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Live Webinar March 28th, 2012 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

As Agile software development has emerged over the last decade, there have been few risk management frameworks discussed that can accommodate the unique risk characteristics of Agile.

In this webinar, Pete DeYoe (LinkedIn profile) will present a Risk Management framework for Agile Development Projects.

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Live Webinar March 29th,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

Utilizing the JAD Session method developed by IBM in the 1970s, the Requirements Workshop is one of the most effective techniques for quickly developing high-quality requirements.

This webinar will explain how to prepare for and conduct a Requirements Workshop, and will also provide tips on how to handle potential problems that can sidetrack the workshop.

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.

Click to register for How To Run An Effective Requirements Workshop

Creating Use Cases

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Live Webinar March 28th, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

You’ve heard the term before and may even have used them in your office. However, do we really understand how to create them so that the BUSINESS users can understand them?

Review the pros and cons of using use-cases within your organization or within your department. Evaluate good and bad examples of use-cases and when certain approaches work better than others.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define a Use Case
  2. Identify the value of Use Cases
  3. Articulate the pros and cons of using Use Cases within your organization or department
  4. Evaluate good and bad examples of Use Cases
  5. Determine when certain approaches work better than others

Who should attend:

  • Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
  • Portfolio managers,
  • Program/project managers,
  • Project team members,
  • Auditors and ….
  • Other business stakeholders.

These webinars are for individuals who desire to improve the outcome of the business environment.

Click to register for Creating Use Cases

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Live Webinar 2 Offerings
March 28th, 2012 10:00 am – 10:30 am EDT
March 28th, 2012 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 30 Minutes Credits: 0.50 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Competitive Solutions Inc.

Employee Engagement has become a high priority for many leading organizations today.

This recent focus on getting people more engaged has created a variety of issues for leaders. Although studies show that 90% of leaders say engagement directly impacts their organization’s success, only 25% of those leaders actually have a strategy in place to create a highly engaged workforce.

What You’ll Learn in this Webinar:

  • How to identify Engagement when you see it
  • How to set goals and track true Engagement
  • Processes to foster and encourage high levels of Engagement
  • How to create a culture of “doing” through deliberate and demonstrative behaviors
  • What tools you can provide to your peers for both Empowerment and Engagement

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’

Click to register for the March 28th, 2012 10:00 am session of Elevating Employee Engagement Expectations

Click to register for the March 28th, 2012 1:00 pm session of Elevating Employee Engagement Expectations

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Live Webinar March 27th, 2011 – 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm EDT
Duration: 75 Minutes webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Global Diversity CoP (REP #S018)
Presented by: Mauricio Velasquez

Current events keep this topic at the top of our minds. Census 2010 is still surprising employers, it is an election year, war on terror, school and workplace violence, “Don’t ask – Don’t Tell is abolished” – on and on, and organizations are grappling with, struggling with their own workplace diversity and inclusion issues.

The what and how will be presented – of being a more inclusive employer. Join us for a highly informative and interactive forum.

Discussion Topics:

  • Myths of Diversity – What Diversity Is & Is not
  • Diversity and Inclusion Defined Today
  • Worst Practices (Nobody talks about this!)
  • Best Practices
  • Questions and Answers

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

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Click to register for Diversity and Inclusion Today: What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know

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Live Webinar – March 27th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Teamwork is an essential component of organizational productivity. Today’s leaders require a wide variety of skills for high performance teamwork, and it is up to learning professionals to use the most-up-to-date methods available to develop these skills.

This webinar will explore a variety of high-impact activities, jolts, and interactive learning strategies that have been specifically chosen to teach and apply some of the most critical teamwork competencies and concepts that we all need.

Speakers:

Thiagi (Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Ph.D.), Resident Mad Scientist at the Thiagi Group. The Thiagi Group is an organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. Thiagi has published forty books, including Thiagi’s 100 Favorite Games (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals) and Teamwork and Teamplay: Games and Activities for Building and Training Teams, as well as numerous games, simulations, and articles.

Tracy Tagliati (LinkedIn profile), CLO The Thiagi Group

Tracy knows how to engage the learner. As the training manager at Move, Inc. and an associate at the Thiagi Group, Tracy works directly with key executives and managers to conduct performance analyses and develop customized programs using a rapid instructional design approach. Her specialty is activities-based training in both instructor-led and web-based environments. She has co-authored two books with Thiagi on topics relating to interactive learning techniques including the bestseller Jolts! Activities to Wake Up and Engage Your Participants. Her mission is helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. She is active in ASTD, ISPI and the North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA).

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

  • 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’

Click to register for An Active Approach to Teamwork Training