Online Webinar (Replay)
Presented by CollabNet 1 Category C Free

World-class development organizations get that way by encouraging innovation and optimizing the productivity of their developers.

Using the right combination of modern methods and frameworks, IT organizations today are fostering distributed collaborative environments that have not been possible with traditional software development tools, techniques and approaches.

So how does your software development organization measure up?

Can you innovate at the rate the business expects, or do your efforts get snarled by rules, red tape and outdated software?

How can you enable rapid innovation and dynamic communication among business, development and operational team members for true collaborative development in a global business environment?

Speakers:

• Jeffrey Hammond, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
• Bill Portelli, President and CEO, CollabNet
• Timothy Yeaton, CEO, Black Duck

Join Forrester Principal Analyst Jeffrey Hammond, CollabNet CEO Bill Portelli, and Black Duck CEO Timothy Yeaton as they discuss an evolving set of cultural practices, lean processes, and best practice use of FOSS that world-class development shops are leveraging to build break out software that drives business success.

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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Live Webinar March 31, 2011 2 p.m. EST
Offered by ESI International (REP 1038)
Duration: 60 minutes PDUs: 1.0 Free

As you strive to drive performance throughout your organization, leadership training is a worthy investment. Simply recognizing skill gaps and providing new learning opportunities may not be the most effective approach to building expertise.

• Does your current training approach change behavior but fall short of goals?
• Does your organization address symptoms but fail to diagnose the root cause?

If you’re not achieving the results you anticipated, it may be necessary to re-examine not only your mastery of core leadership competencies, but also the order in which you learn them.

Research shows that many of the core competencies mastered by successful leaders exist in a hierarchical build. For example, you need to comprehend “active listening” before you can effectively manage team conflict or facilitate workshops.

In this insightful webinar, Nancy Nee shares ESI’s proven approach to creating effective leadership training, including methods to help your organization:

• Identify priority levels of leadership competencies
• Examine the dependencies and hierarchal builds of specific leadership skills
• Discuss ways to make leadership training more valuable

Speaker: Nancy Y. Nee (LinkedIn profile), PMP, CBAP, CSM, Executive Director of Product Strategy

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Online Webinar
Offered by ESI International (REP 1038)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU – 1 Cat A Free

The challenges facing the acquisition workforce have never been greater. Agencies are receiving government stimulus funds which must be quickly and efficiently awarded. Yet, at the same time, stringent new policies are being enforced.

To help the acquisition workforce achieve success in these challenging times, agencies can leverage the effectiveness of the Integrated Project Team (IPT) approach to acquisitions.

Evidence shows that an acquisition IPT composed of the right people and empowered to achieve success can reduce acquisition cycle time by 30% to 60%.

Download this Webinar to learn:

• The key benefits of an acquisition IPT
• How to structure and select members
• Techniques for getting the most productivity out of your team
• Best practices that will help ensure your acquisition IPT achieves its goals and objectives

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Live Webinar – Thursday March 31, 2011 10:00 AM EDT
Presenter: Journyx Inc.
Duration: 30 minute 0.5 CAT B FREE

According to a Gartner report, 1 in 3 technology projects failed. Why such a dismal success rate?

In this webinar, we’ll explore ways to improve your odds of successfully completing projects on time and on budget through:

• Precise management of resources. Who is working on what?
• Accurate project tracking. How do I get this project back on schedule?
• Effective decision-making. What’s wrong and what do I need to address?

This webinar is 30 minutes long and attendees are eligible for 1/2 PDU credit.

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Live Webinar Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:00 pm Eastern Time
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) Free
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating.

I encouraged the Agile readers of pduOTD.com to participate in this survey earlier this year and now the results are in! Agile is HOT! HOT! HOT! and I expect the results will show this. EdmontonPM

Seminar Description:

ASPE-SDLC and VersionOne sponsored this year’s Agile Salary Survey. Listen in to the results during this web seminar that reviews the highlights of the findings and compare those findings with the 2009 Agile Salary Survey.

Topics will include:

• Gender impact on salary
• Requirements experience impact on salary
• Certification impact on salary
• Education demographics and level of education impact on salary
• Age demographics and age impact on salary

When comparing this year’s findings to 2009, you will get to see how other companies are looking at the economy and gauge your future outlook. Our goal is to provide you a comprehensive session that gives you data on where to focus your career goals in the Agile world based on return on investment.

Seminar Presenter:

David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) – David Mantica has more than 16 years of experience in business to business continuing education in executive, product management, marketing, and operations capacities. He has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, covering topics in the software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries. David was instrumental in the development and delivery of the training industry’s first voice over IP (VOIP)-enabled live, instructor-led training course for public consumption.

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Secrets of Iteration Planning
Deliver Working, Tested Software
Every 2 Weeks

Live Webinar (2 presentation times) sign up for either:

• March 29th: EMEA – 15:00 (London, GMT + 01:00)
  
• March 29th: Americas – 1pm ET / 10am PT

Duration 1 hour – 1 PDU available see instructions below
Presented by : Rally Software

Increase your velocity and productivity via cross-functional teamwork, learning ways to best make and meet commitments, establish priorities and plan your iterations better.

Key Takeaways:

• Techniques for leading your teams through an effective iteration planning meeting
• Core concepts in iteration planning, backlogs, prioritization
• Practical, on-the-ground tips from your peers
• Answers to your most common stumbling blocks

This presentation is intended for: Project Managers, IT, Dev and QA, directors and team members who must learn and build the core Agile skills of planning and executing powerful iterations.

Presenters: Ken Clyne (LinkedIn profile), Agile Coach, Rally Software and Serina Clark (LinkedIn profile), Training Manager, Rally Software

Sign up for the Agile Webinar Series. You’ll get free training on Agile and Lean practices, hear adoption stories from other organizations and gain the knowledge you need to succeed with Agile.

To claim 1 PDU credit for attending this webinar. After registering and attending email your PMI Membership number and course information to pmi@rallydev.com

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