Live Webinar – January 19th, 2012 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Offered by BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
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Arguably the most important role in a Scrum team is that of Product Owner.

It’s also one of the most challenging. Part of that challenge comes from the agile community itself because the role has been so ill defined to-date. Most Product Owners are sort of thrown into a Scrum team with little guidance regarding the role and responsibilities.

Another part of the challenge is skill and time based. The role is nuanced and requires a broad set of skills and often more time than is available. However, the Product Owner must find a way to serve their team in driving product development.

In this session, Bob Galen will explore the practices and techniques, focus points, and patterns of a great Product Owner. One that serves their team well and effectively balances the demands of external stakeholders against the demands of their team.

Bob will explore:

1. the dynamics of correctly defined Product Backlogs
2. establishing powerful Sprint Reviews
3. approaches for creating a team-view towards filling all aspects of the Product Owner role
4. how the Product Owner drives quality and value in meeting the teams’ commitments to the business.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• An overview of the critical success factors for the Product Owner role in Agile.
• How to construct well-nuanced and balanced Product Backlogs.
• How Product Owners interact with Project Managers, BA’s, and Testers create more effective User Stories and Product Backlogs.

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personlized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Robert ‘Bob‘ Galen (LinkedIn profile) is the President and Principal Consultant of RGCG, L.L.C and author of SCRUM Product Ownership — Balancing Value From the Inside Out. Bob has held director, manager and contributor level positions in both software development and quality assurance organizations. He has over 25 years of experience working across a wide variety of software technology and product domains.

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Live Webinar January 19th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour + 30 min Question Period 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: CollabNet

Nothing shatters development’s reputation as easily as poor code in production.

The good news is that Continuous Integration (CI) can help to identify problems faster, often before production releases.

Attend this session to learn:

• Why quality metrics matter, and what to watch out for
• What code quality approaches really work (proactive, reactive)
• Which tools are out there to help (including open source)

Also hear best practices from customers, who successfully enforce quality standards, by outlying and delivering on a strategic quality plan.

Speakers:
Darryl Bowler, (LinkedIn profile) Systems Architect, CollabNet
Brian Dawson, (LinkedIn profile) Senior Technical Consultant, CollabNet

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 11 – Risk

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 11.2 Identify Risks

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 January 19th, 2012 – 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Duration: 30 min + Question Period 0.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Directions Training

Microsoft SQL Server, Code-Named “Denali”, increases the power and productivity of architects, developers, and administrators who design, develop, and maintain data storage systems. Several components have new or improved features.

In this session we will highlight the new and improved AlwaysOn Availability Group, Contained Database and FileTable features.

Join Directions Training to see what is new in SQL Server 2012!

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time 8 – Quality

• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 6.1 Define Activities
• 8.3 Perform Quality Control

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 An Inside Look at the New SQL Server 2012 – Featuring New Database Components

Live Webinar – January 18th, 2011 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Presented by: The Cutter Consortium

Cutter believes that there is no single right solution for all enterprises, or all departments within one enterprise, or even all projects within a department. The complexity of the business-technology issues confronting corporations today demands multiple detailed perspectives from which a company can view its opportunities and risks in order to make the right strategic and tactical decisions. The simplistic pronouncements other analyst firms make do not take into account the unique situation of each organization.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope

• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 5.4 Verify Scope
• 5.5 Control Scope

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’

Join Scott Stribny (LinkedIn) to learn about developing the right requirements to ensure project success.

Speaker: Scott Stribrny is a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium’s Business Technology Strategies practice , with 28 years of diverse experience and a leading figure in the world of process improvement. He is currently advising on techniques for effective product requirement specification and risk management. Mr. Stribrny advises companies on how to adapt modern software development techniques to fit specific projects and how to effectively transfer new technologies to the system developers within the organization. Read Scott writings on the Cutter Blog.

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