David Snowden's Professional Website

Profile ...

I am a project, business analysis and business improvement professional offering over 25 years experience of delivering innovative IT solutions and business/process change strategies that provide sustainable business and operational benefits to both the public and private sectors. Highly experienced in agile and traditional project, programme and business analysis methodologies, advanced systems thinking and customer-centric approaches. Expertise in organisational transition and transformation, reducing costs and improving revenues, particularly in organisations faced with short planning horizons, restricted budgets, increasing workloads and declining headcount. I often work in secure and high assurance environments.

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David Snowden BA (Econ) M.IIBA M.APM PMP FRGS

Clients/appointments include ...

... blue chip clients, market leaders and small niche market players in Logistics, Transport, Warehousing, Inventory and Fulfilment, Publishing/Printing/Business Communications, Retail & Distribution, Manufacturing, Financial, Insurance and Credit Card Operations, Construction, Exhibitions, Marine Operations & Shipping, Public Service/Central Government, Public Service/Local Government and Computerised Maintenance Management.

Project Manager
Programme Manager
Business Analyst
Consultant
Change Manager

Competencies include ...

Project and Programme Management, Business/IT/IS Strategy, Planning & Transformation (Business Analysis/Systems Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Business Risk Management, Business Modelling and Systems Development Management, Methods & Tools), Change Implementation Planning and Management, Requirements Definition and Management, Consultancy, Advice & Guidance, Innovation, Research & Emerging Technology Strategy, Stakeholder, Supplier & Partner Relationship Management, Benefits Realisation

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Lectures and mentoring ...

I lecture and run workshops on: mentoring and skills transfer, project management fundamentals, project management specifics (traditional and agile), programme and portfolio management, business analysis methodologies including Lean Six Sigma, RUP, UML etc.and business improvement methodologies (such as SPRINT) as well as general courses such as how to specify requirements for systems. I can also offer training in areas of communication such as Leading Virtual Teams, Reading Your Audience, Using Communication Styles Effectively, Influencing Others, Demonstrating Leadership and Positive Challenge as well as lectures on Cloud Computing and the future of IT/IS.

Latest news ...

August 2011

Launch of needatestrange.net, and e-portal.

September 2011
Latest edition of SRS 2011 (Unambiguous Definition of Requirements) published and available from the AMDS website.

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