Live Webinar April 12th, 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
One of the fastest growing areas of interest for both Project Management and Business Analysis is the Agile methodology. What is the difference between Agile and Waterfall, however? Should one replace the other or are both still viable methods? Come and find out in this webinar as we examine the two methodologies side-by-side and debunk a few myths along the way.This webinar will be 30 minutes long with a live question and answer session afterward.
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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Live Webinar April 11th, 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)
Strategy maps, balanced scorecards with KPIs, customer profitability reporting, driver based budgeting, risk management…
This webinar with Gary Cokins (LinkedIn profile) presents an overview of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) methodologies and how they can easily be integrated.
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 April 11th, 2012, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar April 11th, 2012, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars
A disruptive technology is one that drives major change in business processes or revenue streams, consumer behavior or spending, or IT industry dynamics.
Virtualization, green IT, staff retention, social networks, unified communications, legacy migrations and cloud computing are among such disruptive trends that are reshaping the IT and business landscape.
Companies must identify the disruptive technologies that will impact their users and their business and develop plans to address these disruptions. Please join Managing VP Ray Paquet as he interprets industry trends.
Discussion Topics:
- How to better address these technologies to increase their implementation success rates and ROI.
- How to more fully understand the future of infrastructure and operations to address upcoming business issues.
- How to prepare for the increased demands placed on I&O professionals in the next five years.
Hosted by: RaymondPaquet, Managing VP (LinkedIn profile)
PDU Category C documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration
- 4.1 Develop Project 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’
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Live Webinar April 13th, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)
For many people, meetings are viewed as a dreaded evil — far too little gets accomplished and a lot of time is wasted. Yet, for some, 50-75% of their work week is spent in meetings that are unproductive, not needed or fail to produce needed results.
The problem isn’t that meetings in general are ineffective for making decisions or completing work. The problem lies with not selecting the right type of meeting, not planning and preparing for the meeting and not having the right skills and tools to effectively run the meetings.
Join us for this free 1 hour webinar to learn 9 tips that will help you plan, prepare and run every meeting effectively and put an end to costly time wasting meetings.
In this webinar participants will learn about:
- Characteristics of successful meetings
- Why you need to plan for every meeting
- How to prepare for an effective meeting
- Techniques for opening, running and closing meetings effectively
- Managing group dynamics
- Understanding how conflict impacts meetings
Solutions Cube Group webinars are presented by experienced staff members and partners who have over 30 years of experience managing projects and developing and running facilitated project meetings and delivering project management training courses.
Who Should Attend This Webinar:
- General Managers •Team Members
- Project Managers •Portfolio Managers
- Project Leads •Program Managers
- Business Stakeholders •Business Leads
- Facilitators
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Live Webinar April 11th, 2011 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: BAW1305
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Requirements are at the core of any project, and therefore, must be carefully managed.
In this webinar, you will learn the essential requirements management practices, including the requirements lifecycle from inception to implementation, requirements management planning, and requirements management tools.
In addition, you will learn how to write SMART requirements statements that are useful and actionable.
Finally, we will contrast and compare the traditional requirements management approach with agile requirements management.
Learning objectives include:
- Learn how to write good requirements
- Appreciate the value of a requirements management plan
- Contrast plan-driven and change-driven requirements management approaches
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.
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Live Webinar – April 11th, 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
Many organizations invest a great deal of effort into greater integration with their customers and suppliers. However, relatively little effort has gone into breaking down internal company “silos,†which can prevent even the most well designed process improvement initiatives from succeeding.
In this webinar, author Mark McGregor discusses the obstacles to successfully implementing and maintaining a continuous improvement culture and recommends steps to achieve improved alignment and collaboration across teams and divisions. He is joined by co-presenter, Thierry Tastet, (LinkedIn profile) BPA Expert at OpenText, who will provide insight into how a software solution like OpenText’s ProVision can help achieve joined up thinking for a more connected enterprise.
In this webinar:
- Understand the types of “Siloed†thinking, and the risks associated with them
- Learn how quickly a holistic view can be used to break down barriers to change
- See how with the right approach, operational managers take centre stage
- Explore the role that software can play in helping to overcome silos
Presenter: Mark McGregor (LinkedIn profile) is author of the bestseller of Thinking of… People-centric Process Management? Ask the Smart Questions
and Thrive!: How to Succeed in the Age of the Customer
. Mark McGregor speaks, writes and coaches all over the world. He is passionate about continuously finding new ways to help people “Think Differently” to achieve greater success.
PDU Category C documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time
- 4.1 Develop Project Charter
- 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
- 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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