Business analysis,
process improvement, business
design
It is sadly lost on many senior managers that
almost every corporate change project carried out today involves some
element of technology and that every technology project involves
a large element of corporate change.
Applying a few basic principals early on and putting sound plans in
place at the outset can deliver a vast improvement in returns,
minimise risk and avoid failure.
Ed has vast experience of
business change from
analysis of processes to improve productivity, or reduce costs to
driving forward critical corporate change programmes in private and
public sectors.
Skills include; Six Sigma, UML, SWOT, PEST, MSP, Sprint, Skills
needs analysis, restructuring teams, cause and effect, common sense, persuasion skills,
presentation skills.
If you are planning a corporate change and need a pragmatic right hand man to
help you put sound plans in place, communicate and administer change and
make it stick, then Ed is a very good choice.
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Requirements engineering
Ed
has engineered requirements for products and
projects approaching ten million in value and has learned a great
many valuable lessons along the way, while developing and refining
models, procedures and tools
to speed up the process and reduce risk.
Requirements, IE Understanding the problem before you fix it, is without question, the single most common
point of failure in systems projects and product development.
Gaining a clear understanding of exactly what your
business needs in order to achieve the benefits you set your sights
on, is a combination of good business analysis, human insight
and legal strength requirements documentation that requires a total command of
both the business and technical domains.
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Requirements
engineering (whitepaper)
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Project management
Ed is a Prince 2
and DSDM trained project manager with a track record of
delivering business change,
systems and product development projects valued up to £2m in the
private and public sectors.
Understanding the business change and solution definition
elements delivers a distinct advantage when managing your project in terms
of being able to communicate with both the business and IT elements and ensuring
that the quality is right at every stage .
You still get well developed project plans and timely reports and
documentation, but you will also get a pragmatic and committed leader and
manager driving your project to successful delivery.
Areas of recent experience include Education, Planning, Market research,
Recruitment, Retail and e-commerce.
Ed and associates are normally available to manage projects of any duration as well as short
term services such as:
- Feasibility and business case.
- Reviewing project plans (Sanity check or
peace of mind check)
- Facilitate project planning
- Stage gate reviews
- Preparation for OGC gateway reviews
- Project rescue and turnaround
- Recruiting and forming project teams
- Project documentation
- Prince 2 coaching
- Remote Programme office
functions
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Lean
knowledge management (White paper)
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Associates
In addition to his own services Ed
has several hundred close associates and a database of many
thousands of tried and tested project
managers with a variety of skills and experience to bring to the
table, so even if he is personally unavailable it is likely that he
will be able to provide just the help you need.
E-commerce
Ed's early background in marketing combined with a long list of
ecommerce projects for clients as diverse as Tesco, Stoves, New
World, Calthorpe Property, Wolf-Garden, Barnett and many small and
SME businesses gives him a thorough understanding of the market
issues as well as the technical ones involved in doing business on
the web.
He also has a strong team of associates and connections to help
you get your project delivering revenue fast. These include
Art directors who have deigned for Jaguar, BMW, Npower, Virgin and
many more, Marketing, Marcom and Online Marketing experts and
systems integrators who understand the challenges of running a
successful online business
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Enterprise architecture
Ed has used his unique skills more than once to create a
framework for growing organisations within which they can plan the
business strategy and IT strategy in tandem avoiding the costly
turnarounds, duplications and difficult to manage infrastructures
that plague the majority of growing businesses.
By adapting frameworks like Zachman or TOGAF to fit the team and
situation and helping them get started with it, Ed can help almost
any organisation to achieve a more manageable and flexible
infrastructure that most closely matches there aspirations and plans
and to help avoid the inevitable conflicts between business need and
IT department constraints.
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Contact details
0844 8844713
enquires{at}edtaaffe.com
