Transitioning from a Business Analyst to a Product Owner Role
IIBA Southeast Michigan
Thursday, March16, 2023
Guest Speaker: Disha Trivedi
Transitioning from a Business Analyst to a Product Owner Role
Bio:
Disha Trivedi is a practicing Business Analysis consultant who strongly believes in the impact of Business Analysis done right. In more than a decade of working as a BA/Product Owner, she has worked in a variety of domains such as Higher Education, Dept of Defense, Mortgage and Utilities. In addition to helping teams and organizations leverage the value delivered by Business Analysis, she mentors new Business Analysts. In addition to Business Analysis and Agile topics, she enjoys talking about the Sparx Enterprise Architect modeling tool. She is also an instructor for Bridging-The-Gap, a Business Analysis training organization.
Disha holds CBAP, TOGAF 9, PSPO, PSM and ACBA certifications and has served as Secretary for IIBA South Florida from 2011 to 2014. She currently resides in Northern Virginia.
Topic Description:
Product Owner role is shaping up to be the next step in many Business Analysts’ career paths. To prepare for this transition, let us understand what strengths we, as Business Analysts, bring to this role, what gaps we must aim to bridge, and finally, how we can be the most effective at it.
In this session, we will:
- Understand the role of a Product Owner
- Identify the inherent BA skills that lend themselves to the PO role
- Learn the differences between both roles
- Discover what it takes to be an effective PO