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Will is a consulting business analyst and project manager with experience in banking, consulting, HR, law, accountancy, real estate and utilities sectors. He is ISEB accredited in Requirements Engineering and Business Process Modelling, is a Certified Scrum Product Owner and is a PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Will has an extensive skillset including business process re-engineering, balanced score card, UML, use cases, story boards, requirements workshops, facilitation, business process engineering and modelling, data analysis, business rules analysis, gap analysis, structured walkthroughs and user stories. He was managed large scale projects and worked within PMO functions for development of best practices. He has prepared business cases, briefing documents, communications and presentations for boards and working parties and has often been seconded to cover senior managers when required.

He was consulted to a number of the UK’s top 100 professional firms at strategic and tactical levels resolving complex business problems. He has highly refined consulting and collaboration skills, enabling optimal outcomes.

With a strong background in achievement including senior level rugby, rowing, drama and leadership, Will thrives on the challenge, is focused and highly motivated.
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3 Things Dr Seuss and good Business Analysts (BA) have in common

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Will Parker
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on Wednesday, 10 August 2011 IT industry 0 Comments

Wow recently a major bank has picked up on something we’ve all known for a long time.  Stories are powerful.  We engage with them, we grow with them and we use the context of their knowledge to help build our own understanding.  And who has the best stories?  One group is great writers who can link their experiences with our own; and the other is US the people in business who make business happen – often this needs some BA help which we’ll come to further down – but the key point is remember how much engagement you have in a great story... you could have heard it many times but it still involves you  :-)

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