Live Webinar April 13, 2011 11:00AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Presented by: Planview Inc
Duration: 1 Hour – 1 Category C PDU Free

The PMO in 2011 – Question Everything, a Conversation with Margo Visitacion (LinkedIn profile) of Forrester Research, Inc. is hosted by Planview’s Terry Doerscher (LinkedIn profile), Chief Process Architect.

Challenge the rules you know about the PMO and step back and re-examine the role and value of the Project and Program Management Office.

PMOs are now being pushed to manage areas of the business that they have not traditionally been involved in and are tasked with balancing demand and value management. Margo and Terry will reveal the latest findings of industry surveys and interviews with PMO leaders that have successfully implemented adaptive approaches in their PMOs to balance a portfolio of strategy, innovation and operational commitments.

We also invite you to add your voice to the conversation via the Q&A session following the webcast and on Twitter by adding the hash tag #newpmo to your tweets.

If you can’t attend the live event, go ahead and register now and you’ll automatically receive an email notification when the on demand event is available to view at your convenience.

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Live Webinar April 19 2011 – 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B Free
Presented by: PDUs For Lunch – The Project Whisperer
Certificate of attendance will be provided to attendees upon request.

Topic: Just Enough PM to Rock Your Projects

“Project management (PM) is not rocket science! And, despite what

many PM experts would like you to believe, it’s fairly easy for anyone to learn to use a few basic PM tools and processes to assure that projects are well-organized and completed on time, on budget, and with excellent results.”

Michael Greer

In this session you’ll get:

• An overview of PM Minimalist Values.
• Specific suggestions on how you can become a PM Minimalist.
• A walk-through of the PM Minimalist Quick Start Checklist and how you can apply it to any project.
• Information about lots of PM Minimalist freebies and where you can get them.

Presenter:

For nearly three decades, Michael Greer has been helping new project managers become more effective. Through his books, articles, workshops, and public speaking appearances, he has sought to demystify the field of project management (PM) and make it accessible to new and part-time project managers.

Michael’s step-by-step PM texts have been adopted by many universities and are used in businesses as diverse as AT&T, Apple Computer, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Boeing Defense and Space Group, American Airlines, The American Red Cross, Xerox Corp, The Southern Company, Apria Healthcare, and many, many others.

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This webinar brought to you by Pam Stanton’s “The Project Whisperer”
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Online Webinar
Duration: 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU Cat A
Presented by: PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)

In the business world, there is often a communication gap between business users and IT staff/developers.

Attend this webinar and uncover the secret to using Business Process Modeling as a bridge for this communication gap. This webinar will define key concepts, review technical architecture and discuss the benefits of using Business Process Modeling.

Subject Matter Expert:

Glenn W. Giese, Senior Consultant Certified in WebSphere MQSeries Workflow
Glenn Giese is a Senior Consultant for ConsultUSA, PMCentersUSA’s sister company. He has over twenty years of experience working on process definition and development projects. Glenn has defined and developed processes as a consultant, mentor, trainer and Business Analyst in the energy, telecommunications, insurance, banking, government and media industry segments

Registration to the PMCentersUSA site is required.

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Does your company have what it takes to stand the test of time?

Most businesses in today’s rapidly changing marketplace are grasping the importance of sustainability. Whether willingly or grudgingly, organizations are accepting responsibility for the impact they have on the natural environment, the people they employ and the societies they operate in.

They’re implementing recycling initiatives, discussing the triple bottom line and considering their impact on the physical world around them.

These companies are certainly on the right track, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll win out in the long run. Organizations must develop a comprehensive management approach that fully integrates triple bottom line commitment into their strategies, organization designs and management practices.

What companies need is a “management reset.”

In this Webcast, Ed Lawler and Chris Worley will explain why companies must reorganize their structure and their approach to management in order to become truly sustainably effective.

What You Will Learn

Ninety-three percent of companies believe sustainability issues are critical to the future success of their firms. Despite this, only 54% believe this is being achieved in their company. In this program, you’ll discover:

• Why the old ways of managing are no longer relevant
• What a “sustainably effective” organization looks like
• Real-life examples of companies that are on the right path
• How you can transform your organization into tomorrow’s sustainably-effective leader
• How your company can become more agile and flexible—an increasingly important asset in today’s business environment
• The role of boards, talent and shared leadership in supporting sustainability

For 60 minutes, you’ll hear how your organization can be designed to support sustainability as well hear about how top companies, such as Cisco, Microsoft, Netflix, and Nokia are already on the leading-edge of sustainable effectiveness.

About the Presenters
Edward E. Lawler III (LinkedIn profile) is Distinguished Professor of Business at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, founder and director of the University’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) and coauthor of Management Reset: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness. BusinessWeek has proclaimed Lawler one of the top six gurus in the field of management, and Human Resource Executive called him one of HR’s most influential people. Workforce magazine identified him as one of the 25 visionaries who have shaped today’s workplace over the past century.

Christopher G. Worley (LinkedIn profile) is a widely recognized leader in strategic change, organization development and organization design and coauthor of Management Reset: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness. His diverse background as a research scientist enables him to provide the innovative perspectives today’s complex organizational challenges require. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California (USC) and holds a joint appointment as a senior research scientist in the Center for Effective Organizations at USC and professor of management at Pepperdine University. His recent consulting clients include Microsoft, Philips,and Bayer, among others.

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Online Webinar
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B Free
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

Risks and issues are a part of every project. Managing risk well can improve your chances of success.

In this webinar, we discuss the difference between risks and issues, how to easily identify and prioritize risks that need attention, and share strategies for managing risks during your project.

In order to claim a Category B PDU after watching this presentation contact PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc) and advise them of the Date and Time you watched this prerecorded event along with your information and request a Category B PDU Certificate.

Click here to view a previously recorded version of this session from 8/11/2010.

Online Webinar
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A Free

This session is a deep dive into requirements documentation issues showing examples of good documentation practices and samples of materials that only look good on the surface, but have significant buried problems. Find out the 3 most common documentation mistakes, and learn about 5 critical success factors for effective requirements documentation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Know what material must be present in high quality requirements documentation.
2. See how documentation defects impact project performance.
3. Learn how to simplify your strategy for documentation by focusing on the right information at the right time

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