Slides from a presentation given by Jon Osborn and Hayley Goldthorpe to a meeting of IIBA UK's North branch on 14 March 2018.

1. D W P B U S I N E S S A N A L Y S T
C O M M U N I T Y
IIBA Presentation

2. Head of Role for Business Analysis
11 years as a business analyst
- 3 years at Bank of New York
- 8 years within Civil Service
@J0n_0sb0rn
J O N O S B O R N

3. Senior Business Analyst
7 years as a business analyst
- 2 years at Department for Work & Pensions
- 5 years within Social Housing
Over 10 years experience in service improvement
@h_goldthorpe
H A Y L E Y G O L D T H O R P E

4. O B J E C T I V E S
Start with
why!
What worked
well?
Overcoming
barriers
Resources

5. SHARE KNOWLEDGE
BENEFIT FROM
EXPERIENCE
BUILD CAPABILITY
Our vision is to create a community for Business Analysts to enable them to engage, support and share
working practices within a safe environment
CONNECT WITH
OTHER BAS
SUPPORT NETWORK
SOLVE PROBLEMS
B A C O M M U N I T Y

6. O B J E C T I V E S
Start with
why!
What
worked
well?
Overcoming
barriers
Resources

7. W H E R E T O S T A R T

8. M A T U R I T Y M O D E L

9. M I S S I O N

10. G O A L S

11. T E A M C A N V A S

12. B A C O N F E R E N C E V I D E O
https://dwpdigital.blog.gov.uk
/2018/02/27/learning-as-part-
of-the-business-analysis-
community/

13. O B J E C T I V E S
Start with
why!
What worked
well?
Overcoming
barriers
Resources

14. B A R R I E R S

15. O B J E C T I V E S
Start with
why!
What worked
well?
Overcoming
barriers
Resources

16. - Emily Webber
http://emilywebber.co.uk/community-of-practice-maturity-model/
- Building a Community of Practice
http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/59113
https://dwpdigital.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/23/developing-the-business-analyst-
community-in-dwp/
- Defining Focus (Mission & Problem Statements)
https://dwpdigital.blog.gov.uk/2017/02/28/helping-teams-define-their-focus/
- Team Canvas
https://dwpdigital.blog.gov.uk/2017/08/31/building-our-business-analysis-
community-culture/
- Team Canvas Website
http://theteamcanvas.com/
R E S O U R C E S

17. C O N N E C T W I T H U S
Twitter:
@DWP_BA
@J0n_0sb0rn
@h_goldthorpe
Email:
COMMUNITY.BA@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK

18. A N Y Q U E S T I O N S