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Duration 69 Days 414 CPD hours Cisco Learning Library: Security offers a subscription to all Cisco online cybersecurity and cyber operations training, including extensive sk This comprehensive technical training library offers full-length, interactive certification courses, product and technology training with labs, and thousands of reference materials. Security Library Certification Courses CCNP Security Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (SCOR) v1.0 Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next Generation Firewall (SSNGFW) v1.0 Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS (SSFIPS) v4.0 Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine (SISE) v3.0 Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (SESA) v3.0 Securing the Web with Cisco Web Security Appliance (SWSA) v3.0 Implementing Secure Solutions with Virtual Private Networks (SVPN) v1.0 Implementing Automation for Cisco Security Solutions (SAUI) v1.0 CCIE Security Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (SCOR) v1.0 Product and Technology Training Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (SCOR) v1.0 Implementing Automation for Cisco Security Solutions (SAUI) v1.0 Understanding Cisco Cybersecurity Fundamentals (SECFND) v1.0 Implementing Cisco Cybersecurity Operations (SECOPS) v1.0 Implementing Secure Solutions with Virtual Private Networks (SVPN) v1.0 Implementing an Integrated Threat Defense Solution (SECUR201) v1.0 Integrated Threat Defense Investigation and Mitigation (SECUR202) v1.0 Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices (SSFRules) v2.0 Securing Cisco Networks with Open Source Snort (SSFSNORT) v3.0 Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next Generation Firewall (SSNGFW) v1.0 Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (SESA) v3.0 Securing the Web with Cisco Web Security Appliance (SWSA) v3.0 Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS (SSFIPS) v4.0 Introduction to 802.1X Operations for Cisco Security Professionals (802.1X) v2.0 Securing Industrial IoT Networks with Cisco Technologies (ISECIN) v1.0 Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine (SISE) v3.0 Protecting Against Malware Threats with Cisco AMP for Endpoints (SSFAMP) v5.0 Introducing Cisco Cloud Consumer Security (SECICC) v1.0 Securing Cloud Deployments with Cisco Technologies (SECCLD) v1.0 Configuring Cisco ISE Essentials for SD-Access (ISESDA) v1.0 Securing Branch Internet and Cloud Access with Cisco SD-WAN (A-SDW-BRSEC)
In today's competitive business world firms are under unprecedented pressure to deliver value to their shareholders and other key stakeholders. Senior executives in all parts of the organisation are finding that they need some degree of financial know how to cope with the responsibility placed on them as business managers and key decision-makers; monitoring and improving business performance, investing in capital projects, mergers and acquisitions: all require some degree of financial knowledge. The key financial skills are not as difficult to learn as many people believe and in the hands of an experienced senior executive they can provide a formidable competitive advantage. After completing this course delegates will be able to: Understand fundamental business finance concepts; understand, analyse and interpret financial statements: Profit Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Statement Understand the vital difference between profit and cashflow; identify the key components of working capital and how they can be managed to generate strong cashflow Evaluate pricing decisions based on an understanding of the nature of business costs and their impact on gross margin and break-even sales; managing pricing, discounts and costs to generate strong business profits; understand how lean manufacturing methods improve profit Use powerful analytical tools to measure and improve the performance of their own company and assess the effectiveness of their competitors Apply and interpret techniques for assessing and comparing investment opportunities in capital projects, business acquisitions and other ventures; understand and apply common methods of business valuation Understand the role of business finance in formulating and implementing competitive business strategy; the role of budgeting as part of the planning process and the various approaches to budgeting and performance measurement 1 Basic principles Delivering value to key stakeholders Accounting concepts, GAAP, IFRS and common terms Understanding and using the balance sheet Understanding and using the profit statement Recognising the vital difference between profit and cashflow Understanding and using the cashflow statement What financial statements can and cannot tell us 2 Managing and improving cashflow Sources of finance and their advantages and disadvantages What is working capital and why is it so important? Managing stocks, debtors and creditors Understanding how working capital drives business growth Understanding