Live Webinar – September 29, 12:00 – 2:00 PM EST
Sponsored by: Telerik – TeamPulse
Presented by: Peter Saddington (LinkedIn profile), Enterprise Agile Coach
Duration: 2 Hours – 2 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs – Free PDUs

Telerik’s Agile experts are back and ready to tackle all your question related to the adoption of Agile. In this issue we have a very special guest – Peter Saddington, the creator of the AgileScout blog and enterprise Agile coach. He will join our panel of experts to share his experience on the topic.

Here is what else you can expect from the panel:

• We will kick off the event by answering the top 3 questions that you submitted and voted for on our Agile Q&A page
  At this time the top 3 questions are: 
  • How can I have a fixed cost, fixed duration project and still be Agile?
  • How can I deal with large features that are difficult to break down?
  • My team wants to do Agile but we have dependencies on other teams that impact our schedule.
• In addition the Agile experts will answers the questions you have for them during the panel.
• You will participate in interactive polls and surveys as well as enter a draw to win a 10-user license of our agile project management tool TeamPulse ($2490).

Peter Saddington, Enterprise Agile Coach – Peter has beenworking with lean and Agile methods since its inception in the mid 1990′s. A highly sought after Agile coach and educator, Peter built one of the most respected Agile software development news site. Peter authored the book: [The Scrum Pocket Guide] – A practical guide to Scrum. Check out the ways tosubscribe to his site.

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 The Challenges of Adopting Agile

A special Thank You to Agile Scout @AgileScout (aka Peter Saddington) for alerting us to this Great Webinar!! Learn more about Peter and his agile mission.

Check out his terrific website, all agile, all the time

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Live Webinar September 22, 2011, 12:00 – 1:30 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar, Dan Galorath (LinkedIn profile) will show how to properly estimate and plan costs, schedules, risks, and resources. A complete method for developing project estimates and plans will be provided.

Note: ITMPI is now charging a $2.99 convenience fee to obtain the PDU code. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code can be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. Search the Rep # (it is in our listing) The courses are listed alphabetically use the arrow keys to move to the correct place in the alphabet and search the list on that page for the course that you attended – the code should be listed. (setting the set the dropdown box to show 100 per page will make your search easier).

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Live Webinar September 22 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 PDU

Interviewing is the most effective requirements elicitation method, but many Business Analysts are still having trouble making it work for them.

Attend this webinar to learn how to maximize the effectiveness of your interviews, and how to ‘turbo-charge’ your results.

Subject Matter Expert:Rick Clare, PMP®, CBAP®, OCP
Rick Clare (LinkedIn profile) is the Business Analysis Practice Director and a Senior Instructor 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 September 22, 2011 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by CollabNet
Duration: 1 Hour + 30 min Question Period 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Teams that shape the future will be innovative, and not just productive.

It turns out significant ideas have emerged from collaboration rather than the mythical lone genius.But not all teams do well, even with Scrum or related approaches.This session explains research from outside the world of software development that would benefit anyone working with small teams.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 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 Harnessing Team Ingenuity: Lessons from Aviation, Psychology, & Jazz

Live Webinar September 22 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Cisco Webex
Hosted By: The Ken Blanchard Companies

Stepping into the role of a new manager—or taking on a new group of people is a challenge for even the most seasoned of professionals. Making the move from an individual contributor to supervising the work of others brings a whole host of new challenges. Now, you have to think of both your own work and the work of others. It can be a confusing time as you begin to redefine yourself in your new role.

Relationships change also as you make the transition from co-worker to boss.In this webinar, Blanchard Senior Consulting Partner Ann Phillips will show you how to master three basic competencies—Respect, Trust, and Accountability.

All three areas need to be successfully navigated if you expect your team to produce at a high level.

In this webinar you’ll learn practical strategies for bringing out the best in others including:Respect—how to earn it from your people—and how to show it in returnTrust—the four challenges every new leader facesAccountability—why you need to expect the best from people and how to get it from themLeadership is a skill that can be learned. Don’t miss this opportunity to start your leadership journey off on the right foot by mastering these three basics.

Presenter: Ann Phillips – Senior Consulting Partner, The Ken Blanchard Companies

Click to register for A Primer for New Managers: Respect, Trust, & Accountability