Live Webinar Tuesday, June 14th, 20 1:00 PM EST
Presented by the Project Management Bookstore
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU

Everyone involved in projects needs the ability to step back and manage him or herself in the face of stress. Project management can be a Zen art, an activity used to perfect performance and to gain insight into one’s own behavior. The essence of project management is the ability to adapt skills, tools and techniques to the needs of the moment in order to meet realistic expectations with effective performance.

A Zen approach to project management uses techniques and attitudes to enable this while simultaneously reducing stress and improving performance. Participants will learn a key mindfulness and concentration building technique, which may be applied immediately to improve the way they perform. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the Zen art of Project Management!

George Pitagorsky, Bio:

George Pitagorsky (LinkedIn profile) is a management consulting and master facilitator and speaker specializing in organizational and individual performance optimization. He has a background in software development and IT, has developed and implemented product development and project management methodologies and has worked as an enterprise architect. He is a recognized expert in project management and engagement management for professional service organizations. George authored The Zen Approach to Project Management: Working from Your Center to Balance Expectations and Performance, publishes the Breakthrough Newsletter, is on track to publish Managing Conflict in Projects in 2011 and has written and spoken on project management, relationship skills and integrating mindfulness practice and systems thinking into daily life. He currently teaches meditation at the NY Insight Meditation Center.

Click to register for The Zen Approachâ„¢ to Project Management

Live Virtual Conference June 8-9, 2011
Duration: 11:45 AM – 6:30 PM EDTCredits: up to 7 PDU Category C
Presented by: Agile Journal

You are invited to join the Agile community online June 8-9 for Agile Connect.

Keynotes, Presentations, and Live Interaction – a virtual conference – will be streaming live from Agile Development Practices West in Las Vegas!

This is an opportunity to attend an excellent virtual conference for Agile Proffesionals. Choose from keynotes and technical sessions, interact with other attendees and speakers, and more! Sessions will also be available on demand after the event to those who have registered. I highly recommend you Register today and schedule the time in your calendar. -EdmontonPM

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

• Building Great Teams, Geoff Bellman, GMB Associates, Ltd.
  Keynote: 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., EDT
• Software Design in the 21st Century, Martin Fowler, ThoughtWorks
  Keynote: 1:15 – 2:30 p.m., EDT
• Build & Deployment Automation for the Lean Economy,
  Jeffrey Fredrick (LinkedIn profile), Technical Evangelist, Urbancode, Inc.
  Eric Minick, Lead Consultant, Urbancode, Inc.
  Presentation: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., EDT
• How SCM Can Make or Break Your Transition to Agile, Chris Lucca, AccuRev
  Presentation: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., EDT
• Scaling Agile for the Enterprise, Randy DeFauw, Perforce Software
  Presentation: 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., EDT

Thursday, June 9, 2011

• Deception and Estimating: How We Fool Ourselves, Linda Rising, Independent Consultant Keynote: 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., EDT
• The Essential Product Owner: Partnering with the Team, Bob Galen, iContact Keynote: 1:15 – 2:30 p.m., EDT

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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’

Click to Register for Agile Connect 2011

Note: You will have to register for an Agile Journal account before registering for the conference.

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

Incomplete or inaccurate requirements are often cited as one of the main causes of project failure. Whether you are 10 feet away from the user or an ocean away, it is imperative that you accurately gather and document requirements in order to mitigate your project risk.

Drawing from proven Business Analysis and Project Management principles, Mr. Haddad (LinkedIn profile) and Ms. Speitel (LinkedIn profile) discuss the vital link between business analysis best practices and improvements in risk management and will present a tool to assess your project risks and opportunities early in the project life cycle.

This risk management webinar will provide a framework to discuss five best practices in business analysis. Specific examples from a variety of organizations, including Hewlett-Packard, will illustrate how these business analysis best practices can be used as risk mitigation techniques.

