Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

2013-2019

ABRSM is the UK’s largest music education body, one of its largest music publishers and the world’s leading provider of music exams, offering assessments to over 600,000 candidates in over 90 countries every year.

 Analyst Programmer

 Business Analyst

Key Tasks

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Review

Review existing systems with a view to replacing them to meet new business requirements.

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Architect

Architect, cost, and create project plans to manage a staged delivery.

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Gather

Gather and review business requirements, make recommendations, and incorporate feedback.

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Research

Interview staff, research technologies, and present solutions.

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Prototype

Build and test prototypes, review feedback, and adjust the solution.

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Code

Code the solution, design the data model, and write the data transformations.

Key Skills

Coding

Data Analysis

Business Analysis

Key Technologies

(Microsoft) Access

ASP.NET MVC

Bootstrap

C#.NET

CSS3

Entity Framework

HTML5

JavaScript

JQuery

(Altova) MapForce

SQL Server

(Altova) StyleVision

Visual Studio

XML/XSL

(Altova) XMLSpy

Key Project

Syllabus Management

A much talked and dreamt about project: find a way to convert a paper syllabus into a digital format, online, and to give the syllabus team oversight and control over that process. And to do it, initially, within a limited budget.

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Key Project

Business Analysis

Reviewed an existing project that had failed to deliver – made recommendations, reviewed and costed solutions. Also reviewed a new proposal, investigated technologies, recommended an approach, and calculated a cost.

Reference

ABRSM
Altova
ASP.NET MVC

Takeaway

Heritage

A fabulous organisation to work for – motivated, considerate, a charity with a proud heritage.

Making a Difference

A great opportunity to make a difference and to provide a solution that made a difference.

Staged Delivery

Funds were always tight in the first year, so the solution had to be staged to produce noticeable benefits early.