This document provides an agenda for an analysis workshop. It includes: - A pre-mortem exercise to imagine how a project could fail and identify risks (30 minutes). - A "BAPSAP" problem solving technique where participants bring a problem and brainstorm solutions (25 minutes). - A break (10 minutes). - An exercise called "Once upon a time" where participants tell the story of a past project (20 minutes). - Open discussion on participants' thoughts (5 minutes). - Networking to conclude the event (20 minutes). The document explains the purpose and process for each agenda item to provide analysis techniques and opportunities for discussion and problem solving.

1. ANALYSIS IN ACTION

3. Agenda
Intro
Pre-mortem [30 min]
BAPSAP [25 min]
Break [10 min]
Once upon a time [20 min]
Your thoughts [5 min]
Finish & networking 20:00

4. Why?

5. Project Pre-mortems
• Imagine the project has failed in a big way.
• Everything that could go wrong, did.
• Identify what those things were.
• Now ask Why?
• You can now work to prevent them from
happening, or to minimise their impact.
By putting people into this future context allows them to speculate
about potential failure without being seen as negative.
You can even get competition between participants to find the
most things, or worst that can happen to cause failure.

6. Pre-mortem
1. Brief (+choose your scenario)
2. 5min brainwriting
3. 5 min grouping the ideas together on a flipchart/wall
4. 5 min discuss mitigation strategies
5. Round table – views

7. BAPSAP
Bring A Problem – Solve A Problem
Total time: 15min
Problem description: 2 min
Clarifying questions: 4 min
Brainstorming ideas: 7 min
Actions: 2 min

8. Problem description
Clarifying questions
Brainstorming ideas
Actions
BAPSAP timer:

10. Once upon a time

11. A long, long time ago (10 years)..
There was a BA who saw what looked like
an interesting technique…..

12. The Moral
The Mission
Barriers
Barriers
Successful
attempt(s)
Unsuccessful
attempt(s)
The Good guys/
Supporters
The Bad guys
The Heroes/ Lead
Actors

13. Your quest now…
• 5 mins - On your own, have a go at this
• 5 mins – table discussion about this technique
• 10 mins – whole room review of this technique
Remember
• I've only done it once so I'm not an expert
• It didn’t come with instructions
• Feel free to adapt the template if this sparks an idea / feels useful
• Try a non-work situation if you cant think of a work one
• Draw if it helps you get into character or drive out insights
Go!

14. Takeaways
My perspective
• Its fun to try
something new
• Being creative and
playful can give new
insights
• Not yet sure when /
where to best use
this technique
Yours?

15. Over to you
Feedback & suggestions

16. Suggested future topics
Showcase of new analysis tools or tools borrowed from other disciplines that could aid
Business Analysts
Showcase of known tools used in a new way, producing better outcomes
Peer review – open discussion/workshop to review and improve our deliverables
Thinking Space – Brainstorming problem-solving ideas; “Bring a Problem, Solve a
Problem”

17. Volunteers?