OUR Events

We hosted an event on the 11th of October 2022 with the one and only Tina Lovelock. She shared with our members about doing the right amount of analysis and avoiding doing over-analysis/under-analysis.

We supported the IRM Business Analysis conference in London in September 2022. We also had a stall at the conference to showcase YBA.

We attended the BA Life on the 26th of May 2022.

Ian Richards and Filip Hendrickx recently launched a fantastic new book: Brainy Glue. The book brings a fresh take on business change techniques in to a story format and looks at the best ways of making change ‘stick’. We caught up with the authors to talk all things Brainy Glue.

Additionally, members have a chance to win a copy of the book through our LinkedIn Group.

At the conference, we celebrated turning 1 year old with some of our team members reflecting on the year as shown in this video! This was part of a presentation unveiling our plans for year 2.

We also ran a stall for people to find out more and take our well-received BA Quiz.

In this event, we discovered our inner animal as well as the ones in our workplaces to start using communication that connects and inspires.

BCS teamed up with YBA to offer 25% off their new publication for YBA members and gave YBA a preview copy to review:

"An easily digestible read that doesn’t hide the damning reality for women in tech. YBA believe it is important for everyone to read this book regardless of characteristics such as their age or experience. The authors use a data-backed representation of the current environment with well-explained strategies and practical tips enabling readers to ignite change, make an impact and make it last. This resonated with us at YBA: ‘You can’t be what you can’t see.’"

We launched our blog writing competition with the topic 'The effect of the pandemic on the Business Analysis industry' with the following prizes:

• Their blog published on the IIBA UK website (https://www.iibauk.org/blog)

• Their blog published on the Blackmetric's Q4 BA Digest

• 12 - month training package worth £250 sponsored by Capita

• Presenting alongside David Beckham at the IIBA BA Conference and a 1-on-1 coaching session

We hosted a lunch-time Q&A session with Rachel Drinkwater, who will also shared hints and tips on blogging!

We had a number of YBA members speaking at conferences. At Serendipity they presented on staying in the loop in a "new normal" and challenges big organisations face against emerging competition. At BA Life they presented on volunteering for YBA and how it has helped individuals towards their goals and build professional confidence.

For World Youth Skills day to support our vision, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT offered a 30% off code for all books in July. The link to their shop is here https://lnkd.in/eqCwJwy.

These resources are available in our community group and will be added to the website soon!

Following feedback we introduced a newly revised format for focus of the month on Business Cases. These resources are available in our community group and will be added to the website soon!

This event saw Dan Kiernan (Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford) share with us his experiences and give us tips on how to deal with and overcome the feeling of Imposter syndrome at work.

These resources are available in our community group and will be added to the website soon!

We had 5 of our YBAs give a 3 minute talk before opening to the floor:

• Bryony Martin - Implementing Flexible Working: Narrowing the gap between the intended and actual impact on employees

• Andy Fyfe - Tips on joining teams virtually

• Tobias Leonard - My experience as a BA apprentice

• Kay Hardy- Why should BA's know human centred design techniques

• Edd Nunn - Habit forming and behavioural awareness

International Women's Day 2021 celebrated the theme #choosetochallenge!

Just like the YBA is ran by young business analysts for young business analysts, empowered women empower women - and that is exactly the basis in which the YBA was created. 3 empowered women created the YBA from scratch, and invited several other YBA's to join them in making the YBA a success.

At this time all 3 SLT members were female and 50% of the team working hard behind YBA were women.

We partnered with AssistKD to share more about the initiative and also how it has grown so far from an initial idea to (at time of recording) over 400 members.

YBA went to Sheffield Hallam University to inspire students on the Business Analytics Course and give them an insight into what a Business Analyst is. The event had great feedback - watch this space for more outreach to educational institutions!

For this event we had speakers with various backgrounds given insight into life as a Business Analyst apprentice and completing the BCS Diploma in Business Analysis.

In celebration of Apprenticeship Week we got some insights from 2 of our YBA apprentices.

These resources are available in our community group and will be added to the website soon!

In this event we gained insight into some career progression journeys from our various panellists who were able to share advice and knowledge.

At our Christmas social we had a competition for the best holiday rich picture and Assist KD provided ‘Business Analysis 4th Edition’ as a prize.

At our Christmas social we celebrated our success over the last few months and relaxed in time for Christmas. We also had a few competitions with prizes up for grabs including best Christmas Jumper on the day, scavenger hunt, best dressed pets and a Christmas rich picture competition!

We celebrated International Day of Persons with Disabilities with some helpful tips for BAs.

After receiving a number of requests from our members on advice around finding a job, so we partnered with Blackmetric to share job-seeking tips.

In this event Pete Thompson explored how the BA adds value to systems development projects (both agile and waterfall) and taught up:

• What an SDLC does and why it is important within systems development

• Pros and cons of linear (e.g. Waterfall) v iterative (e.g. Agile) lifecycles

• What agile is and why agile has become the predominant model for systems development

• The role of a BA within the SDLC and how the BA adds value to SD projects

In this article read more on how to invest in your personal and professional development to impress in the workplace and future interviews.

In this article read more about the experience of starting a BA role during lockdown and pick up some tips on remote working as a new starter!

On World Mental Health day we reminded ourselves to look after our wellbeing and check in with others.

Here are some useful resources:

Tips to improve wellbeing

NHS https://lnkd.in/d5qXH55

Mind https://lnkd.in/dfe9K9P

Mental Health.org https://lnkd.in/dmv2ggM

Mental health in the workplace

Mental health at work https://lnkd.in/dU_xeiR

Mind https://lnkd.in/dm7iWXM

In this event with Simon Leckie we explored:

• How to stay calm under pressure

• Tips on how to speak with confidence

• Three killer reasons why there's no such thing as a 'stupid' question

• I can do it - the importance of self-belief!

YBA was formally launched on 22nd September 2020 at the IRM Business Analysis Conference Europe. This consisted of a formal presentation explaining YBA as well as our first YBA social for those in the conference and the YBA community.

We also had a surprise prize (sponsored by Canada Life) of ‘Business Analysis 4th Edition’ for a lucky member who attended our social.