Live Webinar January 25th, 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI® Global Sustainability CoP (REP #S046 )
Presented by: Kathryn Cooper

Sustainability is a “sweetspot” for companies in the face of a $ 350 Billion employee disengagement problem.

Sustainability projects have the ability to connect what is important to employees with the social, environmental and economic objectives of the company through shared intent.

In this webinar Kathryn will discuss:

1. Employee Engagement – theory behind behavior and attitude change.
2. Why Employee Engagement efforts fail – a case in point.
3. Marketing & Employee Engagement Tools.

Presenter: Kathryn Cooper (LinkedIn profile) is a committed sustainability practitioner and educator. As a graduate of York University with a Master of Education on Sustainability & the Environment; she also holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Guelph; Kathryn is President & Chief Learning Officer of the Sustainability Learning Center.

The Sustainability Learning Center is a training, networking and technology transfer hub designed to mobilize people and technology for sustainability in industrial, commercial and institutional sectors. The Center focuses on the development of practical “Green Core Competencies” and Whole employee engagement for Eco-efficiency and technologies. The Center delivers sustainability workshops to hundreds of people each year, through public and in-house programs focusing on sustainability and green business adoption.

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Live Webinar – January 26th, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
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

It is here.

Testing for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner pilot started in September. With the Aspe leadership position in both Agile and Project Management, ASPE-SDLC feels uniquely qualified to provide this primer session to help you prepare yourself to obtain this certification. Many of our instructors have taken the exam and will receive their results soon.

Overview:

1. Application Requirements
2. Fees
3. Exam content overview
4. Domains and tasks for Agile Certification
5. Training options
6. Where this certification fits with the Scrum Alliance certifications
7. Q & A

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Live IIL Webinar – January 26, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 am EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by : IIL (Rep 1003) – Course No: BA0001
You will need to register with IIL and sign into the site to register for this opportunity.

NOTE: This session is popular may may reach capacity – Register early to reserve your seat.

When working together, the project manager and business analyst can tackle key project success factors by dividing the effort between Project and Product activities.

In this one-hour webinar, we will look at the relationship between BA and project management activities and how they affect project success in the areas of sizing the BA effort, customer satisfaction and reduced defects.

IIL will examine how change control and traceability will keep the lid on scope creep.

Benefits:
As a project manager, this webinar will give you suggestions on how to optimize the business analyst role while increasing customer satisfaction. You will also gain:

• A formulae to estimate BA level of effort
• An understanding of what to include in your project plan to increase customer satisfaction
• An understanding of the benefits of splitting the project effort between product (BA) and project (PM) activities

Both Project Managers and Business Analysis will benefit from tackling their projects together.

Upon completion of this webinar, the participants will be able to:

• Calculate an appropriate BA level of effort
• Describe project activities vs. product activities
• Explain how traceability and change control will increase customer satisfaction

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Live Webinar January 25th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by AtTask

Let’s face it; most project managers don’t operate in a perfect “PMI” world where all the proper documentation is completed seamlessly and numbers and status updates are never fudged and unicorns prance merrily in the meadows.

In the real world, things like risk management are often either seen as necessary evils or as over-complicated time wasters. However, risk management is a reality and an important part of successful project management – when done correctly.

In this webinar IT and management consultant, Mike Meikle, will take a down-to-earth approach at discussing effective, real world project management tips for doing risk management the right way.

Presenter: Mike Meikle, (LinkedIn profile) CEO of the Hawthorne Group, a management and technology consulting firm.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 11 – Risk

• 11.1 Plan Risk Management
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 25th, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course Id: BAW1301
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Do you want a solid understanding of the business objectives and requirements that are critical for the success of your projects?

Then this webinar is for you!

You’ll learn:

• the role of the business analyst and their responsibilities within different lifecycle models, including:
  • sequential (waterfall),
  • iterative, and
  • agile approaches;
• finally, you’ll gain an overview of common techniques used by business analysts to:
  • elicit,
  • analyze,
  • document,
  • communicate,
  • manage, and
  • validate organizational goals, business objectives, and user requirements.

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.

This is also available as a recorded session – February 2 2011 – register to view.

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