Online Webinar Apr 28 2011 3:00pm EDT
Offered by: Human Capital Institute – HCI Webcast
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU – 1 Category C Free

In this webcast, Chris Dustin will utilize “The Office” as a case study to highlight the do’s and don’ts to building Employee Engagement in the workplace. Dustin will examine individual Engagement levels exhibited by characters in the show and provide best practices on how to increase Employee Engagement within an organization.

Join us as we pay tribute to Michael Scott on the day his farewell episode airs.

Webinar participants will:

• Understand the concept of Employee Engagement and be able to identify the different levels of Engagement in the workplace.
• Learn about the different levels of Engagement present in characters of “The Office.”
• Discover how Michael Scott influences his employees’ Engagement levels.
• Determine strategies to increase Employee Engagement within their own organization.

The Office is an American comedy television series broadcast by NBC. An adaptation of the BBC series of the same name, it depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

Michael Scott, regional manager of the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, feels he is everyone’s best friend in the office; his employees feel otherwise. – Wikipedia

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Live Webinar April 22th 2011 – 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar, Beth Layman describes an approach for assessing your “Agile Readiness”. You will learn what your organization’s current process, culture, and management can tell you about your readiness to make the transition.

Click here to register for Assessing Your Readiness for Agile Development.

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Advanced Data Modeling Tips & Tricks: Part 1 & Part 2 are 0.5 PDU or CDU ea
These courses MUST BE RECORDED SEPARATELY With PMI®

Online Webinar – Advanced Data Modeling Part 1

Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A Free

Data Modeling was long considered a technique used by developers only, but on today’s scene, with the recent standardization of Business Analysis, it has landed directly on the BA’s plate.

As an analysis methodology, Data Modeling is unparalleled in its ability to force clear thinking on the information content of a project.In this first part on advanced data modeling, we will do a quick review of the basics before jumping into the resolution of the many-to-many relationship.Data normalization, up to sixth level, will also be examined.

Subject Matter Expert:Rick Clare, PMP®, CBAP®, OCP

This 30 minute webinar is designed for Business Analysts, BA Managers and IT Managers. Registration to the PMCentersUSA site is required.

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Online Webinar – Advanced Data Modeling Part 2

Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A Free

Data Modeling is an important analysis skill for a Business Analyst.

In the Part1 webinar, we discussed the many-to-many relationship and data normalization. This Part2 webinar will discuss hierarchical structures, generic data modeling, and data modeling traps that are waiting out there.

Subject Matter Expert:Rick Clare, PMP®, CBAP®, OCP

This 30 minute webinar is designed for Business Analysts, BA Managers and IT Managers. Registration to the PMCentersUSA site is required.

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Rick Clare (LinkedIn profile) is the Business Analysis Practice Director and a Senior Instructor for PMCentersUSA, with over 15 years experience in the Systems/Business Analyst field and over 18 years of experience as a technical lead/trainer. Rick’s career experience has been as a Senior Oracle Database Developer, performing analysis, design, development and documentation on numerous database systems using Oracle and its complete set of development tools

Online Webinar
Duration: 1 hour 20 min with questions Credits: 1 PDU Category B Free
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

Many project managers fall into the profession by virtue of being leaders of people and having good communication abilities among other skills. Many of these same project managers may wonder about the value of earning their PMP or CAPM credential.

In this webinar, we discuss what the different certifications are, how you can qualify for the credentials, and why you would want to earn one. We also explore the overall structure of PMI’s PMBOK® Guide and how improving your knowledge of this ANSI Standard can help you perform your job better and earn more money.

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.

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Article / Exercise : Stakeholder Management
Five Page Article with Exercise By: Susanne Madsen
Category C PDU 0.5 (article) to 2 (follow exercise with your project)

“In order for you and your project to be successful, you need the support of as many of your stakeholders as possible. You need their buy-in to effectively progress the project.” – @Susanne Madsen

Susanne provides a four step to exercise to help you uncover “who your stakeholders are, how influential and supportive they each are and what you can do to optimize the way you interact with them”

Category C Learning Primer for this activity: Choose a project you are working on and go through this exercise to create a strong and trustworthy relationship with all of your key stakeholders.

Process Groups: Initiating & Executing

Knowledge Areas: 10 – Communication ( PMBOK Reference)

• 10.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.4 Manage Stakeholders Expectations

Presenter: Susanne Madsen (LinkedIn) is a sought after project manager, mentor and coach with over 15 years experience in managing and rolling out large change management programs. A PRINCE2 practitioner and a qualified corporate & executive coach, she works as a Program Director for one of the world’s largest financial institutions.

Susanne is dedicated to helping organizations deliver better change management programs and is passionate about coaching and mentoring project managers to improve their leadership capabilities, performance and well being.

Here at pduOTD.com we are looking forward to Susanne’s newest venture. We love Susanne’s writing/mentoring style and we know others will too. She is currently writing a practical workbook filled with tips, tools and techniques for everyone who wants to coach themselves and others to become highly valued and truly successful project managers and leaders. Way to go Susanne! – EdmontonPM

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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Great Articles! Click here to go to Susanne Madsen’s site

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

Unrealistic. Unwritten. Unapproved. Undelivered.

For many organizations, these words describe too many of their major projects. Simply put, poorly written business requirements for projects are guaranteed to deliver poor results and is unacceptable.

Now, more than ever, organizations need to implement a comprehensive approach to business analysis to ensure all projects are built on a foundation of solid, clear business requirements.

There is no silver bullet to accomplish this, it is a journey that requires a clear understanding of it’s destination and the roads that must be navigated to reach that destination.

This presentation will provide attendees a map and a compass that will help them to realize the structure and discipline necessary to consider their approach to Requirements Development and Management. It will address workable solutions for implementing proven business analysis practices in your organization and will demonstrate how the business analysis function impacts project and organizational performance and will include specific examples of how organizations like yours have successfully implemented business analysis.

Participants will learn:

• The critical role a business analyst plays & project manager must play on development projects
• The structure and discipline necessary to support the growth and development of a BA Center of Excellence
• How business analysis improves customer satisfaction
• The risks of not practicing a discipline approach to requirements development and management.

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