Internationally renowned CBAP® and PMP® professionals, Richard and Elizabeth Larson will be visiting South Africa in August as guests of Faculty Training Institute. Richard and Elizabeth are the co-founders and principals of globally recognised business analysis and project management training firm, Watermark Learning Inc, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, USA.
Richard Larson is a contributor to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge version 2.0, the head of the Review Committee for the BABOK® Guide 1.6 and 2.0, and contributor to the 4th edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. He and his wife Elizabeth Larson have co-authored the acclaimed CBAP® Certification Study Guide 2.0 and the Practitioner’s Guide to Requirements Management: Requirements Planning handbooks for business analysts. Elizabeth and Richard were lead contributors to the PMBOK® Guide – Fourth Edition (Collect Requirements). Elizabeth was lead contributor to the BABOK® Guide 2.0 chapter Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring, to a White Paper on the collaboration between the PM and BA, and is the content lead for Scope Management for the PMBOK® Guide – Fifth Edition. Richard chaired the review Committee of BABOK® Guide Version 2.0.
FTI’s strategic relationship with Watermark Learning will see a range of new short course offerings being made available in South Africa. “The roll out of initial courses will include the CBAP® Certification Preparation Workshop, Business Analysis Fundamentals, Influencing without Authority and the Requirements Modelling Essentials courses,” says Steve Erlank, MD of FTI.
Watermark Learning’s comprehensive CBAP® Certification Preparation Workshop, is running in Johannesburg from 3-5 August and in Cape Town from 10-12 August. “This definitive and intensive workshop will prepare business analysts for the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) exam and assist individuals preparing to sit the exam to make the most of their limited study time” says Erlank.
Both the Cape Town and the Johannesburg courses in August will be run by Richard Larson, CBAP, PMP. Larson has over 30 years of experience in business analysis and project management training and consulting and has presented numerous workshops, seminars and training classes to thousands of participants on 3 different continents. Richard Larson is also the chief architect for the CBAP® and PMP® Online Study exams from Watermark Learning, an exam simulator product that helps CBAP, CCBA and PMP candidates pass their exam on the first try. “FTI is very proud to be able to bring this training programme to South Africa”, says Erlank.
Business analysts can also look forward to a course run by Elizabeth Larson, CBAP, PMP, CSM in Cape Town from 10-11 August. The title of this course is Influencing Without Authority. Attendees of all skill levels are encouraged to attend. Participants will learn how to establish enough influence over key stakeholders to get work done when they have no “real” authority over them.
Elizabeth Larson has over 25 years of project management and business analysis experience and has presented workshops, seminars and training classes on 3 different continents.
The Business Analysis Fundamentals 3 day course is also a new offering that will be added to FTI’s bouquet of courses for business analysts. The course is scheduled to run from 3-5 August in Johannesburg. “This course trains participants to help business clients articulate their needs and wants and to document them clearly, concisely and completely,” says Erlank.
The Requirements Modelling Essentials 2 day course has been designed for business analysts, project managers, developers and anyone who is involved in software development projects. This course will help delegates to master the most challenging part of a project by getting the stakeholders’ requirements right and uncovers many methods, tools, models and techniques to help elicit and analyse user requirements.
For information on the CBAP® Exam Preparation workshops or the Influencing Without Authority and Business Analysis Fundamentals or Requirements Modelling Essentials courses contact Lauren on 011 807 9478 or [email protected] or visit www.fti.co.za
To view FTI’s full complement of Business and Systems Analysis, Enterprise Architecture, Project Management or Testing courses and other programmes in association with Watermark Learning please visit www.fti.co.za.
About Faculty Training Institute
Faculty Training Institute (FTI) was established in 1989 to provide affordable, practical and professional training of the highest standards to the IT industry. Starting with two Diploma courses, one in IS Project Management and one in Systems Analysis and Design, FTI’s product range now encompasses a wide and growing range of programmes. These programmes serve the professional skills-development needs of a community that stretches much wider than just Information Technology. The modern world continues to shift towards a Knowledge Economy where old skills and paradigms become obsolete and new careers and roles emerge. These roles require multi-skilled individuals capable of high-order thinking and problem-solving skills, across a range of industries and knowledge domains.
FTI’s strategy is to proactively identify these knowledge roles and create courses and programmes that define and support these roles. In the past 20 years FTI has graduated thousands of knowledge professionals from their signature Diploma programmes, with many delegates returning to augment their skills by attending our focused, intensive short courses. Our corporate client base now extends across Southern Africa and includes numerous leading companies.
Faculty Training Institute holds the following institutional accreditations:
• Fully Accredited Education and Training Provider with the ISETT SETA (ACC/2010/00/601).
• First Education Provider to be endorsed by the International Institute of Business Analysis
• (IIBA®) in South Africa and hold Charter status.
• Registered Education Provider (REP 2841) with the Project Management Institute (PMI®).
About Watermark Learning
Since 1992, Watermark Learning has been cultivating tomorrow’s problem solvers through business analysis, project management, and influencing skills training. However, Watermark Learning is more than just a business analysis and project management training company. Our clients receive skill development that enables both organizations and individuals to define, analyse, and deliver products and services that solve business problems.
Today, employers are looking for more than just job expertise—they need problem solvers—highly-performing professionals with the practical know-how to solve problems and create enduring results.
Watermark Learning is an “original” PMI® Global Registered Education Provider and a Charter Endorsed Education Provider of the IIBA®, granting Continuing Development Units (CDUs) to earn or maintain CBAP® certification.
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Faculty Training Institute
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