Tuesday February 1, 2011 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Presented By ASPE (REP 2161): Russ Fletcher

Agile Methods have taken software development by storm. Professionals are hoping to gain the efficiencies and quality that experts profess Agile methods provide. They are also looking for a higher quality working environment, including increased empowerment that Agile preaches. ASPE-SDLC and Davisbase consulting have taught over 10,000 professionals on Agile topics since 2006. To have a chance of success in Agile, you must learn what Agile really is and not what the evangelist, consulting firms, and tool vendors want you to know.

Presenter:
Russ Fletcher is a seasoned IT executive with broad business experience. For nearly 20 years Mr. Fletcher has been consulting with, improving or leading technical businesses or IT departments with an eye toward making IT a competitive advantage and a strategic strength. What sets his IT departments apart from the rest is their unique combination of high-level strategic thinking with superior, Monday-morning-Inbox tactical delivery. Using humor mixed with real-world experience, Russ’ training classes and follow-on consulting help his teams succeed and improve dramatically.

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Live Webinar – Friday January 28, 11:00 am EST
Presenter: Darrel Raynor, PMP, MBA, Data Analysis & Results, Inc.
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU1 Cat 4 Free Offered by Jourynx

To become and remain relevant in today’s fast-paced world, PMOs must move from a C-Level partially sponsored layer of governance to a desired partner providing real and immediate value for projects of all sizes. Knowledge management for both culture and mechanics aspects of project and program management are critical. Providing another layer of vaguely directed management by rules is not desired by business units.

The bottom line: if projects take longer or cost more with PMO assistance than without, relevance is in high jeopardy. We will discuss two A&IPMâ„¢ strategies with tactics for each you can apply now. After this presentation, participants will be able to persuasively describe and prepare an implementation plan for these two powerful strategies:

• Front load your projects with conflict via ‘Mandatory’ tailoring project processes using the “Process Slider” concept
• Ensure all your processes have value by ‘Rating’ each process and process steps for ROI – guaranteed to lean up your processes!

This webinar is 1 hour long and attendees are eligible for 1 PDU credit.

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Live Webinar – Wednesday February 2, 12:00 pm EST
Offered by Global Knowledge.Presenter – Timothy Euler
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU1 Cat 3 Free

Brief Overview:

This seminar will discuss the stepping stones and road blocks that I.T. infrastructures will face through their Quest to transition to Windows 7. As many of today’s organizations seek to capture the benefits of the Windows 7 Operating system, we must ask ourselves “are we actually prepared”. New features and utilities are great for the transitioning business to capitalize on, but what about the “Behind the Scenes” features that may have been overlooked. This Seminar will introduce you to two sets of new features that Windows 7 provides in the way of Security and Application support.

Outline:

• Introduction to the Windows 7 Kernel
• Introduction to the Windows 7 Versions
• Windows 7 Security features

1. User Account Control
2. Local Security Policy
3. Windows 7 Data Execution Prevention
4. Windows Firewall with advanced security
5. Service Hardening
6. Registry Protection
7. File and Registry Virtualization
8. New IP stack supports IPV6

– Direct Access
– Data Encryption
– Remote Desktop Security: Network Level Authentication

• Windows 7 Application Compatibility issues and tools
• Issues with Windows 7 installed applications

1. Third Party Support
2. UAC
3. File and registry Virtualization

• Application Compatibility Tools

1. Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5
2. Standard User Analyzer
3. Standard User Analyzer Wizard
4. Application Compatibility Administrator
5. Mitigating application issues with SHIMS
6. Mitigating Application issues with SDBINST.EXE
7. Application compatibility wizard and Executable dialog box
8. Session 0 and Session 1 mechanism
9. Windows Virtual POC 2007 with XP Mode Virtualization
10. Hardware Assisted Virtualization

• Wrap up and Question

Speaker Bio:

Timothy Euler is a senior level Global Knowledge Employee instructor and Published Microsoft Courseware author with over 16 years in the I.T. Field. Tim is a highly certified MCT instructor with many years of advanced hands on consulting experience with Server and Client Level operating systems since the advent of Windows NT Server 3.51 through Windows Server 2008 R2. He also has many other industry level certifications from Cisco, Comp-tia and Solaris. Tim Euler is also a Published White Paper Author and Blogger with many articles and blogs being quoted in industry trade magazines.

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Live Webinar – Wednesday February 2, 2:00-3:00 PM EST
Offered by IAG (REP 2858) Consulting
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU – 1 Cat 3 Free

This session demystifies the wide range of agile and more traditional requirements and development methodologies. The session looks at the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and gives prescriptive guidelines to requirements leadership looking to improve results by striking a better balance between agile and disciplined practices. This session refocused the agility versus discipline dialogue: it is not that these practices are mutually exclusive – the real issue is to look at your current circumstances and find the right balance to maximize success.

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Online Live Webinar February 2, 2011 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Free Course Id: BAW1301

Do you want a solid understanding of the business objectives and requirements that are critical for the success of your projects? Then this webinar is for you! You’ll learn the role of the business analyst and their responsibilities within different lifecycle models, including sequential (waterfall), iterative, and agile approaches; finally, you’ll gain an overview of common techniques used by business analysts to elicit, analyze, document, communicate, manage, and validate organizational goals, business objectives, and user requirements.

About the Presenter

Dr. Martin Schedlbauer, instructor and consultant for Corporate Education Group, has been leading and authoring seminars and workshops in business analysis, software engineering, and project management for over twenty years. Martin, an accomplished business analysis subject matter expert, is a recognized leader in software development practices, a practicing scrum master, experienced software architect, and also serves as an advisor for several industry conferences;additionally, Martin maintains an active research agenda in agile methods, requirements analysis, and human performance modeling.

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Live Webinar – Wednesday January 26, 2:00-3:00 PM EST
This webinar is offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
1 Cat 3 Free

Great requirements practices put teeth into contracts for system development and integration and ensure a more successful relationship with your vendor. Not only can excellent requirements dramatically compress the time needed to get systems into production, these best practices are about defining and managing business outcome – without also dictating solution. This means opening options for fair competition while procuring solutions that are tightly scoped and less subject to cost overruns. This session will answer the following questions:

• What is the impact of requirements quality on project outcome?
• How can business requirements be made effective for controlling outcome-based contracts?
• How do you contract for great requirements on projects?
• What do you need to consider in measuring RFP responses?

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