Live Webinar – August 30 , 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

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Online Webinar
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A $5 USD
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

For many people, meetings are viewed as a dreaded evil — far too little gets accomplished and a lot of time is wasted. Yet, for some, 50-75% of their work week is spent in meetings that are unproductive, not needed or fail to produce needed results.

The problem isn’t that meetings in general are ineffective for making decisions or completing work. The problem lies with not selecting the right type of meeting, not planning and preparing for the meeting and not having the right skills and tools to effectively run the meetings.

Solutions Cube Group’s webinars address many relevant project issues and close the gap between project theory and practical application. This presentation covers 9 tips that will help you plan, prepare and run every meeting effectively and put an end to costly time wasting meetings.

In this overview level recorded Webinar participants learn about:

• Characteristics of successful meetings
• Why you need to plan for every meeting
• How to prepare for an effective meeting
• Techniques for opening, running and closing meetings effectively
• Managing group dynamics
• Understanding how conflict impacts meetings

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Online Webinar Recorded: August 11 2011
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU Free Course ID: BAW1307

Business analysts bridge the communication gap between business and IT in order to ensure high-quality, on-time deliverables that meet business objectives.

On a project, business analysts work closely with the project manager to assist with project planning, requirements planning, and documentation, as well as with the gathering and analysis of information.

Business analysts are not only business savvy, but they have a solid understanding of technology, projects, and people.

This webinar will outline what a business analyst is, typical career paths for business analysts, the essential business analysis skills, and how to attain those skills; additionally, the webinar will show you how to obtain the Certified Business Analysis Professional® (CBAP®) credential as more companies are recognizing its value and the expertise that these professionals bring to their organizations.

About the Presenter: Dr. Martin Schedlbauer (LinkedIn profile) has been leading and authoring seminars and workshops in business analysis, software engineering, and project management for over twenty years. Martin, an accomplished business analysis subject matter expert, is a recognized leader in software development practices, a practicing scrum master, experienced software architect, and also serves as an advisor for several industry conferences; additionally, Martin maintains an active research agenda in agile methods, requirements analysis, and human performance modeling.

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Live Webinar August 30, 2011 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Linkage
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU Free

Through our innovation work with organizations, we hear about the need for a common innovation process and requests for how to create a culture of innovation. While both of these are important, are they enough? If you have both, is your organization really capable of innovating?

Based on our experience, to be effective, organizations need to align eight major areas in order to create an innovation-capable organization.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• The 8 ways to make your organization innovation capable
• Experience our assessment that will help you evaluate these eight major areas
• Key questions that leaders need to address to create an innovation-capable organization

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Linkage at 781-402-5555.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 11 – Risk

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 11.1 Plan Risk Management
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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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Live Webinar August 22, 2011 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by: PMI© Agile Community Of Practice (REP S042)
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU Free

This webinar was only spotlighted on Friday so if you wish to attend you must register immediately. This session is limited to 500 participants

Agile introduces a number of tools and techniques designed to help the team figure out how much software we can build for the time we have, and the amount of money our customer is willing to spend.

This talk will introduce the fundamental concepts necessary to break down and estimate our product backlog, how to organize delivery of that backlog for early risk reduction and rapid customer feedback, and how to get stable throughput and predictability as you mature your agile practices. This talk is for those looking to understand how (and why) agile methods lead to better business outcomes.

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Live Webinar August 26 2011 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A Free
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Over 68 % of projects fail – their solutions are implemented, but are never used, or they deliver less than expected capabilities.

Missed, or misunderstood, requirements is one of the top 4 reasons associated with project failure.

Creating clear business requirements focused on user needs, or “What’s”, for a project is critical to project success. But, how do you expand these requirements beyond the more obvious functional needs to include the often overlooked requirements for reporting, user experience / interfaces and project acceptance criteria?

Join Solutions Cube for this free 1 hour webinar to learn how to develop a set of project requirements which include the needs associated with the user experience (Use Cases and Screen Design), business questions and the required information to answer these questions (Reporting Requirements).

In this webinar participants will learn about:

• Defining requirements that lead to report design and development to ensure the ongoing business questions can be answered once the solution is implemented.
• Creating user interfaces requirements toclarify the needs for entry and retrieval of information.
• Determining the appropriate user acceptance test objectives to validate that the solution to be developed will address all of the project needs.

Solutions Cube Group webinars are presented by experienced staff members and partners who have over 30 years of experience managing projects and developing and running facilitated project meetings and delivering project management training courses.

Who Should Attend This Webinar:

• General Managers
• Team Members
• Project Managers
• Portfolio Managers
• Project Leads
• Program Managers
• Business Stakeholders
• Business Leads
• Facilitators

For more info contact:

Carly Burek at 972.786.0900 or carly.burek@solutionscubegroup.com

http://SolutionsCubeGroup.com

Earn 1 PDU by attending this Webinar. SPACE IS LIMITED. To secure a seat Register Now.

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