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Digital Transformation is not a set of projects or tools but is a journey. Many organizations do not reap the full impact of Digital Transformation because they fail to align to this basic reality. So let us see some key aspects of how does the journey look like and how can it made successful

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This discussion will include:

How to consume readymade bots for multiple domains
How to consume bots via AWS/AZURE cloud based servers with minimal cost to end user
How not to pay for time when your Bots are idle
CAPEX V/S OPEX
What Bots are available across verticals and horizontals

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There has been an upward trend in the discussions and conversations on several platforms both online and offline about the role that Business Analysts play in an Agile Environment. This presentation would first take the participants through the core heart of Agile, aligns the knowledge of the participants with true Agility, presents a case study of a successful Agile Transformation and the highlights the strategic role a Business Analyst plays is Business Agility.

The presentation would take a workshop format with three activities.

Key Take Aways:

At the end of the presentation, the participants would have gained knowledge of how to achieve Business Agility, understand and align their knowledge of Agile with the core fabric of Agile and also design a successful Agile Transformation using the Transformation Canvas,

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RPA on its own does not focus to redesign anything. It does not ask why an activity is performed the way it is, or why is the process activity is performed at all. RPA’s key focus is to assess if an activity can be automated. If the goal for the enterprises is to go beyond basic labor arbitrage savings to improve the process while exploiting the oppo to automate — and it should be — then the companies need a combination of continuous improvement methodology and RPA framework to gain bigger and better results.

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Evolution of customer experience over the years
- The 3Rs of effective customer experience through listening
- Customer feedback: driver of continuous improvement
- Ways to measure customer experience and translate it into potential business

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The presentation will focus on the approach to take for business process automation across the enterprise and how to prepare your organization to take advantage of the next digital revolution brought about by 5G, IoT, quantum computing, and AI in the coming decade. There will be a short discussion of promising use cases in the end.

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The Tangentia automation group has worked on many large enterprise RPA implementations, but the vast majority of their implementations have been to small and mid sized businesses worldwide. The Tangentia agile digital transformation implementation methodology has allowed the Tangentia team to provide quick ROI and value to RPA and AI projects worldwide.

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Innovation is not an accident, but a conscious effort to bring unexpected delight to customers. Business Analysts are the glue between business and technology groups, and they can see things that either group can't see in isolation. With this strategic advantage, BAs can go above and beyond their duties by consciously adopting an innovative mindset. An understanding of how to build this mindset in a structured way to provide innovative solutions to the organization will take the role of BA to the next level.

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Robotic process automation (RPA) is becoming an indispensable tool to increase efficiency by replacing error-prone manual processes with software robots. Replacing a human worker with a robot can streamline a process, but RPA can also bring new security challenges that need to be managed carefully. Just like people, robots need to access sensitive data and have credentials to manage. If hijacked by an adversary or malware, they can cause significant damage. On the other hand, RPA can also be used to help manage cybersecurity risks by automating some critical processes, such as incident handling, change management, and other compliance tasks. In this presentation, the author will overview the additional security challenges RPA poses, how to mitigate them and finally how can RPA itself be used to help improve the security posture of an organization.

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Kevin Monte de Ramos, a data and analytics strategist, will expand on the concept of the data lake .

He will explain how RPA, AI, and ML fit into this holistic data architecture. you will leave appreciating the impact water had on our economy and how data plays the same role in the information era. If you are curious what ‘data composting’ means and how today’s technology is the solution, you don’t want to miss this imaginative and pragmatic approach

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Design led organizations are not only surviving, they are thriving - doing over 200% better than their non-design peers. As a business analyst, you can contribute to the well-being of your organization by supporting a user-centered approach. In this workshop, you will learn various techniques to ensure that users are at the heart of your requirements and products.

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In today’s challenging workplaces, products and organizations are failing. Organizations are challenged by changing business models, evolving technology, increased diversity of the workplace and customers. To be successful organizations have to be agile and focus on delivering value. They need to adapt their products to these challenges to survive. In this session we will explore the challenges that organization face and the skills Business Analysts need to help their organizations be successful

Speaker Profile

Peter Monkhouse is currently President of MonkArt, providing consulting and training services to organizations. In addition, Peter teaches project management courses at Ryerson University, University of Toronto, and University of Calgary.

Peter’s career is built on over 40 years of project and leadership experience. Throughout his career, Peter has actively led projects and project managers in the areas of education, consulting, engineering, information technology, health, and organizational change for multinational organizations. Over the past 20 years, Peter has taught over 6,000 students in Project Management in a variety of formats including classroom, online, and intensive formats.

In prior roles, Peter managed portfolios of continuing education certificates with over 4,000 enrollments, co-founded ZOOMtoLearn, and NewGen P and led programs of over 100 professionals and revenues over US$20 million per year implementing organizational change.

Peter has been an active volunteer with PMI for over 20 years and is presently Peter serving on PMI Education Foundation Board of Directors. Previously he served on the PMI Board of Directors for 6 years and was the Chair of the 2012 PMI Board. Peter is past president of the PMI Toronto; and has served on several Member Advisory Groups (MAGs). Recently, Peter co-authored the bestselling book Gen P New Generation of Product Owners Who Cave about Customers. Peter received his BSc (Engineering) from Queen’s University and his MBA from the University of Toronto.