Certificate in Strategic Enterprise Analysis and Consulting Skills
Strategic Enterprise Solutions
- Context for enterprise analysis (EA)
- Overview of enterprise consulting process and required skills
Strategy and Enterprise Analysis
- Key strategy frameworks
- Understanding the relationship between enterprise analysis and business strategy
Strategic Positioning and the Enterprise
- The holistic and long-term view
- Aligning the operating model in support of current or changed strategy
Industry Analysis
- Frameworks for strategic analysis such as Five Forces and Value Discipline
- Applying the frameworks to a case study and to learner business problems
Enterprise Consulting Approaches
- Effective consulting skills and approaches
- Bridging the client relationship, leveraging culture and facilitating change
- Diagnosing and clarifying the situation
- Managing and engaging stakeholders
Selling the Enterprise Solution
- Building the business case for a strategic enterprise solution
- Crafting the case for change to motivate stakeholders
Achieving Enterprise Value
- Enterprise business case tactics and tools
- Measuring success in enterprise initiatives
Conducting Gap Analysis
- Analyzing the gap between the current enterprise situation and the capabilities required for the desired future state
Enterprise Change Management
- Change management techniques useful for enterprise analysis
- The role of change management in supporting new initiatives and benefits realization
Anticipating Resistance
- Identifying, preparing for and managing resistance to change
Enterprise Risk Management
- Identifying, preparing for and managing risks for enterprise analysis projects
Balanced Scorecard
- Use of balanced scorecard to translate strategy into a tangible, measurable and well integrated set of projects and operations
Business Models
- Understanding and comparing current business model of the organization
- Considering alternatives for future state
- Utilizing the framework to uncover strengths, weaknesses and possible solutions
Project Portfolio Management
- Managing a set of enterprise analysis projects in an overall project portfolio to generate maximum value
Disruptive Forces
- Uncovering potential disruptions, trends and opportunities
Innovation
- Developing an understanding and a toolkit to utilize innovation to better respond to enterprise problems or opportunities
- Generating solutions to address identified challenges
Special Program Feature
A team-based case study will be used throughout to facilitate and reinforce the application of the approaches, tools and techniques covered.