Recent speaking engagements, events, articles and media sponsorship

By | 06/06/2021

Business Bullet is passionate about sharing knowledge, promoting business change professions and helping companies to make projects successful.  Here is a round up of some of the recent speaking engagements, articles and media sponsorship.

Speaking engagements

Best practice guidelines and templates for business cases webinar with Helen Winter

PMI UK Digital Events Team hosted this webinar which discussed the purpose and challenges of business cases.  Nearly 300 people signed up for this webinar and it is available to view here.

You will find it useful if you want to find out more about the following:

  • Define the structure of a business case
  • Levels of detail and formats of business cases
  • Techniques and templates that can be used in a business case for:
    • Defining the problem
    • Setting out the scope
    • Benefits analysis
    • Solution Options
    • Project approach and deliverables
    • Risks and Issues
    • Cost analysis and assumptions
    • Dependencies
    • Impacts on target operating model

Real IT Bites Early Career Professional series – Success stories with Jag Sohal and Helen Winter

This was hosted by the BCS Birmingham branch.  Jag Sohal and Helen Winter talked about examples of how you can add value in the workplace, what makes success happen and the benefits of collaboration. This session focussed on the importance of taking ownership, in order to deliver successful outcomes.  It was aimed at early career professionals looking to enter or progress careers in IT and the focus was to share career stories.  Click this link to hear more about it.


Articles

2 articles have been published on the Project Management Institute website.

  1. How to put together a Target Operating Model
  2. How to improve decision making by regular review of the business case

On the BusinessBullet.co.uk website the following articles were published

1.  Recommended Tools for Running Virtual Workshops

To view all of the articles written through businessbullet.co.uk there is a contents page to make it easier for you to see what is available.


Media Sponsorship

Business Bullet is a media sponsor for the European Business Analysis Conference this year.  See more details about it here.  You can get 10% off for being a Business Bullet reader by entering the discount code BB10 on checkout.


Business Analysis Handbook update

I am very proud that this has now made the best sellers lists on Amazon.  See below for a few of the recent reviews.  If you have brought this and enjoyed it then I would be really grateful if you could also leave a review.  This is the link to the book if you want out more.


Hope you have enjoyed reading the articles, the book or my speeches.   If there are any particular topics you would like to see or if you would like additional help then please get in contact.  There is also a services page now which provides more information if you want any additional support.

Author: Helen Winter

Helen Winter is an enterprise transformation leader, author, and operating model strategist with deep experience in designing and delivering complex organisational change. She has led transformation programmes across multiple organisations and sectors, focusing on the operating model mechanisms that link strategy to execution — including commercial model redesign, governance frameworks, squad operating models, PMO modernisation, financial controls, tooling and data alignment, and AI-enabled delivery. Her work centres on helping organisations build operating models that deliver predictable, efficient, and value-driven outcomes. Her expertise spans transformation programme design, enterprise agility, cross-functional governance, behavioural and cultural change, and the practical integration of tools and processes to improve business performance. Helen is also a global business author with Kogan Page. Her first book, The Business Analysis Handbook, was a finalist for two major industry awards: the PMI award for contribution to project management literature and the Business Book Awards’ Specialist Book category. She is an active member of the APM Programme Management Specific Interest Group, contributing to thought leadership, guidance, and the development of good practice for programme delivery. A frequent speaker at project, programme, and transformation forums, Helen shares her insights through her long-running blog BusinessBullet.co.uk, visited by over 5,000 readers a month. Her current writing focuses on modern operating models, transformation leadership, organisational capability, and the real-world dynamics that determine whether change succeeds or fails.

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