Course Description:Imagine the scene. You’ve been ‘parachuted in’ to a new project assignment, and you’re faced with disagreement everywhere.  Stakeholders are fighting, and there isn’t any kind of consensus of what problem we’re trying to solve here let alone how we’re trying to solve it.  A senior stakeholder has suggested buying a particular IT system,
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Increasingly, organisations are operating in fast-moving and often volatile business environments.  Project teams need to respond quickly to tricky and often ill-defined problem situations, enabling the organisation to adapt and meet the ongoing demands of its customers and environment.    In these contexts the pre-project stage is crucial: For our change initiatives to be successful, we need to
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In this practical and hands-on one day course, you will get practical and proven techniques for early business analysis engagement. This course is run in collaboration with ITWorks. For full event information, pricing and registration information, please click on the link below. After attending this course, delegates will: • Understand what pre-project problem analysis is,
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In this practical and hands-on one day course, you will hear about the importance of systems thinking in a business analysis context. This course is run in collaboration with ITWorks. For full event information, pricing and registration information, please click on the link below. Attendees who successfully attend the course will: • Understand the danger of 'silver-bullet'
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Increasingly, organisations are operating in fast-moving and often volatile business environments.  Project teams need to respond quickly to tricky and often ill-defined problem situations, enabling the organisation to adapt and meet the ongoing demands of its customers and environment.    In these contexts the pre-project stage is crucial: For our change initiatives to be successful, we need to
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