Live Webinar March 14th, 2012 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Poor requirements lead to failed projects. There is solid evidence that visualization of requirements result in higher quality results. Engaging stakeholders by the use of a variety of modeling techniques results in much higher quality requirements and greatly improved project results.

In this webinar, you will gain insight into a wide array of modeling tools that assist in more effectively documenting customer requirements. You will gain an understanding of how these tools can effectively improve the communication with your clients.

Examples of modeling tools will be overviewed, including: context diagrams, use cases, activity diagrams, screen flows and prototypes. This allows a business analyst to connect the dots when documenting requirements.

Learning objectives include:

• Understand the value of creating a context diagram at the beginning of the project
• Learn how to derive use cases from the context diagram to document functional requirements
• Increase the effectiveness of process documentation by developing activity diagrams
• Learn how to create screen flows and use prototyping for improved usability
• Understand how these modeling techniques come together to provide a true picture of requirements

About the Presenter: Terrell Smith, (LinkedIn profile), MPA, PMP, CBAP With over 25 years of experience in a wide range of project management and business analysis assignments, he brings concepts to life in a practical and easy to apply manner. Terrell has assisted clients in the development of project management methodologies, risk assessments, quality management, agile methods, problem solving, rescuing troubled projects, implementing business analysis best practices, and team building.

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Live Webinar March 15th,2012 12:00 – 12:30 pm EDT
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

Collaborative negotiations (win-win) are always nice, but what do you do when the other side starts using tactics to gain advantage?

This webinar will cover the most common tactics used in negotiations, along with suggestions on how to defend and counter when these maneuvers are used, along with methods to get the negotiation back on track.

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP, PE, CCE
Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile), is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, and leads a team of instructors and consultants in delivering solutions in project management, business analysis and business process improvement.Joe has been involved in project management for over 30 years and has worked in engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating and contracting, and has been a Program and Project Manager supporting world-wide programs.

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Live Webinar March 14th 2012 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

This session is for project managers that sometimes need to contract externally for requirements discovery services in order to make their project a success.

This session shares hard facts, case studies, and a wealth of experience in successful – and not so successful – contracting approaches for the senior project manager. Supercharging a project by accelerating the requirements discovery phase is a solid strategy – but how do you ensure the company will get solid business value from the activity?

3 Learning Objectives from this Session:

• Effective analyst engagements models that drive value
• Red flags in your review cycle: clear signals that you have, or will have, issues with your requirements discovery team.
• Setting targets for timetable and turnaround: what should you expect from a top notch analyst team?

You will have to register for either the live or recorded session

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Live Webinar – March 15th 2012, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
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 ASPE’s leadership position in both Agile and Project Management, ASPE-SDLC feels uniquely qualified to provide this primer session to help you prepare to obtain this certification. Many of our instructors have taken the exam and will receive their results soon.

Overview

• Application Requirements
• Fees
• Exam content overview
• Domains and tasks for Agile Certification
• Training options
• Where this certification fits with the Scrum Alliance certifications
• Q & A

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile)  has more than 16 years of experience in business to business continuing education in executive, product management, marketing, and operations capacities. He has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries. David was instrumental in the development and delivery of the training industry’s first voice over IP (VOIP)-enabled live, instructor-led training course for public consumption.

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Live Webinar – March 15th, 2011 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX – The Process Excellence Network

Sustaining a culture of Lean or continuous improvement can be difficult after the enthusiasm of the transformation fades. The real gains to be had from Lean process improvement come from ensuring that it becomes everybody’s job to find opportunities for improvement rather than the domain of a specialized few. So how do can you make it easier for your company’s management and staff to understand and absorb the messages and make it really “stick”?

In this webinar, Nigel Barnes, (LinkedIn profile) Knowledge Development Manager at Euroclear – a European organisation that provides cross border settlement and clearing services – shares their change management and continuous improvement experience on making sustained changes become “business as usual”.

In this webinar you will:

1. Get practical ideas on making continuous improvement information as accessible as possible
2. Hear how to encourage “guiding by principles” to create real ownership of continuous improvement
3. Understand the importance of linking continuous improvement with other initiatives, and
4. Learn how to monitor maturity and how it can provide a stimulus for further change

Presenter: Nigel Barnes Knowledge Development Manager Euroclear SA/NV Nigel has worked for many years in the change management industry both in the public and private sectors. He has been with Euroclear’s Lean Team since 2008 leading both transformation and continuous improvement projects. Nigel is currently involved in exploring new ways in which Euroclear can keep progressing in the field of continuous improvement.

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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