Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for intermediate business and requirements analysts who are looking to improve their business case development and presentation skills. This course is also a great fit for project managers and product owners who work closely with business analysts or who perform some form of business case work themselves. Overview Understand the role of the business analyst within the business case process Understand the main professional associations and standards that support business analysts in the industry Discuss the benefits of business case creation Explore how to define the business need Describe the role of the business analyst in supporting the enterprise to determine how to optimally invest in the right project initiatives Explain how to identify stakeholders and the significance to the pre-project activities Discuss the importance of analyzing the enterprise Describe and explore the activities performed to assess the current business environment Explain how a business analyst describes a ?future? state environment including how to identify gaps in enterprise capabilities Present and explore how to define the scope of a solution Describe the activities performed and techniques used to determine viable solution options Explore various techniques for evaluating solution options including feasibility and risk analysis Thoroughly understand the purpose of conducting a feasibility assessment Discuss and practice a number of business analysis techniques that support the business case process Explore the components of a business case Describe how the business case supports decision makers in making go/no-go decisions Demonstrate how to assemble the output from pre-project activities into a well-structured business case Present techniques for presenting business cases to top level managers and obtaining buy-in Discuss methods for preparing for challenges during business case delivery Students learn the steps to effective business case development and support your strategic business recommendations with sound budgeting and financial back-up. The one course you need to make high-impact recommendations and receive full management support for your ideas. Introduction Module Learning Objectives What is Business Analysis Polling Question International Institute of Business Analysis BABOK© Guide Components Project Management Institute Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide BABOK© Guide Knowledge Areas Benefits of Business Analysis Polling Question A Business Analyst can Influence Project Success Factors Challenges of Business Analysis Polling Question Purpose of a Business Case Exercise 1a: What Should a Business Case Include Define the Business Case Elements What to Look Out For Who is Involved Exercise 1b: Review Business Case Outline Module Learning Objectives Pre-Project Activities & the Business Analyst Module Learning Objectives The Definition of a Business Analyst The Role of a Business Analyst Responsibilities of a BA BA Role vs. PM Role Business Analysis vs. Systems Analysis Business Analysis Competencies Polling Question Business Analyst Role and Stakeholders Exercise 2a: Review the Case Study What is a Stakeholder? The Importance of Stakeholders Stakeholder Identification Tips for Identifying Stakeholders Other Stakeholder Tips Stakeholder Identification/Analysis Exercise 2b: Identify Roles and Responsibilities Stakeholder Map Stakeholder Matrix & Onion Diagrams A Stakeholder Map Onion Diagram Exercise 2c: Why do we Need to Understand the Enterprise? Why Study the Enterprise? What is Enterprise Architecture? What is Strategy Analysis? About Strategy Analysis Purpose of Strategy Analysis When to Perform Strategy Analysis Strategic Planning Module Summary The Needs Assessment Process Module Learning Objectives Business Need Defined Define Business Need The Needs Assessment Process Problem or Opportunity Exercise 3a: Problem/Opportunity Identification Understanding Why Situation Statements Business Need and Current State Determine the Stakeholders Polling Question Goals and Objectives Polling Question Exercise 3b: Give 3 Examples of Business Goals Define Business Need Techniques Exercise 3c: Identify the Business Need Definition of Strategy Analysis When Business Strategy is not Driving Project Definition Typical Project Profile The Executive Paradox Solution to the Paradox Exercise 3d: Describe 3 Outcomes You Would Expect from the Case Study The Four ?Ares? Understand How to Create a Business Model Business Model Example Exercise 3e: Create a Business Model The Business Case Approach Financial and Strategic Measurement Tools Module Summary Determining the Required Capabilities & Defining Solution Scope Module Learning Objectives Business Need and Current State Purpose of Analyzing the Current State Analyzing Current Capabilities and Process Capabilities Defined Techniques for Analyzing the Current State Define the Future State Techniques for Defining the Future State Assess Capability Gaps Stakeholders Involved when Reviewing Capability Gaps Discussion: Assessing New Capabilities Defining Solution Scope Determining Scope Boundary How to Define Solution Scope Defining Solution Scope Project Scope and Product Scope Scope Modeling Techniques Used to Define Scope Define Scope Boundaries Modeling Scope: Context Diagram Exercise 4a: Create a Context Diagram from the Case Study Communicating Solution Scope to Stakeholders Stakeholders Participating in Scope Activities Exercise 4b: Discuss Managing Expectations Module Summary Assessing Feasibility & Proposing Solution Options Module Learning Objectives Financial Analysis Purpose of Financial Analysis Costs versus Benefits Financial Models Timing for Assessing Financial Benefits Risk Assessing Risks Risk Process Exercise 5a: Identifying Risks Risk Analysis Capturing and Categorizing Risks Risk Strategies Tolerance for Risk Determining Solution Options Solution Option Process Determining and Analyzing Solution Options Brainstorming Conducting an Outcomes Focused Brainstorming Session Stakeholders Involved in Determining Solution Options Exercise 5b: Determining Solution Options Feasibility Analysis Discussion: Ranking Solution Options Discussion: Recommending the Most Viable Option Exercise 5c: Assess the Most Viable Options Solution Approach Definition Exercise 5d: Review the Business Case Templates Module Summary Packaging & Presenting the Business Case Module Learning Objectives Circumventing a Business Case Documenting the Business Case Value of the Business Case Process Business Case Components Business Case Techniques Build a Convincing Business Case Discussion: Identifying Decision Criteria Exercise 6a: Supporting a Go/No Go Decision Packaging the Business Case Planning Business Case Delivery Discussion: Planning Stakeholder Buy-in Information and Communication Needs in the Business Case Process Presenting your Business Case Exercise 6b: Anticipating and Responding to Challenges Module Summary Course Wrap Up Course Summary Questions Additional Resources Thank You Additional course details: Nexus Humans BA03 - Writing Effective Business Cases training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. 