Live Webinar January 5, 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

Many BA’s avoid getting Project Management training, because they are concerned that they will then be forced to move into that role.

BAs and PMs have parallel professions, but they also have many overlaps. This look at the first knowledge area in the BABOK will show you how important planning and estimating skills are for a BA.

This presentation will be 30 minutes long with a live question and answer session afterwards.

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.

Click to register for Planning for Project Success by Planning the Requirements Effort

Live Webinar – January 10th, 11:00 AM EST
Offered by: Roeder Consulting ( REP 2453) 1 Category A PDU
Duration: 1 hour Attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participation – Free PDU

As Project Managers we ‘Negotiate Everything’ – Scope, Schedules, Time, Resources and so much more. The development your Project Management Negotiation Skills can allow you to more easily create successful outcomes to your projects.

If you choose 1 topic this year to focus on for career development consider honing your negotiation skills!

You are invited to a special edition webinar. Roeder Consulting is devoting the full hour to project negotiation stories from the front line. All of us negotiate, but not all of us do it well. We’ll share tremendous successes, monumental failures, and the lessons learned.

We welcome you to share your story (big or small, success or failure) via the webinar registration page or Roeder Consulting’s LinkedIn Group. Story or not, please join us for an hour that’s sure to be talked about.

Note: Seating is limited – Register Today

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Live Webinar January 9th, 2012 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST
Presented by the Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Complex projects carry significant risk of failure. Recently, iterative (and agile) project execution methodologies have been developed to mitigate project risks and increase the chances that the final solution meets the stakeholder’s expectations and the overall business needs.

In this webinar, you will learn how iterative methods differ from tradition waterfall methods and how specific iterative practices are used to reduce the chances for project failure.

Upon completion of this webinar, you will understand how to break a project into iterations, how to pick an iteration length, how to manage iteration and project scope, and how to introduce risk mitigation practices.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• Understand the difference between sequential (waterfall) and iterative methods
• Learn how to define iterations, milestones, and releases
• Increase the chances for project success and reduce risk factors
• Contrast iterative and agile methods
• Understand best practices for iterative (and agile) project execution

About the presenter: Dr. Martin Schedlbauer (LinkedIn profile) has been leading and authoring seminars and workshops in business analysis, software engineering, and project management for over twenty years. Martin, an accomplished business analysis subject matter expert, is a recognized leader in software development practices, a practicing scrum master, experienced software architect, and also serves as an advisor for several industry conferences; additionally, Martin maintains an active research agenda in agile methods, requirements analysis, and human performance modeling.

Click to register for Iterative Projects: Practical Tips and Best Practices for Business Analysts

Live Webinar – January 10, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Guest $15.00 USD + $1.37 USD Fee

It is common for the uninitiated to think of deploying enterprise project management and installing enterprise project management software like Microsoft Project Server as synonymous. Nothing could be further from the truth.

So much of successfully deploying Project Server is not technology oriented and often these elements do not show up on EPM deployment plans.

This session will look at what belongs in your EPM deployment schedule. Presented by Chris Vandersluis who is a long standing Microsoft Partner and the author of the “From the Trenches” column on the Project Server section of Microsoft’s TechNet site, we’ll look at the elements of your EPM deployment schedule that need to be addressed.

Topics to be addressed:

• How to assemble an EPM Deployment team
• How to set your business objectives
• How to effectively start designing your EPM processes
• What EPM will mean to you when deploying your software
• Making sure that Project Server is selected for the right reasons
• Proving the design and deploying the production system
• What to do once that system is deployed

Presenter – Chris Vandersluis, (LinkedIn profile) Chris is the president of HMS Software based in Montreal, Canada. With over 27 years of experience in implementing enterprise project management and enterprise timesheet systems, Chris was a part of the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Partner Advisory Council. Chris has worked on project management and timesheet systems on some of the world’s most prestigious projects including the Canadian Frigate Program. He teaches Advanced Project Management at Montreal’s Mcgill University and speaks at project management association functions across North America and around the world.

NOTE: Remember when registering for this event you must answer the the question “Are you requesting a PDU for this event?”

Click to register for WebnLearn: Creating your EPM Deployment Plan