Project World | Business Analyst World - Day 1 Review

Project World | Business Analyst World - Day 1 Review Day 1 was ABSOLUTELY amazing! The conference in Toronto proved not to disappoint. I did my session on day 1 about Shake your BA! Today, Tuesday, I am going to present my WAgile presentation! This is the BEST conference ever! How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] ⁠https://www.agiledad.com/⁠ https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] ⁠https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/⁠ https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] ⁠https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/⁠ https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

• 0:15Speaker 00

  It's Tuesday and I thought I'd give you a review of day one of the conference and let you know what was happening, what we covered, what we saw and what my role was. So on the very first day of the conference, we talked a little bit about, well, we talked a lot about on May 11th. We started out with our keynote speaker who taught us about leading the AI uprising. And what's interesting is this was a take that was different than most people had.

• 0:41Speaker 00

  It focused on all the positivity and the things that are happening from it, but it also gave you a stern warning about some of the things that you should be mindful of or look out for. So there was just a lot of good content there and I think Ron did an excellent job there with that particular presentation. At least it looks like it's going to be absolutely amazing. Then we went into our early morning session and in the early morning session, we had some interesting things to choose from from that first round. There were a total of four concurrent sessions. One was on prototyping like a pro, how to turn ideas into actionable requirements. Another was about people, politics and critical thinking, the unseen work prime real change,

• 1:22Speaker 00

  how co-pilot helps you work smarter and not harder and artificial intelligence for project managers, leading a machine learning team. What I can tell you is very interesting, very interesting wind up there or wind up very interesting lineup as I was trying to say. I leaned in more on the presentation from Felicia for this one. I think that's that's probably the one about prototyping like a pro, turning ideas into actionable requirements. It just was more in my wheelhouse. I know a lot already about AI and I wasn't necessarily interested in going to the political one. So I thought it'd be a great opportunity. In the next batch, we had from analyst to influencer, unlocking BA's leadership power, guide path, prepare for the singularity and AI's impact on well, everything.

• 2:07Speaker 00

  The PM's guide to generative AI and cloud projects, which was really an interesting topic. And your stories are too big, how to break things down into smaller pieces. So once again, really good sessions with a couple of powerful speakers on that track.

• 2:21Speaker 00

  My preference right out of the gate, no question, was prepare for sing, prepare for the singularity and AI's impact on everything. Hans Ekman always does a fantastic job. And this was his presentation. What I can tell you is that is fantastic. Just good stuff, good stuff for all. My presentation in this day was on Wagil, how waterfall and agile are coming together, and how project management is shifting back to be more centrist instead of left or right, which is a powerful topic, talking about how waterfall is not wrong, agile is not wrong. It's just getting the right mix and the right recipe to pull it all together. In the afternoon session, we're growing your VA capabilities, is your working environment toxic or green, assessing a plan and action steps to improve your performance,

• 3:04Speaker 00

  managing high stakes data projects, and stop working on the wrong project, practical guide to data-driven prioritization, which I thought was going to be interesting, but I wound up leaning in on the growing your VA capabilities, only because I wanted to continue to enhance mine. And Christina, I'm certain is going to knock that completely out of the park. And then finally, at the end, we have the relationship currency, which was great. And we had shake, shake, shake your BA transitioning from, transitioning from project online. And yes, and, yes, and was going to be a powerful session for me to go up against. But of course, I attended my own. And what I can tell you is it was absolutely fantastic. We had a good

• 3:49Speaker 00

  time. And yeah, it's just good stuff. And we already talked about that one quite a bit. And I already gave you an idea of what my proposal was going to be for the next day for the 12th. So, so yeah, so I'm, I'm looking forward to rocking and rolling. So that's my review of day one. And I'm going to be rocking and rolling on the Wagil topic going forward. So what I can tell you is day one in the books, I'm sure it's 100% success. That's one thing. Project world, business analyst world always does such a fantastic job of putting together these, these all-star, rock star conferences. They always have the best speakers. They always have the most engagement. It's just absolutely incredible. So if you haven't had a chance

• 4:30Speaker 00

  To jump in and you know, get in there and and attend one of these, I strongly encourage you to hop in. There's just so many exciting things happening and I encourage you because I know for certain that this is one of those conferences where you won't regret going because every single, every single session you're looking at the topics and saying, which one can I afford to miss because all the topics are so good. So that's going to do it for today. I hope you enjoyed this recap of day one and I'm excited for my session on day two. If you have a topic you want to discuss, learn more at agiledad.com. We'd love to hear from you. And as always, we encourage you to stay healthy, stay well and stay agile, my friends. Until next time, do take care. Bye now.