David Wheater

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ABOUT DAVID WHEATER

Senior IT project manager (PM), and experienced business analyst (BA), with an expert level knowledge of the methodologies associated with software development life cycle (SDLC), waterfall and agile frameworks. Almost 20 years of industry experience working on projects with some of the UK\'s top organisations.Excellent working knowledge of IT and business environment’s, strategic, tactical and operational perspectives and the challenges associated with introducing transitional change.Highly experienced project, programme and risk management trainer and coach with two decades of full time delivery to some of the UK’s top private and public sector bodies. Educated to postgraduate degree level and with a wealth of professional accreditations,(trainer level), provides highly acclaimed classroom based coaching and lectures. Successful training of over 1200 PMs to practitioner level PRINCE2 and a further PMs and BAs have, through my tutoring become practitioners of APM, MSP, M_O_R, P3O, ISEB (BA), ISEB (IS_PM and PPSO) and APMP and PMP.Expert knowledge of BA techniques and process-based and agile project methodologies. Advanced skills in project life-cycle application, stakeholder management techniques, requirements capture, value engineering, business case and investment appraisal techniques, scope management, business and activity modelling, scheduling, resourcing, earned value management, milestone mapping, A3 reporting, configuration and change management, risk and issue management. Trainer of Lean and Scrum, and an understanding,(a unique skill), of how to combine PRINCE2 and Scrum in a Lean business environment.