past Tuesday's Chapter meeting was an illuminating discussion about the differences between BPR, BPM and BPI, and the role of the BA in each.  Once again, past-President and veteran speaker, Patrick van Abbema kept participants engaged as he discussed the tools and techniques that...
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Choosing IIBA Ottawa-Outaouais Chapter as your Preferred Chapter
02/14/2019
In December 2018, IIBA rolled out the new association management system, thus laying the foundation for enhanced synchronization between IIBA at the global level and the Chapter level. You will notice that the www.iiba.org web site has changed and new features will be added by IIBA in the coming...
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Interested in getting certified? Study group can help
02/10/2019
Another study group session is happening on February 26. We'll be looking at Chapter 7 of the BABOK ® v3, which tells us how best to deal with all of the requirements info gathered during elicitation. Come join us! Study group is open to everyone, free of charge!  Drop in for any...
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