Participants will learn:

• Key components of managing risk on projects
• Proven techniques to define better user requirements
• How to leverage business analysis best practices to mitigate project risk

Click to view Managing Risk Using Business Analysis

Online Webinar
Duration: Webinar 50 Min + Read Time
Credits: 1 PDU Category C For Both Webinar and Light Bulb Moment Stories
Posted On: StickyMinds from Better Software Conference & Expo 2009
Presented by Michele Sliger (LinkedIn profile)

Because agile teams are supposed to be self-organizing, many of the “classic” management tasks are no longer important or even appropriate. Michele Sliger shares stories about how agile adoption has affected people like you and how it has changed individuals–their perceptions of agile, their leadership styles, and even their personal lives. Learn about the transformations of managers who clearly recall their “light bulb moment,” the moment when they realized what their new identities would be in the agile development world.

Presenter:
Michele Sliger has worked in software development for over 20 years, and has been embracing change with agile methodologies for the last eight of those years. As a self-described “bridge builder,” her passion lies in helping those in traditional software development environments cross the bridge to agility.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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.’

Click to view the online webinar A Manager’s Role in Agile Development: The Light Bulb Moment

Click to view the Light Bulb Moments stories on SligerConsulting.com

We’d love to hear about your Light Bulb Moment

Online Webinar
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C
Presented by : PmSolutions

Organizations spend a lot of money on projects. In the last year alone, the average firm closed $200 million in projects, according to a just-released study conducted by PM Solutions Research. And more than a third of those projects were troubled. That means $74 million of those projects were at risk of failure. The good news is that project recoveries are common and firms that proactively undertake successful project recoveries report saving $50 million on average per firm.

Whether a troubled project ultimately succeeds or fails depends on the effectiveness of the actions taken to recover these projects. And an effective project manager can play a significant role in mitigating or eliminating the causes of troubled projects.

Specifically, you’ll learn:

• The cost of troubled projects to organizations – how much is at stake
• The root causes of troubled projects – where to focus your efforts on improving
• Case studies on how other companies have successfully recovered projects on the brink of failure
• Key success factors in recovering troubled projects – top five actions most often taken
• The importance of the project manager to the recovery effort

Presenter:
Kent Crawford (LinkedIn profile) is the founder and CEO of PM Solutions, as well as the founder and CEO of the firm’s training subsidiary, PM College. In addition to his executive role, he is an influential member of the project management community, highly respected as a thought leader. He is a sought-after speaker at business conferences worldwide and the award-winning author of The Strategic Project Office, Second Edition.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.5 Control Scope
• 6.6 Control Schedule
• 7.3 Control Costs

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’

Click here to view Practical Strategies for Project Recovery

PMI® distingue dos categorías de Unidades de Desarrollo Profesional (PDUs):

• PDUs de Aprendizaje
• PDUs de servicio que contribuyen a la profesión de Dirección de Proyectos.

Los PDUs de Aprendizaje son frecuentemente adquiridos por tomar un curso de:

1. Categoría A: Socio de Educación Registrado del PMI® – PMI® Registered Education Partner (REP®)
2. Categoría B: Otro proveedor de educación o
3. Categoría C: A través de actividades de Aprendizaje Autodirigido

En futuros artículos se describirán otras formas de obtener créditos PDU de las “Categorías de Servicio” y tenerlos registrados en el PMI® a través del Sistema de Finalización de Cursos y Registro – CCRS (Course Completion and Recording System).

Este artículo se enfoca en la Categoría C: Aprendizaje Autodirigido – SDL ( self directed learning ).

Con el cambio a las nuevas listas de Categorías de PDUs el 1 de Marzo de 2011, hubo un incremento hasta 30 en el límite de los PDUs de Aprendizaje Autodirigido (SDL) en un ciclo de certificación. El límite anterior era de 15 permitidas por sólo 15 horas de aprendizaje autodirigido planificado.

Tal vez desee revisar nuestro artículo donde discutimos la creación de un plan de PDUs para ejecutar su Desarrollo Profesional en Dirección de Proyectos como si fuera un proyecto con un alcance definitivo y un cronograma para su conclusión.

Haga clic aquí para leer el artículo “Planificación de PDUs”

Creemos que, como profesional, SU desarrollo educativo es tan importante como cualquier proyecto en el que usted esté trabajando. Los proyectos van y vienen, pero el desarrollo de SUS habilidades y SUS competencias aportarán un valor añadido a SUS proyectos y SUS ÉXITOS!!

