Live Webinar August 25, 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

The first suspension bridge was the iron chain bridge at Jacob’s Creek, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1801. This ‘bridge to the future’ began a period of rapid development of the modern suspension bridge.

This 30 min. webinar will discuss how implementing a standard methodology for business analysis and project management is the ‘suspension bridge’ to successful projects.

Procedures are equivalent to the bridge towers, providing the guidelines on how to do the work of the project; they are the foundation supporting the bridge. The bridge deck is the project process, which is the road to successful projects once the bridge is crossed. The templates and forms are the suspender cables holding up the project process. A suspension bridge, and successful projects, only works if all elements are in place!

This webinar is based on work done by the presenters implementing business analysis and project management methodology at many major companies. This presentation will discuss the lessons learned in implementing a methodology, along with best practices including training of project personnel, typical challenges encountered during implementation and some of the initial benefits normally achieved. Some bridges do fail, and this webinar will end with specific examples of what can happen that leads to an incomplete (and unusable) bridge, or a bridge that is not maintained and quickly fails.

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP, PE, CCE
Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile), is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, and leads a team of instructors and consultants in delivering solutions in project management, business analysis and business process improvement.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.

Subject Matter Expert: Rick Clare, PMP®, CBAP®, OCP
Rick Clare (LinkedIn profile) is the Business Analysis Practice Director for PMCentersUSA, with over 15 years experience in the Systems/Business Analyst field and over 18 years of experience as a technical lead/trainer. Rick’s career experience has been as a Senior Oracle Database Developer, performing analysis, design, development and documentation on numerous database systems using Oracle and its complete set of development tools.

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Live Webinar – August 25, 2011 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Presented by: Instantis
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU Free

The Resource Management Maturity Modelâ„¢ (RMMM) enables organizations to define and execute an effective resource management strategy.

The RMMM accomplishes this by helping stakeholders better align resource-related information needs with their level of project and portfolio management (PPM) process maturity and technology enablement. It identifies a logical progression of resource and capacity management process sophistication which is enumerated as five levels of maturity.

Each level of maturity is described along seven common dimensions. IT organizations can use the RMMM to ensure they can manage project resources and capacity at the ‘just right” level of granularity for the business.

In this Webinar you will learn how the RMMM can help:

• Provide resource managers, portfolio managers and business executives (the stakeholders) in project- intensive organizations with a framework and common language for communicating about resource management objectives, issues and outcomes.
• Deliver a roadmap and a guide for stakeholders that helps them characterize their current level of maturity and determine the optimal, aspirational level of maturity.
• Expose clearly the implications and consequences of aspiring to or operating at a particular level of resource management maturity in areas like data gathering and reporting requirements, software technology selection, governance infrastructure, and resulting business benefits.
• Prepare stakeholders to make better assessments of PPM software options for resource management and choose the solution that is best suited to meet current and projected needs.

If your organization needs help identifying and answering the most important resource-related questions consistently and understanding how to take measured steps in deploying the “just right’ level of supporting process and technology, register for the RMMM Webinar right now.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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Live Webinar – August 23, 2011 11:00 -11:30 am EDT
Presenter: Journyx Inc.
Duration: 30 minutes 0.5 CAT B FREE

Planning a project is only the first step in getting things done. The right project manager knows how to take these plans and make them a reality.

While Microsoft Project is an important project planning tool, it does not enable project execution without a little help.

This webinar gives attendees a chance to:

• Explore how to get even more out of Microsoft® Projectâ„¢ and Project Serverâ„¢
• Integrate project plans with a lightweight, user-friendly time and resource management system
• Track project and non-project time with rates and expenses
• Understand complete direct costs and allocate indirect costs
• Achieve new levels of productivity

This Webinar will give you that help.

Attendees will receive 1/2 PDU for attendance at this 30-min webinar.

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Live Webinar 2 Offerings
August 25, 2011 10:00 am – 10:30 am EDT
August 25, 2011 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 30 Minutes Credits: 0.50 PDU Category C Free
Presented by: Competitive Solutions Inc.

Back before cell phones and the Internet, people used compasses and maps. Pirates made treasure maps. Businessmen and women talked about following “road maps to success.” Nowadays, people do not consult maps as much as they once did, but they still need to know how to get from where they are to where they want to be. This is done with a GPS.

Leadership GPS is for leaders who wish to take a business where they want it to go. A leader enters a destination and the GPS generates a route to follow. This becomes that person’s plan, his or her way to get from A to B. And if that individual encounters difficulty along the way, a road that’s under construction or an accident causing a traffic jam, she can hit the detour button to find a way around the obstacle.

Click to register for the August 25th 10:00 am EDT session of Leadership GPS: Goals, People, Systems

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Live Webinar August 24, 2011 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Free Course Id: MDW1253

Delivering tough messages, giving critical performance feedback, saying “no” to a client or supervisor—these are just some of the challenging conversations we all face in the workplace; and, as a leader, you’re directly impacted by your ability to communicate effectively. The business results you produce, the strength of your internal collaborations, the effectiveness of your corporate strategy, and the retention of your key employee talent, all depend on the skills you bring to communication and relationship management.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• The three crucial elements of a conversation that will determine success or failure
• A systematic process to prepare for your most challenging conversations
• Four key skills for persuading and influencing others

About the Presenter
Michele Gravelle, (LinkedIn profile) owner of Successful Conversations Now, has over 20 years experience working with internationally-acclaimed thought leaders in the fields of negotiation, relationship management, and communication. Michele currently travels across the world delivering corporate training focused on helping individuals within organizations cultivate their leadership capabilities through developing personal mastery of their communication skills; in addition to all of this, Michele is a contributing author to the recently published book,“Enlightened Power: How Women are Transforming the Practice of Leadership“ and holds a BS in International Business and an MA in Psychology.

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Live Webinar – August 23, 2011 2:00 PM EDT
Presented by: Linkage
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU Free

To maximize returns in business today, organizations must have effective women’s leadership strategies.

Today’s successful women’s leadership strategies have a clearly articulated business case, are linked to generating top line revenue growth, and are integrated and demonstrate the ability to drive operating profit.

In this complimentary session, you will learn how to:

• develop a leadership mindset across the business by building sales force readiness and engaging male leaders at all levels
• drive operating effectiveness and profit through talent & workplace strategies designed to recruit, retain, and advance women
• create a Women’s Leadership Plan with integrated objectives, goals, strategies, and metrics
• engage male champions as sponsors for women’s leadership strategies

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

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