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Joint event with IIBA Toronto and IIBA Hamilton 
 
 
 
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Location: Online
Attend Free! - registration required
 
 
 
 
Event Description

In today’s fast-paced and efficiency-driven environments, Business Analysts are expected to deliver value faster, reduce waste, and enable continuous improvement across processes and teams. This session, Lean Techniques for Business Analysts, explores how Lean principles and selected Lean Six Sigma concepts can be practically applied within the BA role to improve outcomes, enhance collaboration, and drive measurable business value.

Participants will be introduced to core Lean tools and the concept of the Lean Team, along with foundational ideas from Lean and Six Sigma including waste reduction, process variation, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement. The session will bridge theory and practice, demonstrating how these techniques can be integrated into requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, process modeling, backlog refinement, and solution validation.


Key Learnings

At the end of the session, participants would be able to

  • Apply Lean principles and tools (Poka-Yoke, 5S, Gemba, and PDCA) to improve business analysis practices and reduce waste in projects and processes.
  • Develop clear and outcome-focused problem statements that accurately define business needs and enable effective root cause analysis.
  • Use PDCA cycles and continuous improvement techniques to test, validate, and refine requirements and solutions in iterative environments.
  • Identify opportunities to build quality into processes by fostering Lean team collaboration and embedding mistake-proofing approaches early in the solution lifecycle

Attendees will leave with practical techniques they can immediately apply to improve clarity, quality, and efficiency in their projects while strengthening their role as strategic value enablers.

 

Speaker Bio: Bola Adesope
Bola wants to change the world of work and the way we deliver value.
 
Currently the Founder/Practice Lead at SixDots.io, a capacity and human capital development company with a mission to transform 1Milllion Processionals by 2030 using the three pillars of Mindset, Skillset and Toolset, and Managing Partner at Stacey & Lloyd Consulting, he has been described as a visionary Consultant, Executive Advisor and Transformation Specialist dedicated to revolutionizing how we work and deliver value. Renowned as a multi-award-winning consultant, trainer, speaker, and coach, Bola is highly regarded for his exceptional ability to drive and lead Agile, Business, and Digital Transformations across North America, Europe, and Africa.
 
Bola also co-founded H.O.P.S (Helping Other People Succeed), a social enterprise dedicated to coaching and mentoring young professionals.
 
With over a decade of consulting experience working for Accenture, Deloitte and co, Bola has guided and advised companies across various sectors—including Telecoms, Insurance, Banking, Retail, IT, Government and Tech—in overcoming complex business challenges and enhancing the value they provide to clients and stakeholders. His deep expertise in Business Analysis, Product Management, Strategy, Change Management, Operating Model & Organizational Design and Business Agility has made him a pivotal force in delivering large-scale, enterprise-wide mission-critical transformation initiatives.
 
As a sought-after trainer, Bola holds multiple certifications and is accredited to teach courses in Business Analysis, Project Management, and Agile/Scrum. He has trained over 3,500 professionals, spoken at numerous conferences, and mentored many leaders and professionals through transformative mindset shifts.
 
A Keynote and International Speaker with speaking engagement across 5 continents, Bola is known for his dynamic and engaging presentation style, captivating audiences with his extensive knowledge, dynamic presentation style and passion.
 
He was named a Top Business Analyst to Watch Out for in 2022 by IIBA, was the Agile Emerging Speaker Winner Toronto in 2019, Top 75 RBC Canadian Immigrant amongst many other awards.
 
Join Bola on a journey to reshape the future of work and unlock new levels of value and innovation.
 
 
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IIBA Toronto
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