En este artículo queremos darle una visión de cosas por venir y pedir su opinión para ayudarnos a satisfacer sus necesidades.

La creación de un Plan de Aprendizaje Autodirigido puede consumir mucho tiempo – la exploración de temas, la búsqueda de recursos y el establecimiento de objetivos de aprendizaje. Queremos hacer fácil para usted obtener hasta las 30 PDUs disponibles para usted para el aprendizaje autodirigido.

Especialmente para la Categoría C de “Actividad de aprendizaje autodirigido”, recuerde documentar su experiencia de aprendizaje y la relación de esta con la dirección de proyectos en su “Carpeta de Seguimiento de Auditoría de PDUs”.

Agradecemos el apoyo y aliento de nuestros lectores. Estamos trabajando en el desarrollo de cartillas de actividades y aprendizaje, para ser capaz de proporcionar orientación que pueda ayudarle a iniciar en su viaje de aprendizaje autodirigido para descubrir nueva información y perfeccionar sus habilidades.

Estas Cartillas de Aprendizaje Autodirigido para nuestros miembros le ayudarán a comenzar fácilmente a aprender acerca de diferentes temas en Dirección de Proyectos, Análisis de Negocios, y práctivas Agile/Lean. A fin de enfocar estas iniciativas, nos gustaría más aporte de nuestra audiencia.

¡¡Queremos sus comentarios!!

1. Comente en nuestros artículos.
2. Ayúdenos mediante el envío de información sobre cursos a Opportunity@pduOTD.com.
3. Háganos saber acerca de eventos de su Capítulo o reuniones enviándolas por e-mail a Events@pduOTD.com.
4. Siempre necesitamos Directores de Proyectos (PMs) internacionales para ayudar con la búsqueda y la traducción de otras oportunidades ofrecidas en otros idiomas. Damos servicio a una comunidad internacional y en Marzo de 2011 hemos sido visitados desde120 países y más de 1700 ciudades en todo el mundo. Queremos destacar más cursos y oportunidades en una variedad de lenguajes habladas por nuestro público. Contacte con nosotros en Opportunity@pduOTD.com para obtener más información sobre el Voluntariado (apoyo a su comunidad profesional que otorga PDUs de servicio).

¿Qué información le gustaría ver?

Escríbanos un e-mail a Hello@pduOTD.com y háganos saber acerca de los temas y habilidades que le gustaría que exploremos.

¿Qué temas desea explorar más a fondo?

• El PMBOK y sus Áreas de Procesos Clave – Key Process Areas ( KPAs )
  • Gestión de las Comunicaciones
  • Gestión del Costo
  • Gestión de Proyectos General
  • Gestión de Recursos Humanos
  • Gestión de la Integración
  • Gestión de las Adquisiciones
  • Gestión de la Calidad
  • Gestión de los Riesgos
  • Gestión del Alcance
  • Gestión del Tiempo
  • Otros temas
• Otros Temas
  • Práctivas Ágiles
  • Análisis de Negocio
  • Desarrollo Profesional Dirección de Proyectos / Análisis de Negocio / Metodología Ágil (PM / BA / Agile)
  • Certificación
  • Gestión del Cambio
  • Software de Administración de Proyectos
  • Tecnologías de Información
  • Gestión / Administración
  • Oficina de Dirección de Proyectos – Project Management Office (PMO)
  • Medios de Comunicación Social – Social Media
  • Cronograma de Desglose de Trabajo – Alcance
  • Otros Temas

¿Con qué tipo de recursos se siente más cómodo o prefiere usar cuando utiliza un plan de aprendizaje?

• Recursos Web
  • Páginas Vinculadas o Hyper-Vinculadas
  • White Papers (Formato PDF)
  • Videos
  • Archivos de Audio / Podcasts
• Recursos Físicos
  • Libros
  • Revistas
  • Mapas mentales
• Una combinación de métodos

Queremos ofrecerle un inicio de calidad para su plan de aprendizaje individualizado, con temas y actividades que le ayudarán a crecer y perfeccionar sus habilidades.

Por favor, ayúdenos a ayudarle – Mantengámonos en contacto 😉