Live Webinar – November 17, 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.

Two industry associations are laying claim to both scope and requirements: IIBA and PMI.

• What is an analyst to do?
• Who really “owns” what and how does that impact our role as business analysts?

This webinar will take the audience beyond the textbook claims of ownership and provide steps that business analysts can take to define proper accountability for scope and requirements that will lead to greater project and personal success.

If you are currently in the role of business analyst or project manager (or both!), this webinar is for you. It’s not about surviving; it’s about thriving!

Presented by: Bonnie Baldus, PMP, has 13 years of experience in project management, leadership, and business analysis training and 16 years of experience in the project management and business analysis field. Bonnie is an alumni of Iowa State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree and pursued advanced studies in English and Technical Communication. Bonnie is a member of both PMI®, the Project Management Institute, and ASTD, the American Society of Training and Development, taking advantage of the networking and educational opportunities those organizations provide. She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

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Live Webinar November 17, 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by CollabNet
Duration: 1 Hour + 30 min Question Period 1 Category C PDU Free

In this session, you will learn that successful Continuous Integration (CI) relies on carefully preparation of a versioning control and change management strategy.

CollabNet will cover which issue management and Subversion best practices will maximize your value in a CI process and lower technical debt. You will also learn how to identify and remediate common SCM anti-patterns that cause friction with CI.

Topics covered:

• Role of versioning for CI
• Common SCM anti-patterns
• Best Subversion practices

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope

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Live Webinar November 17, 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

This webinar will describe practical quality tools both PM’s and BA’s can utilize to better manage projects.

Specific techniques with examples that will be discussed include controls charts, cause & effect diagrams and Pareto charts.

Attend this webinar and learn how a focus on quality management can improve the success of your projects. This presentation will be 30 minutes long with a live question and answer session afterward.

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.

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Live Webinar November 16, 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Presented by: Mark Smith
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Learn How to Leverage Existing Resources to Accelerate Organic Business Growth.

Is your company still struggling to grow? – Most are.

Credit remains tight. Confidence is fragile. The vitality of the recovery itself remains uncertain.

Growth in this economy won’t be about risky marketing plays or highly leveraged mega deals. What you need now is a solid strategy for growing from within, using resources already at hand.

This Webcast will first share highlights from unique research that revealed a rare breed of growth leaders driving significant organic revenue growth—not at high-tech start-ups—but inside some of world’s largest and best established companies. You will then learn exactly what these growth catalysts do to ignite organic growth and build high-performing growth organizations.

The core of this session will be a close review of the seven formulas growth catalysts use to reframe value propositions for customers: Diving Deep; Swimming for the Surface; Swimming Sideways; Bundling; Finding White Space; Networking; and Starbucking.

What You Will Learn:
Based upon research and interviews with business executives in multiple sectors, John Baldoni will explain:

• The most common ways organizations unintentionally block organic growth
• Success stories of growth catalysts in action
• Practical growth leader behaviors you can apply to accelerate organic growth

Presenter: Mark Smith spearheads the growth leadership practice at Healthy Companies International, a global management consulting and research firm based in Arlington, Virginia. He conducts ongoing research clarifying the leadership characteristics, workplace culture, and processes that enable organizations to grow sustainably and predictably. Mark has worked with top executives at 15 Fortune 500 Companies, six Global 100 Companies, and dozens of other commercial and government organizations around the world. Among those clients: ADM, Black and Decker, Fiat, IBM, Kraft Foods, Merck, NASA, and Novartis

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience (include the weblinks) and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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