Archive for May, 2011

Agile Lessons Learned

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Live Webinar May 18, 2011 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar, Jim Dempsey will present valuable lessons learned on several large and small-scale Agile development projects that may help you avoid common hazards.

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Live Webinar, May 18, 2011 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B Free
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

This session provides an in depth look into a suite of project management deliverables. It identifiesproject management deliverables, provides a description for each of the deliverables and discusses where and how these deliverables can be applied.

The intent of this session is to provide an understanding of how each of these project management deliverables can be utilized, scaled, and leverage to contribute to the success of projects.

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A Quick Look at the Feasibility Study

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

With its peek into the future of the Business Analysis profession, Enterprise Analysis is one of the most fascinating new aspects of Business Analysis.

In this webinar, we will look at one of the most important techniques of the high-level Business Analyst – the preparation, documentation and presentation of the Feasibility Study.

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

Registration to the PMCentersUSA site is required.

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Live Webinar May 17, 2011 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU Free

As of August 31, 2011, approximately 30% of the content for the Project Management Professional® (PMP®) Exam will change.

In this webinar, you will learn the basis for the changes, revisions to the PMP® Exam layout, as well as tips for those planning to take the Exam or currently studying for it.

Key learning points include:

  1. Why the Exam is changing (results of a Role Delineation Study)
  2. A primer on the Exam layout
  3. Review of the education and experience requirements
  4. What specifically is being changed or added to the exam
  5. Integration of the Professional and Social Responsibility content
  6. Hints for a study plan
  7. A scan of PMI®’s frequently asked questions

Presenter: Bonnie Cooper, PMP®, Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group, is a twenty-year information technology professional. In her current role as the Program Director for the Massachusetts Medical Society’s (MMS) Corporate IT Program Office, Bonnie is responsible for coordinating the efforts of project teams, overseeing the implementation of project standards, managing the corporate IT strategic plan, and leading the program to re-engineer the membership platform for MMS.

Click to register for What You Need to Know: PMI®’s New PMP® Exam.

Continuous Integration

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Live Webinar – May 17, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU Free
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

As teams embrace the agile lifecycle, short feedback cycles become a crucial component that allows teams to effectively inspect, adapt and improve.

Continuous Integration is a process that supports the team and provides that critical feedback as they incrementally develop and deliver software. Continuous Integration is as much an attitude as it is a process that embodies the team values and helps to team to adhere to those values.

Presenter:
Andy Painter has over 15 years of professional software development experience. Andy has coached individual agile teams and actively involved in large-scale Agile Enterprise transformations. He has a unique ability to work at a very detailed level, coaching project teams while still communicating effectively and building trust with senior executives.

Andy has experience with XP techniques and practices, such as Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Pair Programming. With over two years of Agile Implementation, Coaching and Training experience, he has worked with agile teams of varying size and maturity, from Fortune 50 to startup. Andy is currently a Certified Scrum Master

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Live Webinar – May 17, 2011 11:00 AM EDT
Presenter: Journyx Inc.
Duration: 1 hour 1 CAT B FREE

When it comes time to make a decision, how do you know what is important? Have you heard any of these truisms?

Which of these is true?

  • If You Meet the Schedule, You Will Meet the Budget.It is the Marching Army That Kills You.
  • Protect the Money.You Can Get More Time, But Not More Money.When the Money’s Gone, It’s Over.
  • Take The Time You Need to Make it Great.They Will Forget That You Missed a Deadline, but a Poorly Performing Product will be Remembered Forever.
  • If I Can Get The Right People, Co-Locate Them, and They Are Left Alone, We Will Be Successful
  • There Is Nothing More Important on a Job Than a Good Spec.
  • If the End Product is Too Expensive, the Business Plan is Broken, and the Effort is Wasted.
  • Process Yields Success.Any True Process Yields Reusable Products and Can Be Steadily Improved.

Depending upon the circumstances, all of them.Any of them may be the most important thing to consider when making design decisions.

So how do you decide which is most important in a particular case?

Attendees will walk away with:

  • Amethod of determining proper project priorities
  • Clear understanding of how to spend your time on a project
  • Communication strategies for sponsors & team members
  • Strategies for executing on project priorities

Click to register for Project Priorities: How to Determine and Execute to Them