Author Archives: Helen Winter
This is a webinar hosted by the British Computing Society (BCS) – Birmingham Branch. Jag Sohal invited Helen Winter as a guest speaker to talk about her early career. The objective was to help provide guidance to early career professionals looking to start or progress a career in IT by providing personal success stories. Below shows the webinar… Read More »
I am going to share some of the tools and techniques I have used for running workshops and meetings virtually. If like me you have been working from home for the last 12 months you may have found there are challenges to running workshops as it can seem more difficult than if everyone is in a room together. … Read More »
This is a webinar that I did for the Project Management Institute (PMI) in February 2021. Original slides can be found on this link: https://www.pmi.org.uk/events/webinar-library-current/1491-february-2021-best-practice-guidelines-and-templates-for-business-cases-by-helen-winter Challenges to business cases are how to get the right level of detail so that senior management will be able to understand the main elements of the business case with their limited time… Read More »
It can be more difficult to turn a project around if it is not defined accurately up front. The more we can do to ensure the project starts out in the right direction at the beginning the bigger chance of success. Some companies are taking a collaborative approach at the pre-project stage to ensure the real problems are… Read More »
Introduction The business canvas model sets out a structure of 9 viewpoints to identify strategic plans and transformation initiatives. Its useful for start-ups to identify what they need going forward and for the annual planning of initiatives at company or department level. It acts as a blueprint so decisions can be made on how to make improved changes… Read More »
Grant Wright facilitated a half day workshop at the European Business Analysis conference 2020 on Unleashing the power of visual thinking. Grant actively practices Visual Thinking throughout his work and is passionate about its ability to create alignment, improve understanding and generate creative ideas. I caught up with him after the conference to ask him some questions about… Read More »
Helen Winter speaking at the European Business Analysis conference 2019 in London on how to make workshops more engaging and interesting using design thinking techniques. Thoughts? Questions? Please share in the comments. If you have found this useful then you might like my book – The Business Analysis Handbook – Techniques and Questions for better Business Outcomes. The… Read More »
Does your role include project work, managing change, understanding problems or mapping processes? If so, you’re a Business Analyst. For many people, their business analyst function isn’t reflected in their job title but they fulfil many of the roles. Helen Winter provides some insights into what it means to be a Business Analyst and how to progress in the… Read More »
Last year I did a short video introducing business process modelling which is chapter in my book “The Business Analysis Handbook“. This is a short 2 minute overview setting out what business process modelling is, why and when it is useful, and how to start using it. Thoughts? Questions? Please share in the comments. If you have found… Read More »
Business Requirements Document Checklist This article focusses on a checklist that can be applied to check the quality of requirements that have been written. It will help the author of a requirements document to be able to self-assess their work to aid the quality of the deliverable. It could also be used to create a common standard across… Read More »