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Taking minutes is a much under-rated skill. It can be challenging at the best of times. So how do you do it for virtual meetings? This trainer-led session will help. It's a very practical programme which explores the issues specific to minuting on-line meetings and gives solutions to some of the trickier problems. Full of useful tips, the session will enable participants to: Identify how to adapt their current minute-taking skills to on-line meetings Plan and prepare for a meeting Follow a line of discussion Work in partnership with a remote Chair Deal confidently with minute-taking challenges. 1 Welcome Programme objectives Personal introductions 2 Adapting minute-taking to virtual meetings How is it different? What changes in approach are needed? 3 Preparation Preparing for the meeting Technology and equipment Dress and personal presentation Liaising with the Chair Practical preparation tips 4 Minuting tips Managing the 'techie' elements, eg. poor sound/visual quality Knowing who is speaking Following a line of discussion What if I don't hear or understand? Tips for producing a set of minutes 5 Session review Summary, key learning points, feedback and close
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Security Engineers, Security Administrators, Security Operations Specialists, Security Analysts, Network Engineers, and Support Staff Overview The Palo Alto Networks Firewall 11.0: Troubleshooting course is three days of instructor-led training that will help you: Investigate networking issues using firewall tools including the CLI Follow proven troubleshooting methodologies specific to individual features Analyze advanced logs to resolve various real-life scenarios Solve advanced, scenario-based challenges Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls are architected to safely enable applications and prevent modern threats. Their approach identifies all network traffic based on applications, users, content and devices, and lets you express your business policies in the form of easy-to-understand security rules. Flexible deployment options and native integration with their next-generation security platform extend the policy enforcement and cyberthreat prevention to everywhere your users and data are located: in your network, on your endpoints and in the cloud. Course Outline Module 1 - Tools and Resources Module 2 - CLI Primer Module 3 - Flow Logic Module 4 - Packet Captures Module 5 - Packet-Diagnostics Logs Module 6 - Host-Inbound Traffic Module 7 - Transit Traffic Module 8 - System Services Module 9 - Certificate Management and SSL Decryption Module 10 - User-ID Module 11 - GlobalProtect Module 12 - Support Escalation and RMAs Module 13 - Next Steps
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is ideal for developers, engineers, and others including: Cloud administrators , Cloud solution architects , Customer sales engineers , DevOps engineers , Sales engineers , Systems engineers, Technical solutions architects. Overview After taking this course, you should be able to: Explain business and technical challenges of going to the cloud Understand benefits of an application-centric hybrid cloud multicloud management platform Navigate Cisco CloudCenter Suite architecture Understand Cisco CloudCenter Suite administrative capabilities including cloud management, multi-tenancy, governance, and policy enforcement Describe application lifecycle management and provisioning in cloud Describe how to use Cisco CloudCenter Suite to manage the workloads in multicloud The course, Mulitcloud Automation and Orchestration with Cisco CloudCenter Suite (CLDAO) v1.0 teaches you how to configure simplified orchestration and workflow automation that provides seamless integration within the Cisco© CloudCenter suite. Through lessons and hands-on experiences, you will learn to use the tools of the CloudCenter Suite to streamline business processes, automate tasks, and increase efficiency in business processes. Introducing Cisco CloudCenter Suite Action Orchestrator Cisco CloudCenter Suite Architecture Defining Action Orchestrator User Management and Security Considerations Cisco CloudCenter Suite User Management and Security Defining Cisco CloudCenter Suite Action Orchestrator Adapters Action Orchestrator Adapter Creation Examining Action Orchestrator Integrations and Supported APIs Cisco CloudCenter Suite Action Orchestrator APIs
Our comprehensive online course offers a deep dive into Urban and Rural Driving, Working at Height. Whether you are a seasoned driver or just starting out, this training will equip you with essential knowledge and skills to navigate various road conditions safely and efficiently. Urban and Rural Driving, Working at Height Training Content: Urban Driving Techniques: Develop strategies for navigating busy city streets, including managing traffic congestion, negotiating junctions, and adhering to specific urban regulations. Rural Road Safety: Learn how to adapt your driving style for rural roads, including handling narrow lanes,unpredictable bends, and potential hazards like livestock and wildlife. Working at Height: Learn essential training on safe practices for working at height, covering risk assessments, equipment usage, and compliance with safety regulations. Learn to identify hazards, use fall protection systems, and ensure a safe working environment. Join us to enhance your vehicle safety knowledge, compliance with legal requirements, and improve your driving skills in diverse environments. Register today to be better prepared for a wide range of driving challenges. Please review our Terms and Conditions for more information.
