Andy Wood

How I Can Help You

Project Management

My main offering is an end-to-end service, managing projects from the very start at the conception stage all the way through to completion.

Troubleshooting

I also offer a troubleshooting service for projects that have already started and are experiencing problems such as scope creep and escalating costs.

How I Work

Below is a summary of the business analysis process that I carry out for my customers:

Consultation

Here I meet with the management team to ascertain goals and to understand the planned benefits of the required project.
Initiation

At this stage I create all the relevant documents, for example the business case, task list and schedule, in order to help everyone understand the needs and direction of the project.
Resource and Budget Allocation

Once the required tasks have been identified, the necessary skillset needed to complete those tasks becomes known at this stage and so the relevant people with those skills can be appointed. This is also the stage that, as the size and duration of the project is now known, along with the skillset needed, the budget can be finalized.
Implementation

This is where the magic happens - software applications are designed, developed and tested and the users trained on each module. Once the all-clear is given, completed modules are then deployed to the live environment using Agile principles.
Closure

Finally I perform a post-project review to ensure that the business and stakeholder needs have been met to everyone's satisfaction.

Consultation
Here I meet with the management team to ascertain goals and to understand the planned benefits of the required project.
Initiation
At this stage I create all the relevant documents, for example the business case, task list and schedule, in order to help everyone understand the needs and direction of the project.
Resource and Budget Allocation
Once the required tasks have been identified, the necessary skillset needed to complete those tasks becomes known at this stage and so the relevant people with those skills can be appointed.
Implementation
This is where the magic happens - software applications are designed, developed and tested and the users trained on each module. Once the all-clear is given, completed modules are then deployed to the live environment using Agile principles.
Closure
Finally I perform a post-project review to ensure that the business and stakeholder needs have been met to everyone's satisfaction.

* The specific services I can offer each client will vary, depending on the scale and type of the business need.

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Feedback

Grahame Atkins

CEO, Headway Luton

On behalf of our charity I'd like to thank Andy Wood for his hard work in creating a bespoke system to meet all our data collection needs within a given project time-frame and, importantly, within our agreed budget.

Andy was very professional in his approach and quickly established what we actually needed in hardware, software and design to suit our organisational needs and staff ease of use. His continued support over the years has been equally invaluable.

I would personally recommend Andy Wood for IT services to anyone. 10/10.

IT Manager

Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Andy, as an all rounder, was able to take ownership of every task for the development of our new CLINICS system.

He managed the whole process, from talking to users in order to ascertain requirements, creating detailed functional and technical designs, carrying out all of the appropriate development and testing of every module.

Once completed, he deployed the modules to the live environment and then collaborating with the Training department and also the IT department to provide timely maintenance and top-class support.

Client Project Manager

Leonard Chesire Disability

Andy was an exceptional troubleshooter. He joined the project part way through and, with excellent communication skills, quickly got up-to-speed and understood where all the failure points were. He then created a solution to each problem, along with a comprehensive plan of how to carry out the actions for each solution.

In addition, he worked hard in getting all the relevant parties working together to ensure the rest of the project was delivered on time, within budget and to the required quality.

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