IIBA Experts Talk #17 - Key Analytical Skills and "Big Picture"

Please register by this link to get the webinar link:
https://poland.iiba.org/events/iiba-experts-talk-17-key-analytical-skills-and-big-picture-2/

This won't be just another webinar about trendy techniques that will most likely be forgotten, become obsolete, or compromised sooner or later. Instead, you will learn about two core analytical competencies: systems thinking and critical thinking. These skills will always be in demand, and no artificial intelligence currently has such capabilities.

What will you learn?

• What the two core analytical competencies are and why they are essential for preventing IT project failure.
• The most common misconceptions about the analyst role.
• The most common mistakes when recruiting analysts.

Agenda

1. The key reason why do IT projects fail.
2. Complex terms, simply explained:
3. Big picture
4. System.
5. Systems thinking
6. Models and modelling
7. Critical thinking
8. Basic elements of critical thinking in practice:
9. Logical reasoning
10. Communication
11. The most common misconceptions about the analyst role:
12. The bridge between business and technology (or IT)
13. Translates business language into IT language
14. Translates business needs into technical requirements
15. The most common mistakes when recruiting analysts:
16. Experience in a specific business domain
17. Knowledge of specific IT systems

About the Speaker
Roman Wantoła, Business Systems Analyst, has worked in various industries (pharma, FMCG, retail, insurance) and with various systems, including analytical applications, BI, ERP, cash registers, CRM and master data management, among others. He mostly worked on complex or difficult projects, often with a regulatory focus, or on projects that needed to be rescued from failure.
He has experience of IT projects from the perspectives of an analyst, data modeller, developer and project manager.
He has learned that the most important thing, whatever the position, is to understand the business domain. Without this, it is almost impossible to deliver value to the business.