Our comprehensive online course offers a deep dive into Urban and Rural Driving, Working at Height. Whether you are a seasoned driver or just starting out, this training will equip you with essential knowledge and skills to navigate various road conditions safely and efficiently. Urban and Rural Driving, Working at Height Training Content: Urban Driving Techniques: Develop strategies for navigating busy city streets, including managing traffic congestion, negotiating junctions, and adhering to specific urban regulations. Rural Road Safety: Learn how to adapt your driving style for rural roads, including handling narrow lanes,unpredictable bends, and potential hazards like livestock and wildlife. Working at Height: Learn essential training on safe practices for working at height, covering risk assessments, equipment usage, and compliance with safety regulations. Learn to identify hazards, use fall protection systems, and ensure a safe working environment. Join us to enhance your vehicle safety knowledge, compliance with legal requirements, and improve your driving skills in diverse environments. Register today to be better prepared for a wide range of driving challenges. Please review our Terms and Conditions for more information.
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Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is recommended for technical professionals who need to install, configure, and manage multiple security domains within their network security environment. Overview Discuss challenges associated with securing large-scale business organizations with distributed network environments. Describe the Check Point Multi-Domain Security Management solution and its benefits. Understand the components of MDSM and how they work together to help administrators manage multiple network security environments within a single management framework. Understand how to install and configure the Multi-Domain Security Management environment. Describe how to implement Management High Availability within the MDSM environment. Discuss the two types of log server options used to store logs in the Multi-Domain Security Management environment, and how they differ. Understand how to manage and view Multi-Domain activity logs in SmartConsole. Understand how to configure and implement Global Policy to manage rules for multiple domains. Identify various MDSM command line tools commonly used to retrieve information and perform configuration changes on a MDSM Server. Describe troubleshooting tools to use for addressing MDSM Server issues. Understand how VSX works and how to integrate the technology within the MDSM environment. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the Check Point Multi-Domain Security Management solution and describes how to deploy it within the corporate network environment. Course Outline Multi-Domain Security Management MDSM Installation and Configuration MDSM Log Management Global Policy Management MDSM Troubleshooting Incorporating VSX
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This SQL training course is designed for students new to writing SQL queries. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - Understand how relational databases work - Use SQL to output reports - Write queries to obtain data from multiple tables. Students will learn SQL to build applications or to generate business reports.The SQL learned in the course is applicable to all major databases. Relational Database Basics Brief History of SQL Relational Databases Popular Databases SQL Statements Simple SELECTs Introduction to the Northwind Database Some Basics SELECTing All Columns in All Rows Exploring the Tables SELECTing Specific Columns Sorting Records The WHERE Clause and Operator Symbols Using the WHERE clause to check for equality or inequality Using the WHERE clause to check for greater or less than Checking for NULL Using WHERE and ORDER BY Together The WHERE Clause and Operator Words More SELECTs with WHERE Checking Multiple Conditions Writing SELECTs with Multiple Conditions Advanced SELECTs Calculated Fields Calculating Fields Aggregate Functions and Grouping Working with Aggregate Functions Built-in Data Manipulation Functions Data Manipulation Functions Subqueries, Joins and Unions Subqueries Joins Using Joins Outer Joins Unions Working with Unions If time allows, one or more of the following may be covered: Conditional Processing with CASE INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE Student Challenges - Design your own reports
