Creating an ecosystem for a successful Global BA Community of Practice

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IIBA UK Webinar
May 2021
Welcome

2. Wesleyan & Pardeep Dhanda
present:
Creating an ecosystem for
a successful Global BA
Community of Practice

3. Wesleyan IIBA
Event
11 May 2021

4. 4
BA Practice
Who are we?

5. The agile journey starts…………
5
What are we trying to do?
Work smarter not harder

6. 6

8. Creating an
Ecosystem for a
Successful Global
BA Community of
Practice
Paddy Dhanda
May
11

9. Pardeep (aka Paddy) Dhanda
Director of Agile Practices
QA LTD
email: pardeep_dhanda@hotmail.com
mobile: +44 (0)7795980668
LinkedIn QR Code

11. Chapter 1:
Why are communities important to me?

12. “The beliefs we form in our
childhood and early teens form
our core beliefs. They are the
strongest factors that
influence our personality”
Source: psychmechanics.com

13. Punjab (India)

14. Rural Communities

15. Leadership

16. Urban Communities

17. Spiritual Communities

18. Selfless

19. Skills

20. Equality

21. Adventure

22. Chapter 2:
What is a Community of Practice?

23. What is your
favourite
Business Analysis
technique?

24. Source: James Surowiecki's The Wisdom of Crowds
“groups are
remarkably
intelligent, and
are often smarter
than the smartest
people in them”
Wisdom of Crowds

25. Communities of practice are
groups of people who share a
concern or a passion for
something they do and learn
how to do it better as they
interact regularly
Source: Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner

26. A community of practice consists
of members that share more than
simply an interest; a community
of practice shares expertise,
competence, learning, activities,
discussions, information, tools,
stories, experiences, and a
knowledge base
Source: Seaman 2008

27. COMMUNITY
PRACTICE
— Members are practitioners
— Develop shared practices
— Identity defined by a shared domain of
interest
— Membership implies a commitment
DOMAIN
— Members engage in joint activities
— Build relationships that enable them to
learn
Source: Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner

28. Source: Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner
Key Ingredients

29. • help with challenges
• access to expertise
• confidence
• fun with colleagues
• meaningful work
• personal development
• reputation and
network
• professional identity
• marketability
• voice and influence
• problem solving
• time saving
• knowledge sharing
• synergies across
units
• reuse of resources
• strategic
capabilities
• keeping abreast
• innovation
• retention of talents
• new strategies
Organization
Members
Short-term Value Long-term Value
Source: Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner
Benefits

30. z
70%
20%
10%
70:20:10
Experience
On the job learning
Social
Build
communities,
special interest
groups, mentoring
& coaching
Training
Structured
courses,
workshops &
E-learning
Source: Morgan McCall

32. Xerox

33. SAFe Spotify Model

34. Chapter 3:
How did we build our Community of
Practice?

35. Maturity

36. Over 2k BA’s
globally, siloed
working and lack of
best practice
Local group of
Business Analysts
established a
vision
Successfully formed
a Community of
Practice in one
location and
piloted initiatives
Global sponsor
identified for BA
profession
Identified global
community advocates
Agile Community of Practice
established
1
2
3
4
5
6

37. Training &
Certification
Resource
Management
Communications
& Engagement
Business Analysis Community of Practice
Tools &
Methods
Domain
Knowledge

38. As a: Community Member
I want: a central forum for my
profession that meets regularly
So that: we can break down silos and
encourage collaboration between
locations
Forums

39. As a Community Member
I want a central forum for my
profession that meets regularly
So that we can break down silos and
encourage collaboration between
locations
Forum
As a Community Member
I want regular events for my profession
So that we network with other like
minded people and get an external
perspective
Events
As a: Community Member
I want: to find out about the latest news
and best practices being adopted
across the globe
So that: we build better relationships
with our wider community and are able
to collaborate
Publications

40. As a Community Member
I want a central forum for my
profession that meets regularly
So that we can break down silos and
encourage collaboration between
locations
Forum
As a Community Member
I want regular events for my profession
So that we network with other like
minded people and get an external
perspective
Events
As a: BA professional
I want: to learn key analysis skills
through training that uses practical
examples and is cost effective
So that: I have additional options to
formal training and there is consistency
across the profession
Coaching

41. As a Community Member
I want a central forum for my
profession that meets regularly
So that we can break down silos and
encourage collaboration between
locations
Forum
As a: Community Member
I want: regular events for my profession
So that: we network with other like
minded people and get an external
perspective
Events

44. The best way to
find yourself is
to lose yourself
in the service of
others

45. Pardeep (aka Paddy) Dhanda
Director of Agile Practices
QA LTD
email: pardeep_dhanda@hotmail.com
mobile: +44 (0)7795980668
LinkedIn QR Code

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Volunteer
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