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Commercial awareness for technical people (In-House)

Commercial awareness for technical people (In-House)

By The In House Training Company

  • 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
  • Completion Certificate
  • 24/7 Technical Support

Highlights

  • Delivered Online or In-Person

  • Delivered at your location

  • UK Wide

  • Full day

  • All levels

Description

The aim of this course is to expose the commercial context within which technical work is carried out. It is to allow technical staff to understand how they fit into a larger picture, why they may be asked to undertake tasks that may not appear to be technical and the impact their interactions have within the commercial context.

The scope of the programme includes:

The course emphasises the collaborative nature of delivery and the need to offer value to customers.

The principal training objectives for this programme are to help participants:
  • Understand why technical roles are broader than we might assume
  • Appreciate the importance of, and the need to support, sales
  • Value the idea of 'Good Enough'
  • Recognise what can affect profitability
  • Realise the future needs protecting

1 Introduction



  • (Course sponsor)
  • Why this programme has been developed
  • Review of participants' needs and objectives



2 That's not my job!



  • How we see our own role in work
  • How other people see our role
  • Stakeholders: who are they and why do they matter?
  • The organisational backdrop
  • What is my role really?




3 Sales and marketing



  • Where does the money come from?
  • Where do we find customers?
  • The sales process
  • One-off sales versus repeat business
  • Customer/supplier relationships
  • What something costs versus what the customer will pay
  • The value chain




4 Estimating



  • Purpose of estimates
  • The problem with precision
  • Five estimating techniques




5 Change control



  • Can you just do this for me?
  • When being helpful leads to bankruptcy
  • How to deal with change requests




6 Risk management



  • Risk in projects
  • Risk in operations
  • Categories of risk




7 The value of intellectual property



  • Issues with sharing information
  • Commercial in confidence
  • Non-disclosure agreements




8 Course review and action planning



  • (Course sponsor present)
  • Identify actions to be implemented individually
  • What actions should be implemented to improve working with non-technical people?
  • Conclusion

About The Provider

The In House Training Company

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