Live Webinar November 29, 2011 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: The Project Management Bookstore

To achieve results when organizations implement change, project managers ultimately need people who are committed to success, motivated to get results, and have the knowledge and tools to get the job done. Effective change management can help project managers anticipate and manage resistance, which will ultimately accelerate the pace of change and achieve timely business outcomes and financial returns.

Using concepts from The Eight Constants of Change and The Change Management Pocket Guide, participants in this encoreWebinar will learn how to:

• Drive organizational change
• Create a process for managing the human elements of change
• Create a Commitment Assessment
• Successfully analyze stakeholders
• Create an Effective Key Message Worksheet
• And more!

This is an excellent webinar for project manager who need to make REAL change happen!

Presenter:

Kate Nelson is a seasoned consultant and is frequently sought out and cited as an expert in the field of organizational change. She possesses years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies in all industries, worldwide to assure they are equipped with the understanding, tools and techniques to help their people support organizational changes on all levels. Kate is a Partner with Change Guides, LLC which is an internationally recognized training and consulting company specializing in organizational change. Ms. Nelson is the co-author of two best-selling books on organizational change: The Change Management Pocket Guide, published in 2005 and The Eight Constants of Change … What Leaders Need to Know to Drive Change and Win published in 2008, which are the focus of our webinar.

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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Live Webinar November 29, 2011 11:00 AM – 12:30 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)

This webinar with Tom Cagley (LinkedIn profile) will provide a framework for benchmarking agile organizations and will explore the nuances required to benchmark agile organizations.

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Live Webinar – November 29, 2011 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Very often the best source of training content is the group of participants themselves. However, asking the group to “talk among yourselves” results in chaos.

A way to enable effective sharing of best practices among cohorts is to use an effective combination of structure and spontaneity.

In this webinar we will explore a special type of training activity that facilitates mutual learning and teaching among participants. We call them structured sharing activities, because they provide a flexible strategy that creates a context for a dialogue among participants based on their experiences, knowledge, and opinions.

We will share several structured sharing activities, and we will give you the resources to develop more.

Speakers:

Thiagi (Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Ph.D.), (LinkedIn profile) Resident Mad Scientist at the Thiagi Group. The Thiagi Group is an organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. Thiagi has published forty books, including Thiagi’s 100 Favorite Games (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals) and Teamwork and Teamplay: Games and Activities for Building and Training Teams, as well as numerous games, simulations, and articles.

Tracy Tagliati (LinkedIn profile), CLO The Thiagi Group

Tracy knows how to engage the learner. As the training manager at Move, Inc. and an associate at the Thiagi Group, Tracy works directly with key executives and managers to conduct performance analyses and develop customized programs using a rapid instructional design approach. Her specialty is activities-based training in both instructor-led and web-based environments. She has co-authored two books with Thiagi on topics relating to interactive learning techniques including the bestseller Jolts! Activities to Wake Up and Engage Your Participants. Her mission is helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. She is active in ASTD, ISPI and the North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA).

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop 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’

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Live Webinar November 29, 2011 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Decision Management Solutions

Decision Management Systems are the next generation of information systems. Agile, analytic and adaptive, Decision Management Systems put business rules and predictive analytics to work. The final step in successfully building Decision Management Systems is to create an environment that ensures continuous improvement in decision-making.

This webinar will introduce Decision Management Solutions approach to decision analysis. Based on work with multiple clients, this approach uses a robust model of your decision to track and improve decision performance. The mappng of decisions to your organization and objectives drives effective decision performance monitoring while experimentation and champion/challenger execution help you find the best approach to your critical decision.

CEO James Taylor (LinkedIn profile) will host this final of three how-to webinars on Decision Management Systems.

For more great information read James’ books Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Using Business Rules and Predictive Analytics and Why You Need Smart Enough Systems.

Presenter:

James Taylor is the CEO of Decision Management Solutions, and is the leading expert in how to use business rules and analytic technology to build Decision Management Systems. If you are looking for information on decision Management Systems Sign up for his newsletter – Decision Management News. Read his blog: JT on EDM; or Follow him on Twitter: jamet123. James is passionate about using Decision Management Systems to help companies improve decision-making and develop an agile, analytic, and adaptive business. He has more than 20 years working with clients in all sectors to identify their highest-value opportunities for advanced analytics, enabling them to reduce fraud, continually manage and assess risk, and maximize customer value with increased flexibility and speed.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

Click to Register for How to Build Decision Management Systems: Part 3 Decision Analysis

Live Webinar – November 29, 2011 11:00 am -12:00 pm EST
Presenter: Journyx Inc.
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category B PDU – Free PDU

Get familiar with the process. In 2010, the government spent $500 billion on private contracts. About 23% of that was awarded to small businesses. Learn how the government works, determine if contracting is right for you and prepare your business for government contracting.

During this hour you will learn about the Federal government as a potential customer and how to register to do business with them. We will define the size of the market, discuss your unique opportunity(s) as a small business, and provide you initial guidance on how to begin doing business with the Fed.

You’ll walk away from this webinar with the following valuable information:

• The basics of government contracting
• The types of businesses that contract
• The industries and specialties of government contracting
• How the government does business
• Businesses that have found success in contracting

Presenter: Wes Fue, CEO/Founder, Timberwolf Enterprises, LLC. – Throughout his 29 year career with the Federal Governement, Wes was a Contracting Officer Technical Representative that initiated statements of work, created and led business process improvement teams, identified and selected private companies and small business vendors for outsourced contract work, and negotiated contracts for inter-agency agreements. Wes has trained and mentored over 1800 businesses on how to quickly, and effectively, market, bid on, and win federal, state, and local government contracts.

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Live IIL Webinar – November 30, 2011 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by : IIL (Rep 1003) – Course No: PM0021
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With the rise of the Business Analysis Profession, the field of project management will never be the same again!

Only a few years ago, there was no such thing as the Business Analyst (BA). Today, we see more and more organizations using BAs to define the requirements of new systems and products and to manage product scope. BAs now work directly with project managers and project teams—and rightly so.

A good BA can help carry the project manager’s burden and greatly increase a project’s chances of success. In this webinar, we will explore how a BA works in harmony with a project manager to manage project scope and help projects succeed.

In this interactive session, participants are encouraged to reflect on the contributions a Business Analyst can bring to the project table. Through the use of examples, participants will see why improving project results without the role of the BA doesn’t work as well or as long as having a Business Analyst and Project Manager on the project at the right time.

Participants will:

• Learn how BAs contribute to organization success
• Understand the role of the BA at the Project Table
• Gain internal selling points to acquire a BA
• Learn how BAs support the PM and team for ongoing project success

What Your Will Learn:

• Why every project should have a Business Analyst
• The key role of the Business Analyst and how they work with a Project Manager
• How the Project Management Institute’s Body of Knowledge, PMBOK®, compares to the International Institute of Business Analyst Body of Knowledge, BABOK®
• What skills of the Business Analyst will complement the Project Manager

Click to Register for What Every Project Manager Should Know About Business Analysis