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Data Analysts, Business Analysts, Business Intelligence professionals Cloud Data Engineers who will be partnering with Data Analysts to build scalable data solutions on Google Cloud Platform Overview This course teaches students the following skills: Derive insights from data using the analysis and visualization tools on Google Cloud Platform Interactively query datasets using Google BigQuery Load, clean, and transform data at scale Visualize data using Google Data Studio and other third-party platforms Distinguish between exploratory and explanatory analytics and when to use each approach Explore new datasets and uncover hidden insights quickly and effectively Optimizing data models and queries for price and performance Want to know how to query and process petabytes of data in seconds? Curious about data analysis that scales automatically as your data grows? Welcome to the Data Insights course! This four-course accelerated online specialization teaches course participants how to derive insights through data analysis and visualization using the Google Cloud Platform. The courses feature interactive scenarios and hands-on labs where participants explore, mine, load, visualize, and extract insights from diverse Google BigQuery datasets. The courses also cover data loading, querying, schema modeling, optimizing performance, query pricing, and data visualization. This specialization is intended for the following participants: Data Analysts, Business Analysts, Business Intelligence professionals Cloud Data Engineers who will be partnering with Data Analysts to build scalable data solutions on Google Cloud Platform To get the most out of this specialization, we recommend participants have some proficiency with ANSI SQL. Introduction to Data on the Google Cloud Platform Highlight Analytics Challenges Faced by Data Analysts Compare Big Data On-Premises vs on the Cloud Learn from Real-World Use Cases of Companies Transformed through Analytics on the Cloud Navigate Google Cloud Platform Project Basics Lab: Getting started with Google Cloud Platform Big Data Tools Overview Walkthrough Data Analyst Tasks, Challenges, and Introduce Google Cloud Platform Data Tools Demo: Analyze 10 Billion Records with Google BigQuery Explore 9 Fundamental Google BigQuery Features Compare GCP Tools for Analysts, Data Scientists, and Data Engineers Lab: Exploring Datasets with Google BigQuery Exploring your Data with SQL Compare Common Data Exploration Techniques Learn How to Code High Quality Standard SQL Explore Google BigQuery Public Datasets Visualization Preview: Google Data Studio Lab: Troubleshoot Common SQL Errors Google BigQuery Pricing Walkthrough of a BigQuery Job Calculate BigQuery Pricing: Storage, Querying, and Streaming Costs Optimize Queries for Cost Lab: Calculate Google BigQuery Pricing Cleaning and Transforming your Data Examine the 5 Principles of Dataset Integrity Characterize Dataset Shape and Skew Clean and Transform Data using SQL Clean and Transform Data using a new UI: Introducing Cloud Dataprep Lab: Explore and Shape Data with Cloud Dataprep Storing and Exporting Data Compare Permanent vs Temporary Tables Save and Export Query Results Performance Preview: Query Cache Lab: Creating new Permanent Tables Ingesting New Datasets into Google BigQuery Query from External Data Sources Avoid Data Ingesting Pitfalls Ingest New Data into Permanent Tables Discuss Streaming Inserts Lab: Ingesting and Querying New Datasets Data Visualization Overview of Data Visualization Principles Exploratory vs Explanatory Analysis Approaches Demo: Google Data Studio UI Connect Google Data Studio to Google BigQuery Lab: Exploring a Dataset in Google Data Studio Joining and Merging Datasets Merge Historical Data Tables with UNION Introduce Table Wildcards for Easy Merges Review Data Schemas: Linking Data Across Multiple Tables Walkthrough JOIN Examples and Pitfalls Lab: Join and Union Data from Multiple Tables Advanced Functions and Clauses Review SQL Case Statements Introduce Analytical Window Functions Safeguard Data with One-Way Field Encryption Discuss Effective Sub-query and CTE design Compare SQL and Javascript UDFs Lab: Deriving Insights with Advanced SQL Functions Schema Design and Nested Data Structures Compare Google BigQuery vs Traditional RDBMS Data Architecture Normalization vs Denormalization: Performance Tradeoffs Schema Review: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Arrays and Nested Data in Google BigQuery Lab: Querying Nested and Repeated Data More Visualization with Google Data Studio Create Case Statements and Calculated Fields Avoid Performance Pitfalls with Cache considerations Share Dashboards and Discuss Data Access considerations Optimizing for Performance Avoid Google BigQuery Performance Pitfalls Prevent Hotspots in your Data Diagnose Performance Issues with the Query Explanation map Lab: Optimizing and Troubleshooting Query Performance Advanced Insights Introducing Cloud Datalab Cloud Datalab Notebooks and Cells Benefits of Cloud Datalab Data Access Compare IAM and BigQuery Dataset Roles Avoid Access Pitfalls Review Members, Roles, Organizations, Account Administration, and Service Accounts