AssistKD is pleased to announce the release of three brand new
courses, written and presented by subject matter experts to aid individuals and
companies in growing their efficiency and skill-set.

Creative Problem-Solving: Tools
and Techniques

Creative Problem Solving provides business analysts and others with the
process, language and tools they can use to manage their personal approaches to
creative thinking and problem solving more effectively and productively. The
following topics are covered in the course:

• The natural dynamics of
  creativity and problem solving
• A comprehensive framework
  creative problem solving
• People as creative problem
  solvers
• Separating and managing
  judgment in order to increase the power of thought
• Four guidelines that help
  create a mindset for creative thinking
• Six tools for generating
  many, varied, and usual options for solving problems
• Four guidelines to create a
  mindset for high level critical thinking and decision
• Six tools for analysing,
  developing and refining thinking

CBAP and CCBA Accelerator
Course

Studying for the CBAP or CCBA exams can seem a daunting task. The CBAP
and CCBA Accelerator course is designed to help you and your team plan and
prepare for the exam by providing a firm baseline of knowledge, aligned with
the IIBA Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide).

The overall course objective is to provide delegates with a
"whistle stop tour" of BABOK, relating this to their day-to-day work
and existing knowledge, so they can accelerate their own self-study for CBAP or
CCBA.

After leaving the course, delegates will have a foundation of knowledge
which can be supplemented with their own further self-study. Additional study
material is provided to help them revise and succeed in the exam. This course
also acts as an excellent BABOK introduction for organisations that are
aligning with IIBA.

Click here to find out more about this course.

Pre-project problem analysis 

Successful projects need a clear direction
and a definitive destination. This starts with a solid understanding of the
business problem or opportunity that exists. When the business problem is
clearly understood, it is much easier to elicit and analyse business
requirements and understand the business value that the project will deliver. A
key skill-set to achieving this level of clarity is problem analysis.

This
course focuses on how to carry out problem analysis either before a project has
been initiated or during the project's early stages. The session starts with a
broad definition of problem analysis, and then explores the high-level
"Why" and the "What" of projects. The session continues by
looking at how to define a high-level "project concept summary".

Click here to find out more about this course. 

If you wish to find out more about these or any other courses that
AssistKD offer, please contact Chris Martin on chris.martin@assistkd.com.