Live Webinar – July 11, 8:00 am – 9:00 am EST
Registration Ends July 10th 2011
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn UK ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Free

This session introduces the user to concepts dealing with additional influences on the project plan, so that they can be fully represented and communicated.

Content Guide:

• Constraints
• External dependencies
• Linking tasks from other plans
• Lead times and lag times

Products Used for Demo:

• Microsoft Project 2007
• Microsoft Project 2010 (Will be shown to highlight impovements)

Speaker: Dharmesh Patel

Hosted By: MPUG ( REP 1369 ) – Keeping Users of Microsoft® Office Project Connected. MPUG delivers our users relevant and independent Microsoft Project Management content, resources, opportunities and community networking world wide. MPUG connects thousands of project management practitioners — to help them better leverage their investment in Microsoft tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel and Sharepoint for Project Management and ultimately advance their businesses and careers.

Note: When registering for this event REMEMBER to answer the question “Are you requesting a PMI PDU for this event?”

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Live Webinar – July 7, 2011 3:00 – 4:00PM EDT
Presenter: Journyx Inc.
Duration: 1 hour 1 CAT B FREE

Organizational change continues to challenge executive leaders and project managers in all sectors of work.

Those who can more effectively plan, lead, and sustain change have a distinct competitive advantage.

This workshop provides that advantage to you.This webinar provides the summary of case study research on how best to plan, lead, and sustain change.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Understanding the dynamics of organizations and why organizational change is so difficult.
• Learning unique skills of successful change agents and a more effective leadership approach to change.
• Discovering practical models, processes and success factors required to effectively manage change.
• Learning how to develop a comprehensive and understandable plan for the needed changes.
• Learning to effectively apply organizational change readiness tools to increase your probability of success.

Presenter: Tim Rahschulte
Tim is an executive director at the Program Management Academy, an associate professor of business at George Fox university (in Oregon), a frequent speaker at PMI’s Global Congress, and author of the recent book Leading Global Project Teams: The New Leadership Challenge. Tim researches, writes, speaks, and consults on matters regarding organizational change.

Click to register for Change is Coming! What Project Managers Should Know to Prepare their Organizations

Live Webinar July 7, 2011 – 12:00 – 12:30 pm EST
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A Free

This webinar explains the origin of projects, and how a project portfolio is created in alignment with an organizational vision of a future state and the corresponding strategy.

This talk will briefly discuss the various reasons for doing projects and effective portfolio techniques to help ensure the right projects are selected.

This webinar will also provide you with key questions that should be asked when starting a new project. This presentation will be 30 minutes long with a live question and answer session afterwards.

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP®, PE, CCE

Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile) is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA.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.

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Online Webinar
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Cat B Free
Presented by Journyx.

What does it take in project management to be thebest-of-the-best, the top dog, a superstar, or world-class? What doesit taketo practice project management at the high-end? What does it take to be a greatproject manager? Thanks to recentstudies and research the answers to thesequestions are closer now then they have ever been before.

This is a how-to presentation. It will describe how to become a great project manager and it identify a list of topfactors associated with great project managers. Michael will draw on recentlypublished results of studies and research by PMIâand others about what top project managersknow and do, about why theirprojects succeed or fail, and about their projectmanager competencies. During this webinar he will also explore how great project managers aresuccessfully dealing with theevolving and expanding definition of projectsuccess, with the expanding complexity of projects, and with their increasingdependency on executives andothers for their success. A central theme is thatgreat project managers have mastered the basics, and have the discipline toadhere to them.

This webinar gives attendees a chance to:

• Identify common characteristics of great project managers
• Draw upon studies and research for insight into what it take to be a great project manager
• Understand the importance of having the discipline to stick to the basics to become a great project manager

This webinar is 1 hour long and attendees are eligible for 1 PDU Credit.

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Live Webinar – July 6th, 2011 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Cat A Free
There is also a previously recorded version of this webinar available.

Why should it take months to determine project scope and gather requirements?

In this live webinar, participants will get new data from IAG’s Business Analyst Benchmark to:

• Quantify the impact of business requirements on project outcome;and,
• Describe a path for successful projects and requirements as documented in research and proven out on engagements.

To show how to optimize requirements discovery, we’ll look at the source of typical failures in the requirements discovery process, and describe some of the techniques IAG has proven effective in over 1,000 engagements.In requirements, the devil is in the details.We’ll describe strategies used by IAG in the field to get to the right level of detail for clear, accurate and complete requirements.

Finally, making quantum organization improvement in requirements discovery and management is our specialty.We’ll review the proven levers of change used for successful transforming of requirements discovery capabilities at organizations.

Register now to look at the underlying problems that impede the collection of business requirements, and take away an action list that is proven to improve performance.

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Recorded Webcast
Presenter: Brightwork
Duration: 45 Min Webcast – Up to .75 Category C PDUs

Uploaded: December 15, 2010

Brightwork presents an excellent introduction to Sharepoint with an understanding of how SharePoint can be used for Project Management. Answering the basic question “What do I get with Sharepoint” Brightwork focuses on the top 12 features you get right Out-of-the-Box easy to implement solutions.

In the second half of the presentation Brightwork also shows examples of useful Sharepoint extensions for Project Management.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information
• 10.5 Report Performance

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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