Live Webinar August 23: EMEA – 15:00 (London, GMT + 01:00)
Live Webinar August 23: Americas – 1 pm ET / 10 am PT 
Offered by: Rally Software ( REP 3156 )
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU or 1 CDU Category A

Bring us your toughest questions. Enter or vote on them now. Isaac Montgomery, PMP and Agile Coach will bring answers. From real life, in-the-trenches engagements with major enterprise customers.

We’ll cover:

• How do I fund and initiate Agile projects?
• How do traditional roles change: PMP, BA, Architect, QA, Dev Team?
• How do I work with highly distributed, offshore teams?
• How do I ensure that governance and regulatory mandates are met?
• How do I report progress to my stakeholders?
• How can I get started with low risk and high payback?

In addition, we’ll answer as many of the questions that you submit to http://pmpquestions.uservoice.com as time allows.

Presenter: Isaac Montgomery, Agile Coach, Rally Software

Click to register for Calling Project Managers: Your Top 7 Agile Questions Answered

Live Webinar – August 23, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
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

In 2011, as Agile development practices become more mainstream, many business analyst professionals are being asked to apply their expertise to this new approach for product development and delivery.

This can leave many BAs wondering what their roles on an Agile project are, and how to apply their skill set effectively and successfully.

This hour long webinar will work through the mapping of the BABOK to Agile principles, and will explore how to operate as an indispensable asset to the Agile team, the team’s business analyst.

Presenter:
Bill Gaiennie (LinkedIn profile) has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer,with 5 years of Agile experience effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.

Click to register for The Agile BA

Live Webinar – August 18 , 2011 1:00 -2:00 PM EDT
Presenter: Journyx Inc.
Duration: 1 Hour 1 CAT B FREE

In light of the amount of research indicating the overall positive effect that PMOs have in a wide variety of organizations it can come as a surprise when you see your PMO failing to perform up to expectation. Numerous organizations see their fledgling PMOs struggle to make any financial impact on their operations. In fact, Gartner estimates that PMOs have a failure rate of nearly 50% during their first implementation.

Our experience shows that many PMOs are disbanded every 4-8 years and reconstituted in a different manner. We go over two ways this can happen and what you can do about it.

Most organizations have difficulties implementing a PMO that works within their culture. How does one reconcile this large rate of failure with the benefits that are repeatedly espoused by study after study arguing for the necessity of a PMO in most modern organization? And more importantly, how do you guarantee that your PMO will increase project success rate and guarantee a positive ROI?

By identifying common failure points amongst PMOs it is possible to define and solve problems before they present a major issue for a company.

Attendees will walk away with the ability to:

• Identify & solve the most common problem scenarios
• Quantify the real value of a PMO
• Clearly articulate the long-term financial benefits of a PMO
• Implement cost-cutting metrics to all projects in order to validate the PMO’s existence

Click to register for How to Financially Justify the PMO (and improve it’s efficiency!)

Live Webinar August 18, 2011 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: The Entrepreneur Source
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU Free

Many Project Managers are adapting to today’s economy through entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. Taking responsibility for project success has always been part of Project Management. Entrepreneurship extends that responsibility to include business functions that PMs don’t traditionally manage – such as Marketing and Finance. If you’re thinking about adopting an entrepreneurial mindset, you should attend this session.

This complementary session for August will feature four business owners that were in your position not long ago. This will be a very powerful presentation. You will be able to ask them questions about their journey to become self sufficient.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 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’

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