and avoiding the over-trading trap Unlocking the funds tied up in fixed assets: asset backed loans and leasing 3 Managing and improving profit Understanding how profits generate cashflow The fundamental nature of costs: fixed and variable business costs Understanding gross margin and break-even How common pricing methods affect gross margin and profit Effective strategies to improve gross margin Using value chain analysis to reduce costs Lean manufacturing methodsUnderstanding Just-in-time, 6 Sigma and Kaizen methods Improving profitEffective and defective strategies 4 Measuring and managing business performance Measures of financial performance and strength Investor behaviour: the risk and reward relationship Return on investment (ROI): the ultimate measure of business performance How profit margin and net asset turnover drive return on net assets Why some companies are more profitable that others Understanding competitive advantage: cost and differentiation advantage Why great companies failWhat happened to Kodak? Using a 'Pyramid of Ratios' to improve business performance Using Critical Success Factors to develop Key Performance Indicators 5 Budgeting and forecasting methods Using budgets to support strategy Objectives and methods for effective budgets Using budgets to monitor and manage business performance Alternative approaches to budgeting Developing and implementing Balanced Scorecards Beyond Budgeting Forecasting methods and techniques Identifying key business drivers Using rolling forecasts and 'what-if' models to aid decision-making
Managing Benefits™ Foundation: Virtual In-House Training The APMG International Managing Benefits and Swirl Device logo is a trademark of The APM Group Limited, used under permission of The APM Group Limited. All rights reserved. Benefits are not simply just one aspect of project and programme management (PPM) - rather, they are the rationale for the investment of taxpayers' and shareholders' funds in change initiatives. Managing Benefits is designed to complement existing best practices in portfolio, programme and project management (such as PRINCE2®, MSP®, P3O® & MoP®), and consolidates existing guidance while expanding on the specific practices and techniques aimed at optimizing benefits realization. The purpose of the Managing Benefits guidance and certification scheme is to provide you with generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices, and techniques, and to prepare you to take and pass the Foundation exam on the last day. Managing Benefits provides: An overview of benefits management - what it is, the case for doing it, and some common misconceptions that can limit its effectiveness in practice Descriptions of the seven principles upon which successful approaches to benefits management are built, and examples of how they have been applied in practice Guidance on how to apply benefits management at a portfolio level, as well as at an individual project or programme level Details of the five practices in the Benefits Management Cycle and examples of how they have been applied in practice Advice on how to get started in implementing effective benefits management practices and sustain progress What You Will Learn You'll learn how to: Define benefits, benefits management and related terms, and the objectives of benefits management Explain the principles upon which successful approaches to benefits management are based Define the practices contained within the Benefits Management Cycle and relevant techniques applicable to each practice Describe key elements of portfolio-based benefits management, as well as the scope of key roles and responsibilities for benefits management and the typical contents of the main benefits management documentation Identify barriers to effective benefits management and strategies to overcome them, including the key success characteristics of benefits management Improve your ability to pass the APMG Managing Benefits Foundation Certification exam Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Overview of Managing Benefits The Benefits Management Model Key Benefits Management Practices What is Benefits Management? Definitions Value and Value Management Why do we need benefits management? Objectives Benefits Management Principles Align benefits with strategy Start with the end in mind Utilize successful delivery methods Integrate benefits with performance management Manage benefits from a portfolio perspective Apply effective governance Develop a value culture The Benefits Management Cycle Barriers to effective and efficient benefits management and overcoming them Key success characteristics of effective benefits management Key roles, responsibilities, and documentation Benefits Management Practice 1 - Identify and Quantify Benefits Management Practice 2 - Value and Appraise Benefits Management Practice 3 - Plan Benefits Management Practice 4 - Realize Benefits Management Practice 5 - Review Portfolio-based Benefits Management Implementing and Sustaining Progress APMG Managing Benefits Foundation Exam