Live Webinar January 25, 2012, 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: TypeMock

Everybody has legacy code.

How do you apply unit testing to existing code? Code that wasn’t meant to be tested …….

This is a hardcore session …….

Gil takes an open source application and adds tests to it. In the process, he refactors the code, discusses readability, and where to begin the process.

It is an intensive demonstration of automated testing hard-core legacy code. Even if you are a legacy ninja, check this session out!

Everyone is welcome but it is most appropriate for people with a background in unit testing and medium to advanced skills.

Read Gil’s Blog “Geek Out of Water – Gil Zilberfeld’s Ramblings” It’s full of great ‘Agile stuff’, ‘People stuff’ & Other Cool Cool Stuff!

LIKE….

Gil recently interviewed Lisa Crispin (LinkedIn profile, @lisacrispin ) a leading expert in the ‘Testing World’, Agile Testing Practitioner, Coach & co-author of “Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams”. Read Gil’s interview with Lisa “A Product Owners Perspective” on Lisa’s Blog or visit her website LisaCrispin.com.

Even if you’re already a unit testing ninja like Gil, this webinar is for you!

Presenter: Gil Zilberfeld, (LinkedIn profile, @gil_zilberfeld) Product Manager, Typemock- Gil has been writing software since childhood (Logo Turtles) and hasn’t stopped since. As the product manager at Typemock, working as part of an agile team in an agile company, creating tools for agile developers. He promotes unit testing and other design practices, down-to-earth agile methods, and some incredibly cool tools. Gil blogs at http:⁄⁄www.gilzilberfeld.com on different agile topics, including processes, communication and unit testing. He also writes at the Typemock blog and presents locally and abroad on these topics.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 9.4 Manage 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 January 24, 2012, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category B PDU – Free PDU
Presenter: Journyx Inc.

In 2011, the government spent over $500 billion on private contracts with about 23% of that awarded to small businesses.

Learn this: The federal customer is completely unique from your commercial clients. Because business is done in a more structured and regulated environment, It is one of the most level playing fields in business for fair and open competition.

You, the government, and your competitors all must work within the same guidelines and mandates of the Federal Acquisition Regulation or what is call “the FAR.”

During this session you will learn what the FAR is, how agencies use the FAR to acquire goods and services, the types of acquisition methodologies used by the government, and, most importantly, how to save yourself valuable time and money on preparing your bids in response to the Fed’s solicitations.

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.

Click to register for Federal Government Contracting – It’s a Whole New World

Online Webinar – Offered by Daptiv
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

PMO Professionals Webinar Series: Executive Insight: Creating Visibility into the Project Portfolio is an excellent session that has yet to be noticed by the Project Management Community. The Session was recorded April 12th 2011 but Posted on YouTube October 31st, 2011.

What You’ll Learn:

• What are execs looking to know about project performance?
• How do I deliver the right cadence and level of information?
• How much is too much?

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

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’

To view PMO Professionals Webinar Series: Executive Insight: Creating Visibility into the Project Portfolio Either:

1. Hover Over the link to view & leave your mouse in the window OR ….
2. Ifyou wish to view the presentation on YouTube instead
   Click PMO Professionals Webinar Series: Defining & Optimizing Your Portfolio

Daptiv’s Press Release “Daptiv Forecasts Top Predictions for Project Portfolio Management in 2012” (November 29th 2011 Seattle Wa.) contains great insights on the changes coming to PPM in the year ahead – It is worth definitely reviewing – EdmontonPM

About Daptiv:

Founded in 1997, Daptiv’s PPM solution has over 80,000 subscribers. Daptiv has helped thousands of companies improve their strategic planning and business execution by offering flexible PPM solutions and expert professional services.

Daptive provides industry-leading PPM functionality, but unlike vendors that force you to change your processes to fit their tools, they have designed their solution with you and your team in mind. Daptiv is flexible and easily configured so that you can introduce powerful new PPM capabilities – when and where your organization is ready for them. Daptiv’s customers include world-class organizations such as BASF, Chase Paymentech, Harvard University, Honeywell, La Poste and Virgin Blue

Live Webinar 2 Offerings
Live Webinar January 24, 2012, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST or ….
Live Webinar January 24, 2012, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presenter: HP

Distributed teams, policy requirements and brittle legacy processes all threaten to make Agile a “name-only” initiative in big enterprises.

The power of Application Lifecycle Management

Join this Web Event to understand how HP has helped customers identify and breakdown these challenges, showing that size and speed can coexist.

During this session, you will:

• Hear common pitfalls encountered as delivery teams adopt Agile, plus learn how to overcome them
• Gain insights into what impacts Agile has on the complete application lifecycle
• See how Agile can expand from a developer-led project initiative to something that truly fuels business agility

Presenter: Jon Bailey, (LinkedIn profile) Senior Manager, HP Software
Before joining HP, Jon was Vice President of service delivery for CACI Digital Solutions, a company that builds and manages enterprise web solutions for national governments using Agile delivery techniques. Previously, as an IT Consultant for Accenture, Jon managed software design and delivery projects for mobile communication companies.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

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

Click to register for Can the Modern Enterprise be More Agile?

Live Webinar January 25th, 2012 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

How much confidence do people have in you and your organization?

Trust is a fundamental, bottom-line issue. Without it, leaders lose teams and organizations lose reputation, relationships, and revenue. But with trust, business moves faster, margins get bigger, and careers take off.

International author of The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders Gain Faster Results, Deeper Relationships, and a Stronger Bottom Line David Horsager defines top leaders only being as being successful financially but also as having made a significant positive influence in the lives of those they served over a period of time. These leaders left individuals and organizations measurably better than they found them.

What made these people and organizations unique?

They all had one common trait—trust. Horsager found that trust is not a soft skill. It is a measurable competency that brings dramatic results. It can be built into an organization’s strategy, goals, and culture.

In this Webcast, he offers a practical plan for developing effective leadership based on trust. Listen as he shares the key principles that unify teams, increase commitment, improve morale, and motivate productivity.

David combines humor and illustrations with business insight, academic research, and firsthand experience, to show what it takes to gain and keep trust. He will demonstrate how the little things, done consistently, add up to huge results.

Who do people trust more you, or your competition?

It’s time to build the most significant competitive advantage in any industry, The Trust Edge.

What You Will Learn:

• The 8 pillars that build trust quickly with coworkers and clients
• How to never have a day where you say, “I didn’t get anything done”
• The greatest need for a motivated staff, and how to fill it
• The “why” and “how” behind the most foundational key to real success
• The 3 ways to build connections – quickly

Presenter: David Horsager, M.A., C.S.P is an author, entrepreneur, professor, and award-winning keynote speaker who researches and speaks on the bottom-line impact of trust.His book, The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders Gain Faster Results, Deeper Relationships, and a Stronger Bottom Line, has inspired leaders and motivated teams toward greater results on four continents and across the US.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage 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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