Live Webinar March 7th, 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S004)
Presented by: Sally Elatta

Gartner analysts have reported that 80% of all Software Development projects will be moving to Agile methods in the next few years. PMI has also recently launched its PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) SM offering as a response to the increase in Agile adoption.

So what does this all mean to your PMO?

Through this webinar Sally will provide a quick overview of Agile methods, then jump into how you can transition your PMO to support Agile Development and use some new Agile and Lean techniques for Idea Qualification, Project Initiation and Portfolio Management.

Whether you are moving to Agile or not, you will definitely learn some real world tips to help you improve your current PMO activities!

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Presenter: Sally Elatta, (LinkedIn profile) one of PMIs® LEAD Experts, is a dynamic Coach, Trainer and Public Speaker who is passionate about transforming individuals, teams and organizations into improving their project management and software development practices and delivering business value early and often. She is a certified ScrumMaster, Scrum Practitioner, Certified by IBM, Microsoft and Sun.

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Live Webinar March 7th, 2012 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar, Robin Goldsmith introduces BAseBOK, a different and more appropriate approach to business analysis that offers opportunities for delivering far greater value to businesses and business analysis.

Note: ITMPI is now charging a $2.99 convenience fee to obtain the PDU code. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code can be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. Search the Rep # (it is in our listing) The courses are listed alphabetically use the arrow keys to move to the correct place in the alphabet and search the list on that page for the course that you attended – the code should be listed. (setting the “set the dropdown box” to show 100 per page will make your search easier).

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Live Webinar March 1st,2012 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

Use Cases are a requirements documentation method that is gaining in popularity, particularly when an Agile development methodology is in use. Attend this webinar and see how simple the technique is, and learn the various methods and limitations that help define it.

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.

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Online Webinar Presented by The Agilista PM
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU

Agile was once considered a fad by project management professionals.

Every project manager can successfully integrate agile in a waterfall environment to improve project predictability, cost effectiveness and ultimately project and professional success.

In the 10 years since the agile manifesto was written agile has matured; it has moved from being a core methodology and from small software companies to the point where it is used, to some extent, in a majority of enterprise organizations today.

Agile isn’t a silver bullet for every context though and agile methods need to adapt to the changing contexts of the enterprise.

This webinar will examine how project managers can successfully apply Agile to their projects in an enterprise context.

Learning Objectives:

• Why we struggle Agile in an Enterprise
• Mapping project controls to agile project metrics for improved project control and reporting than on plan driven projects: Scope, Schedule and Budget.
• Three approaches to creating a Gantt chart for an agile project
• How to handle external dependencies
• Nine principles for bringing a little bit of agile into any project

SPEAKER: Joseph Flahiff (LinkedIn profile) PMP is a project planning coach, speaker and trainer with 15 years of PM success. Also Certified in Six Sigma methods and a Certified Agile Scrum Master, Joseph has experience in a wide range of market verticals including Telecommunications, Healthcare, Government, and Small Business.

Live Webinar March 5th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour + 30 min Question Period 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: CollabNet

Building and maintaining a Product Backlog can be a time-consuming effort. Though the Product Owner has final say in the prioritization, a good product backlog is a result of a combined effort of the entire team – Product Owner, Scrum team, ScrumMaster and stakeholders.

Join Angela Druckman, (LinkedIn profile) Certified Scrum Instructor, in this webinar where she will discuss strategies on how to build and maintain a good product backlog.

She describes the overall concepts and techniques for backlog management and how each of the project contributors can contribute to its overall effectiveness.

You Will Learn:

• What a product backlog is and how to create product backlog items
• How to write good user stories
• How to estimate product backlog items
• How to groom the product backlog
• The importance of treating the product backlog as a living artifact

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

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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