Join Jamie Champagne
Date: Monday, July 7, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM-7:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Location: Online
Attend Free! - registration required
Event Description
Business analysts today are constantly hit with new technology—AI tools, automation platforms, software upgrades, and digital transformations. But how do you know when a new tool is actually a good investment for your organization, and when it’s just another shiny object?
This high-energy, engaging session will help business analysts become trusted advisors in technology decision-making. Instead of reacting to tech trends, BAs can shape IT investment strategies by focusing on business value, collaboration, and maximizing the tools organizations already have.
Key Learnings
- 🌊 Spot the Right Wave – Learn how to evaluate technology investments through a business value and BA lens.
- 🛠 Paddle Before You Buy – Discover strategies to maximize existing tools before adopting new solutions.
- 📊 No Wipeouts! – Understand when AI and automation truly enhance business analysis work vs. when they add unnecessary complexity.
- 🤝 Collaboration is Key – How BAs can bridge IT, business, and strategy to ensure technology decisions drive meaningful results.
BAs don’t just document requirements—they drive business value. Join this session to level up your strategic influence, ride the AI wave with confidence, and ensure your organization is making smart, impactful technology decisions!
Speaker Bio: Jamie Champagne
Jamie Champagne, a certified speaking professional (CSP), engages teams WITH technology for exciting collaborations on their change work that delivers maximum value to organizations.
With a career deeply rooted in technical business analysis, she fervently engages in process improvement, project and change management, and fostering productivity among future leaders. As the acclaimed author of "
Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis, 2nd edition," and the creator of popular courses on platforms like
LinkedIn and
Pluralsight, Jamie is your go-to guide for infusing excitement into tech projects and facilitating wildly engaging sessions speaking around the world both online and in-person. A top business analyst to watch in 2022 and top 50 thought leader in Agile and Project Management as well as a certified virtual presenter, Jamie ingrains ways to have fun while learning about technology and engaging in collaborative teams to get the most value out of all our IT investments. Her company, Champagne Collaborations, was one of the top 12 fastest growing companies in Hawaii in 2023, according to PBN, who focuses on delivering the highest value in training and consulting work. When she's not collaborating with her business partners, you can find her collaborating with her friends and family on the Hawaiian waters on a surfboard.
