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

Most project managers know about the ‘triple’ constraint of Time-Cost-Quality.

This webinar addresses the reasons why most projects still fail, and what you can do as a Project Manager to improve your odds of success.

We discuss where quality should be defined, how to plan to ensure quality, and what to implement in your project to determine if quality is reached.

Attendees will receive 1 PDU credit

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Live Webinar May 11, 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 Course ID: 1259

The nature and value of business process work largely depends on the types of problems an organization is prepared to identify and deal with.

Many process approaches focus on one particular type of problem; but, the BPTrends Associates (BPTA) Business Process Management (BPM) Methodology defines a best practices approach based on a comprehensive survey of all common business process problems.

This webinar will provide you with an overview of the BPTA Methodology – a proven methodology that has been tested and proven in hundreds of actual consulting engagements and thousands of training engagements throughout the world.

You will learn:

• The Nature of Business Performance Problems
• A Systematic Methodology for Identifying and Diagnosing Problems
• Defining Project Goals, Process KPIs and Alignment to Goals
• Determining the Scope of the Process -Input, Output, Support and Guidance Problems
• Identifying the Flow of the Process – Sequence, Activity, Management, Employee, Automation Issues
• Defining Process Measures
• Prioritizing Possible Interventions

Presenter: Paul Harmon, Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group, is a Co-Founder and Executive Editor at Business Process Trends (bptrends.com) providing information on best practices in Business Process Management (BPM). Paul has worked with a wide variety of companies to help them analyze and redesign their business processes and has authored numerous books, including: “Business Process Change: A Guide for Business Managers” and “BPM and Six Sigma Professionals.”

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Webinar
Fecha: Martes 17, Mayo
Hora: 17:00 (CST)
Presentado por: SG Campus
Conferencista: Dra. Hanna Oktaba
Precio: Gratuito
Duración: 60 minutos
Idioma: Español
PDUs: 1
Categoría de PDUs: C

Acerca del webinar:

Se presentará el origen y la estructura del nuevo estándar para los proyectos de desarrollo de software dirigido a las PYMES.

El estándar, llamado el Perfil Básico, es un derivado en los procesos de Administración de Proyectos Específicos y de Desarrollo y Mantenimiento de Software de MoProSoft. Se explicará en qué contextos vale la pena utilizarlo.

Entities (VSEs) es un nuevo estándar del SC7 de JTC1 dirigido a pequeñas organizaciones de entre 1 a 25 personas, que se publicará al inicio de 2011. Su objetivo es acercar buenas prácticas de Ingeniería de Software y Administración de Proyectos a este tipo de organizaciones.

El objetivo de la conferencia es presentar su estructura general y con mayor detalle la Parte 5 1-2-1, que contiene Management and Engineering Guide – Basic VSE Profile. Se concluye con la revisión general de los siguientes perfiles: Inicial, Intermedio y Avanzado, que están en preparación.

Biografía del conferencista: Dra. Hanna Oktaba

En 1982 obtuvo el doctorado por la Universidad de Varsovia, Polonia. A partir de 1983 y hasta la fecha es profesora de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México a nivel licenciatura y de posgrado. Sus áreas de interés principales son Ingeniería de Software, Tecnología Orientada a Objetos, Modelos de Procesos de Software y Mejora de Procesos.

Fue fundadora de la Asociación Mexicana para la Calidad en Ingeniería de Software (AMCIS) y de la Sociedad Mexicana en Ciencia de la Computación SMCC).

A partir de 2002 estuvo a cargo de los proyectos MoProSoft, EvalProSoft y Pruebas controladas apoyados por el programa PROSOFT de la Secretaría de Economía. Como resultado de estos proyectos, en octubre de 2005, se aprobó la norma mexicana para la industria de software basada en MoProSoft y EvalProSoft.

Entre 2004-2006 fue miembro de International Process Research Group (IPRC) organizado por Software Engineering Institute (SEI), cuyo objetivo fue definir las líneas de investigación en el área de procesos para los próximos 10 años.

De 2006 a 2008 fue Directora Técnica del proyecto COMPETISOFT. El objetivo de este proyecto, financiado por CYTED, fue la mejora de procesos para fomentar la competitividad de pequeña y mediana industria de software en Iberoamérica. El proyecto fue dirigido por el Dr. Mario Piattini de la Universidad Castilla -La Mancha, España, y contó con la participación de 23 grupos de 13 países.

Desde 2006 es representante de México ante el Work Group 24 de ISO JTC/SC7 Software and System Engeeniring cuyo objetivo es generar una norma ISO/IEC 29110 para Very Small Entities de la industria de software con base en la norma mexicana.

Es miembro del Consejo Editorial y columnista de la revista Software Guru dirigida a los profesionales de la industria de software mexicana.

Como una ‘Actividad de aprendizaje autodirigido’ (‘Self Directed Learning Activity’) recuerde documentar su experiencia de aprendizaje y su relación con la gestión de proyectos para su ‘Carpeta de Seguimiento de Auditoría de PDUs’ (‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’).

Haga clic en el siguienteenlace para registrarse Introducción al nuevo estándar ISO/IEC 29110.

Nota importante: El enlace para entrar al webinar le será enviado unos días antes de la fecha del mismo.

Live Webinar November 1, 2011 – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Cat C Free
Event Code: 133787 A Microsoft Event Presented by: ABSI

Featured Product/Topic: Microsoft Office Project

This seminar will cover Advanced topics in MS Project such as using resources, views and tables, as well as printing views and tables.

Please Note:

There has been a change to this session and the date has been corrected. Thank you to one of our readers for alerting us to this change – we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Presenter: Ed Avizur

Please Note: In order to attend the webinar series attendees will need to have a Windows Live ID. A link to set up this ID is located on the registration site. Please do this prior to the session

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

Learn how to improve your financial analysis skills with this webinar. This talk will delve into some key concepts used in establishing the project business case.

We start off by reviewing the time value of money and compound interest formulas. Financial analysis techniques will then be reviewed, including Net Present Value (NPV), Return on Investment (ROI), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Payback. Examples will be presented using a simple Excel workbook available on our website.

This presentation will then explore typical quantitative and qualitative benefits used to justify projects, and discuss the pitfalls in basing the project justification solely on qualitative benefits.

Subject Matter Expert:Joe Lukas, PMP®, PE, CCE

Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile) is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, and leads a team of instructors and consultants in delivering project management and business analysis training and consulting to clients across the country. Joe has been involved in project management for over 30 years and has worked in engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating and contracting, and has been a Program and Project Manager supporting world-wide programs. His project management experience spans information systems, product development, capital construction and manufacturing projects. He is a registered Professional Engineer, Project Management Professional and Certified Cost Engineer.

Registration to the PMCentersUSA site is required.

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

Outsourcing projects make up billions in costs and revenue for organizations. Yet, a recent ESI International global survey of project outsourcing notes some particularly disturbing findings regarding the state of practice in outsourcing.

With billions of dollars at stake, organizations can, and should, be doing better. You shouldn’t be “rolling the dice” on your next major outsourcing project.

Join J. LeRoy Ward, (LinkedIn profile) PMP, PgMP, as he offers five concrete steps to reducing risk in outsourcing — steps that can lead to greater success and more value for your money.

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