Live Webinar February 9, 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: MDW1253

Delivering tough messages, giving critical performance feedback, saying “no” to a client or supervisor—these are just some of the challenging conversations we all face in the workplace; and, as a leader, you’re directly impacted by your ability to communicate effectively. The business results you produce, the strength of your internal collaborations, the effectiveness of your corporate strategy, and the retention of your key employee talent, all depend on the skills you bring to communication and relationship management.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• The three crucial elements of a conversation that will determine success or failure
• A systematic process to prepare for your most challenging conversations
• Four key skills for persuading and influencing others

About the Presenter
Michele Gravelle, (LinkedIn profile) owner of Successful Conversations Now, and training consultant for Corporate Education Group and VisionQuest Consulting, has over 20 years experience working with internationally-acclaimed thought leaders in the fields of negotiation, relationship management, and communication. Michele currently travels across the world delivering corporate training focused on helping individuals within organizations cultivate their leadership capabilities through developing personal mastery of their communication skills; in addition to all of this, Michele is a contributing author to the recently published book, “Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Path to Leadership,” and holds a BS in International Business and an MA in Psychology.

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Live Webinar 1 PDU
Presented by ASPE (REP 2161): Jake Calabrese

Description:

The lean business analysis web seminar starts by explaining the foundations of lean IT before getting into the impacts of how lean IT affects business analysis.
The presentation discusses how some existing approaches work well and others present more challenges to lean business analysis and projects.

Panelist(s) Info:
Jake Calabrese LinkedIn profile
Related: Business analysis is a career ender …

VimStreet
VimStreet is a consulting firm focused on streamlining business processes and delivering technology solutions to improve organizations. Jake Calabrese, a Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP) recipient, PMP, CSP, and founder of VimStreet, believes that every organization needs to answer the question “What does business improvement mean to us?” before making an improvement investment. Based in Denver, CO.

Date/Time: Tuesday February 8th, 2011 6:00 pm MST
Location: ICT 121, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada http://www.ucalgary.ca/map/interactive

Most agile teams use visual planning boards to manage their work and co-ordinate the activities of team members. A common example is the XP Task Board used by the team to track the progress of each user story. Task Boards bear a strong resemblance to the Kanban boards that are a central part of the Kanban approach to agile.

So what’s the difference? The style of board chosen determines the kinds of issues that become clearly visible and hence the benefit you will obtain.

In this presentation, Gerard describes his search for the right style of visual management board on a selection of different styles of projects. The journey sheds light on the rationale behind different styles of board and should help you may pick the right style of board for your environment. This presentation includes a dry-run of the material Gerard will be presenting at the Lean Software and Systems Conference (LSSC 2011) in Long Beach, CA in May.

Speaker Bio:
Gerard Meszaros is an independent software development consultant and trainer with 20+ years experience in software and over a decade of experience in agile methods such as eXtreme Programming, Scrum and Lean. He has also been one of the early proponents of including User/Usage Centered Design (UxD) practices on agile projects and has applied automated unit and acceptance testing on projects ranging from full-on eXtreme Programming to traditional waterfall development in wide range of industries.

He has been a frequent presenter of papers and tutorials at major conferences such as Agile 200x, OOPSLA, JAOO and SD West/Best Practices. His book xUnit Test Patterns – Refactoring Test Code was published in May 2007 by Addison Wesley in the Martin Fowler Signature Series and won a Jolt Productivity Award in the Best Technical Book category. Gerard is based in the Calgary area but has worked as far afield as Europe and China.

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011 – 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
Live Webinar 1 PDU (1.5 hr duration but 1 PDU)
Presented by: Computer Aid IT Metrics and Productivity Institute (REP 2733)

In this webinar, Carl Pritchard talks about steps that you can take to integrate your day-to-day risk management practices with your overall project brand.

Click here to register for Welcome to the Land ( and Brand! ) of Risk

Carl Pritchard has written more that 70 articles on The Fundamentals of Project Management – Applying traditional project management in demanding environment.

Below are some specific links to a selection of his articles:

2011, and There’s No Tomorrow!
Would you manage differently if tomorrow was the end of the line for your company? Why wait? With a fatalistic view of reality comes a perspective of urgency, legacy, and innovation. It’s time to start thinking like there’s no tomorrow.

