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Steve is an experienced trainer and consultant with 25+ years of experience in the IT profession. He has delivered training courses across the UK and around Europe, covering topics including Business Analysis, Project Management and Agile methods. He has also worked on consultancy assignments for a range of clients.

Steve started his professional career as a team manager in mainframe operations. He then moved on to systems development as an Oracle programmer. He qualified as a Business Analyst when he gained the British Computer Society Certificate in Analysis & Design. He worked for a large UK consultancy before going freelance. His skills include Business Analysis, Project Management, Agile Projects and IT Systems.

Steve now develops and delive...
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Agile Requirements Analysis
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Agile Requirements Analysis
1.5-3 hrs 1,358 learners
By Steve McIntosh
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles and how to apply them to systems development projects
  • Categorise stakeholders by using stakeholder identification and analysis techniques
  • Select the appropriate roles and responsibilities for yourself and other team members based on the defined Agile roles
  • Identify and get business stakeholders involved and engaged in an Agile project
  • Identify and develop user stories based on business requirements
  • Arrange user stories into related groups to develop prototypes or wireframes to validate them
  • Analyse, prioritise and record business requirements, including both functional and non-functional elements
  • Select and apply fact finding techniques that are appropriate for an Agile project
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Intermediate Level
Project Management
Agile Requirements Analysis
1.5-3 hrs
1358 enrolled
Business Analysis - Process Modelling
1.5-3 hrs 3,956 learners
By Steve McIntosh
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the principles of business analysis and process modelling - and how to apply them
  • Explain the concept of systems thinking and the holistic approach to modelling business systems
  • Identify the boundary of a business system and the main data flows by drawing a Context Diagram
  • Translate a Context Diagram and Process Map into a Use Case Diagram to show business processes and how they connect
  • Translate a Context Diagram and Process Map into a Use Case Diagram to show stakeholders and their associations
  • Analyse business processes in more detail by drawing an Activity Diagram
  • Analyse actors in and handovers between business activities by drawing a Swim Lane Diagram
  • Identify the business processes and distinguish the core processes within a business system by drawing a Process Map
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Intermediate Level
Business Analysis
Business Analysis - Process Modelling
1.5-3 hrs
3956 enrolled
Business Analysis - Foundation
1.5-3 hrs 2,748 learners
By Steve McIntosh
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the principles of business analysis - and how to apply them
  • Describe the role of the business analyst in systems development projects
  • Identify business stakeholders and processes by drawing a mind map
  • Analyse stakeholders in more detail by drawing a mind map
  • Analyse business processes in more detail by drawing a mind map
  • Translate a stakeholder mind map into a stakeholder wheel
  • Categorise stakeholders by using a power – interest grid
  • Identify, analyse and prioritise business requirements
  • Categorise business requirements as must, should, could or won't have
  • Identify fact finding techniques that might be used to identify requirements
  • Describe the difference between functional and non-functional requirements
  • Explain the requirements that can be broken down as themes, features, epics and user stories
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Beginner Level
Project Management
Business Analysis - Foundation
1.5-3 hrs
2748 enrolled
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