What Needs to be Done Before You Start Your Project

What Needs to be Done Before You Start Your Project, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 4.35, with 109 lectures, based on 20 reviews, and has 254 subscribers.

You will learn about Find the root cause of a problem Learn techniques to define the current situation Better gauge whether your organization is capable of managing the change of your project Who a stakeholder is, how you manage them, and why they are so important for your project Where you find your project requirements and why you need them to define your solution Learn how to find out how many solutions can be generated Master the processes needed to determine the best solution This course is ideal for individuals who are Existing or aspiring Project Managers who are looking to better ensure project success It is particularly useful for Existing or aspiring Project Managers who are looking to better ensure project success.

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Summary

Title: What Needs to be Done Before You Start Your Project

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 4.35

Number of Lectures: 109

Number of Published Lectures: 109

Number of Curriculum Items: 109

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 109

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Find the root cause of a problem
Learn techniques to define the current situation
Better gauge whether your organization is capable of managing the change of your project
Who a stakeholder is, how you manage them, and why they are so important for your project
Where you find your project requirements and why you need them to define your solution
Learn how to find out how many solutions can be generated
Master the processes needed to determine the best solution

Who Should Attend

Existing or aspiring Project Managers who are looking to better ensure project success

Target Audiences

Existing or aspiring Project Managers who are looking to better ensure project success

In the beginning of my career, I was assigned to projects where the solution had already been selected, and I considered that to be very normal. That’s the way things are done, I thought, and I never thought to question that approach. Sometimes, our projects would be successful, sometimes not. Sure, I would look for the reasons for success or failure, but usually I was always looking at the wrong place. Maybe the team makes the difference? Perhaps it was my knowledge of the subject matter that defined victory?

It took me some time, but I came up with my answer. Some activities need to be completed before the project commences, at least on a basic level. Otherwise, project success is just pure luck.

This course is all about those things you need to do before your project is formed to ensure that you create the benefits your project is intended to generate!

The course is made up of 6 sections:

What problem are you solving or opportunity you want to generate?If you can’t answer this, how do you know that you reached it?

Where are you starting from, and what should you have at the end? This is the transformation you are working towards; the basis of all projects

Who will be affected by your project, either positively or negatively? All parts are key, but this is the element I see neglected the most.

What needs have to be fulfilled? At least on a high level, you have to have a basic idea of what people are looking for.

How many solutions are there to create the opportunity or solve the problem? There are always at least two. Find out why I say this.

What is the best solution?Here, we are talking about the solution that brings the most value.

I know what you are thinking. You don’t have the time to go through all these steps. The fact is that you don’t have the time NOT to perform these activities. This course will show you how you conduct these exercises quickly and efficiently.

So, if you are looking to find out how you can run your projects better, this course is exactly right for you.

Don’t wait. Let’s get started!

Last updated September 16th, 2019

Course Curriculum

Lecture 1: Focus on the Customer

Lecture 2: Range of Business Analysis Activity

Lecture 3: What is the Business

Chapter 1: Competencies

Lecture 1: Communication Skills

Lecture 2: What competences are expected from a Business Analyst

Lecture 3: Interactive Skills

Lecture 4: Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving

Lecture 5: T-Shape Professional

Chapter 2: What Problem Needs to be Solved

Lecture 1: Problem Being Solved

Lecture 2: Governance Agreements

Lecture 3: Theory of Constraints

Lecture 4: Bayes Theorem

Lecture 5: Document Analysis

Lecture 6: The Balanced Scorecard

Lecture 7: Business Process Management

Lecture 8: PEST Analysis

Lecture 9: Process Mining

Lecture 10: Impact Analysis

Lecture 11: Customer Journey and Customer Touchpoints

Lecture 12: Customer Journey Postscript

Chapter 3: From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Lecture 1: Organizational Process Assets

Lecture 2: Business Transformation

Lecture 3: Enterprise Environmental Factors

Lecture 4: Organizational Readiness

Lecture 5: Power Law

Lecture 6: Key Performance Indicators

Lecture 7: Metrics

Lecture 8: Root Cause Analysis

Lecture 9: The Deming Cycle

Lecture 10: Why Models?

Lecture 11: Process Analysis

Lecture 12: Process Modeling

Lecture 13: SIPOC Model

Lecture 14: BPMN

Lecture 15: Process Design

Lecture 16: Business Rules Analysis

Lecture 17: Feasibility Study

Lecture 18: Enterprise Process Management

Lecture 19: Use Cases

Lecture 20: State Diagram

Lecture 21: Porters Five Forces

Lecture 22: Capability and Capacity Analysis

Lecture 23: Organizational Modeling

Lecture 24: Organizational Modeling Postscript

Lecture 25: Data and Forecasting

Lecture 26: Useful and Non-Useful Data

Lecture 27: Correlation and Causality

Lecture 28: Data Governance

Lecture 29: Regression to the Mean

Lecture 30: Data Flow Diagrams

Lecture 31: Entity Relationship Diagram

Lecture 32: Context Diagram

Lecture 33: CATWOE Analysis

Lecture 34: Gap Analysis

Lecture 35: Benchmarking

Lecture 36: Data Dictionary and Glossary

Lecture 37: Scope Modeling

Chapter 4: Who All Is Effected By Your Project – Know Your Stakeholders!

Lecture 1: Stakeholder Analysis

Lecture 2: Stakeholder Strategy State Diagram Mashup

Lecture 3: Granovetters Model

Lecture 4: RACI

Chapter 5: What Are Their Needs, and What benefits are Your Stakeholders Expecting?

Lecture 1: Requirements Gathering

Lecture 2: Surveys and Questionnaires

Lecture 3: Research

Lecture 4: User Stories

Lecture 5: Epics and Themes

Lecture 6: Planning Poker

Lecture 7: Five Whys

Lecture 8: Brainstorming

Lecture 9: Interviews

Lecture 10: Observation

Lecture 11: Observation Postscript

Lecture 12: Focus Group

Lecture 13: Requirements Workshops

Lecture 14: Requirements Analysis

Lecture 15: Requirements Decomposition

Chapter 6: How Many Solutions Solve Your Problem?

Lecture 1: Vision, Mission, Strategy, Objectives, Organization, Tasks

Lecture 2: Solution Assessment

Lecture 3: Cost of Quality

Lecture 4: Decision Analysis

Lecture 5: Kano Model

Lecture 6: Kano Model Postscript

Lecture 7: Six Thinking Hats

Lecture 8: Estimation

Lecture 9: Risk Analysis

Lecture 10: Delphi Method

Lecture 11: Business Model Canvas

Lecture 12: Crowdsourcing

Lecture 13: Prototyping

Lecture 14: Monte Carlo Simulation

Lecture 15: Traceability

Lecture 16: Scenarios

Chapter 7: What Is the Best Solution and How Do You Justify Your Proposal?

Lecture 1: SWOT Analysis

Instructors

Michael Boyle
MD Procurro Solutions LLC

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