A Time to Be Project Positive!
The Dalai Lama offers Carl some perspective on our potential for profound influence, both as project managers and as people. If ever there was a time to be “project positive,” this is it! There is so much to be positive about.

Context in Communication
Get others up to speed on your insider stories, and both your team and your communication will be the better for it. As we manage, we have a habit of invoking terms and terminology, assuming that others share our communications context.

In Defense of the Project Management “Perfect World”
We know the textbook doesn’t come anywhere near the real world. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying. One of the most common challenge questions I get when teaching PMP® Exam Preparation courses is “Why doesn’t PMI make the test more real-world? Why do they insist on testing for a world that no one really lives in?”

Do We Really Need the Second Decimal?
Why are we shrouding a common-sense profession in arcane standards? Sometimes a plan is just a plan. When I suggested that our effort in spreading the project management gospel should be simplification and clarification, one team member shot back: “For every complex problem there is an answer which is clear, simple and wrong.” But there are also clear, simple and correct explanations

War of the Worlds – Lessons Learned from the Martian Invasion (A Martian Perspective)
Carl models best practices for your lessons learned reports, with this otherworldly perspective on the most disastrous project of all time. Kickoff Meeting – The kickoff meeting united the political and logistical sides of the house by clearly defining the vision and the approach. Without clarity on that, we probably wouldn’t have been able to get management to drag their tentacles out of the Dark Ages and sign off on the thing.

Project Management Starts with PR – Branding Project Management
Get It Done At Any Cost? Team Lead’s Best Friend? What’s your project management brand, and how can you use it to the best advantage? What’s your brand of project management? Does it vary from client to client? If so, you may have a problem. Branding is, if nothing else, a lesson in consistency

A bio and a large compilation of article experts by Carl Pritchard on Project Management topics is available on: http://www.projectconnections.com.

Click here for the selection of article excerpts

Monday, February 7, 2011 – 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Live Webinar 1 PDU (1 hr duration 1 PDU)
Presented By ASPE (REP 2161): Dave Caccamo, PMP

The term “micromanagement” definitely (and deservedly) has very negative connotations. Nearly everyone agrees that as a management technique, it leaves a great deal to be desired. But at the same time, managers rarely, if ever, recognize the micromanagement style in themselves.

What constitutes a micromanager and do you display the symptoms? How can you correct the micromanagement tendencies in your management approach? If micromanagement is not effective, then how do you deal with procrastinators and other problem team members?

This seminar looks at why individuals micromanage, how to correct your own tendencies, and how to deal with situations where you might tend to find yourself taking the micro approach.

Seminar Presenter:

Dave Caccamo, PMP, (LinkedIn profile)has three decades of experience in engineering, economics and project management. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Economics (Engineering Minor) from North Carolina State University. Dave has demonstrated time and again his ability to make complex business and engineering concepts understandable to executives, managers and technicians through his fundamental modeling of subject matter.

This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating.

Click here to register for this opportunity.

Recorded Webinar – Tuesday February 8, 2011  EST
Recrded Live Webinar – Thursday February 17, 2011   EST
Presenters: Jose Solera, Senior Project and Program Management Executive & Timm Esque, Co-Founder of Ensemble Management Consulting
Duration: 1 hour 1 CAT 4 FREE by Journyx Inc.

Agile recognizes that creating value in today’s environment means adapting not just between projects but within projects.While Agile evolved mostly in software development environments and is often viewed as a software only approach, the need to adapt to create value exists just as strongly in non-software environments.Agile suggests an array of practices consistent with key principles and core values, but it can be difficult to combine the right set of practices to ensure success and a positive start down the Agile path.

This presentation demonstrates specific practices for applying Agile concepts to all sorts of projects. It startes by reviewing the Agile concepts and then provide examples of Agile practices (and tools) applied to both software and non software projects. It will also describe how this particular set of Agile practices (called Commitment-based Project Management – CBPM) evolved at Intel Corp. in the mid-1990’s.

This webinar gives attendees a chance to:

• Learn what it means to be ‘Agile’
• Understand how to apply Agile concepts to all sorts of projects
• Learn the benefits of a set of proven Agile practices (sometimes callCBPM) and how to learn more about them

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

Click here to register for the Feb 8th opportunity

Click here to register for the Feb 17th opportunity