Online Webinar Recorded: August 3, 2011
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Projects are journeys into the unknown filled with ambiguity. It’s one thing to understand that projects are filled with uncertainty; it’s quite another thing not to do anything proactive about it!

In this webinar, you will learn how to manage uncertainty in project environments through the application of world-class project risk and opportunity management.

Learning objectives include:

• “Demystify” risk and opportunity management in the project environment
• Understand the six critically-important processes applied to manage project risks and opportunities
• Acquire tools and techniques commonly used to manage project risk and opportunities

The Presenter:

Eric Nielsen, PMP®, (LinkedIn profile) has more than 30 years of work experience in small, mid-size and large corporate environments, at all levels from technical to executive. Drawing on his background in the Nuclear Power industry, Eric has helped numerous organizations improve their project performance across many industries including Defense, Aerospace, Medical Devices, and Healthcare. Eric also designs and facilitates project management training programs and is dedicated to supporting the development of project management professionals worldwide.

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Live Webinar – October 27, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

You’ve been assigned a project. So, where do you start?

With countless project initiation tasks, it can be difficult, especially for a new project manager, to identify which to tackle first and to determine which tasks are essential to successful project management.

In this hour-long webinar, Global Knowledge instructor, course developer, and project management expert Samuel Brown (LinkedIn profile) will break down the ten steps to successful project management planning to increase your odds of project success.

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Live Webinar – October 27, 1:00-2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

In this session we will continue the discussion on where and why you would apply standards to different project sizes and level of complexity.

We will begin with the planning process and then through questions and answers take the audience through execution, control, and close process’s. The intent is an open discussion and an opportunity for the attendee’s to get some real world experience.

Presenter:

Leonard Weekley has over 20 years or program and project management experience spanning Mergers & Acquisitions, Life Sciences where he worked on the Human Genome Project, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, and Construction. His newest book PMP Study Kit scheduled to be released December 22,2011; is available for pre-order.

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Live Webinar – October 26, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating.

• Deliver more accurate & relevant information reporting & presentations.
• Learn to start racing with Excel, not just driving it!

This web seminar offers you demonstrations of a few unknown Excel tips that can dramatically change the way you use the program. You will find new efficient ways to select data in Excel. Learn exciting and insightful facts and tweaks you can use when creating presentation charts that will impress your readers and your presentation audience. Find out how just a few new Excel formatting tips can help save you time without sacrificing accuracy when you create worksheets.

Presenter: Isaac Gottlieb (LinkedIn profile) – More than 10,000 students and professionals have taken the class this web seminar is based on with Dr. Isaac Gottlieb over the last few years at Columbia University, NYU as well as at Fortune 500 companies. This presentation is drawn from topics covered in his best selling book, Next Generation Excel: Modeling in Excel for Analysts and MBAs (Wiley Finance). Dr. Gottlieb has 20 years industrial and government experience in addition to his academic background

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Live Webinar October 26, 2011 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

Projects are not successful unless they can pass the testing by the ultimate consumer of the product—the client, whether external or internal.

Many organizations create test plans in a haphazard way without thoroughly understanding the scope of the project. These kinds of test plans lead to scope creep and unsuccessful projects.

Learn the importance of creating test plans and a practical way in which to deliver them that enables the project team to gain acceptance by the client.

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Live Webinar October 26, 2011, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT or<
Live Webinar October 27, 2011, 4:00 am – 5:30 pm EDT
Presenter: Change Management Learning Center
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Methodologies provide structure and purpose to a discipline. A change management methodology provides an intentional approach for managing the people side of a project or initiative.

This webinar presents Prosci’s Change Management Methodology. In the webinar, learn about the Prosci ADKAR® Model for individual change management and the Prosci 3-Phase Change Management Process for organizational change management.

Agenda:

• Methodology foundation
• Individual change management
• Organizational change management
• Putting the pieces together

Learn how the fusion of individual and organizational change management is necessary to drive project results and outcomes.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 10.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 10.2 Plan Communications

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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