Online Webinar – Presented by: Pillar Technology Group
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Recorded:

Can your team or stakeholders easily tell:

1. How your project is doing?
2. Will it be done on time?
3. What the pain points are?

Measuring the right things and displaying the measurements will communicate to the team and to stakeholders that these are the behaviors the organization wants to encourage.

Big Visible Charts (BVCs) can communicate information:

• Increasing team Effectiveness
• Provide required feedback to the team by making issues more visible
• Make status reporting more reliable And …
• Increase the confidence in the team as progress is shown

Telling people something is important is one thing “Measuring It” and “Displaying The Measurement” is another. – Matt VanVleet, Pillar

In this Webinar, Matt VanVleet (LinkedIn profile) will discuss the uses and benefits of Big Visible Charts (BVC;s) when managing an agile project.

Pillar Technology Group cares about the community. Individual training costs are “VERY Reasonable” and the proceeds of the training go to charity inspired by the “Agile Manifesto” and many other foundational works in the industry. Check out their training page.

As Angelo Mazzocco, President of Pillar explains “We live in an economy where access to “free” or not for profit is becoming a part of our every day lives. It is in this spirit that we would like to launch the Pillar Training Series. It is our passion that we should not profit from the distribution of knowledge. So our courses will be unique. All proceeds generated from a course will be donated to charity. All work done in the course will be for a charity.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information
• 10.5 Report Performance

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.’

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information
• 10.5 Report Performance

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 Managing an Agile Project: How to Build Better BVC’s

Live Webinar – May 3rd 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

Microsoft is being predictably tight-lipped about specifics around the next release of SharePoint, but that doesn’t mean folks across all industries aren’t anxiously awaiting it. Today, two years after the release of 2010 and five years after the release of MOSS, dynamic document management is at an interesting crossroads.

Those of you who have SharePoint 2010 in place (particularly if your footprint is large or usage is mature) are wondering whether you should continue full-steam ahead or wait for some indication of where Microsoft is taking the product with the next release.

Those of you who have older versions in place (MOSS, WSS, etc.), and are feeling the increasing pain of being a version (or more) behind, are wondering whether you should bite the bullet and upgrade to SharePoint 2010 or continue limping along to wait for the next release.

And those of you who have no SharePoint in place are wondering whether you should finally dive in now (and begin reaping the benefits of using SharePoint rather than shared drives) or stick it out a little longer until the next version.

Learning Objectives:

• What’s the best way to minimize the risk associated with the next release of SharePoint to an organization?
• What factors make staying put with an existing version of SharePoint a good idea versus a bad one?
• How can an organization balance the need for document management capabilities now with the benefits of waiting for new capabilities of the next release?

Presenter: Joe Shepley (LinkedIn profile)

Click to register for SharePoint at the Crossroads

Live Webinar May 3rd,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

This webinar will describe practical quality tools both PM’s and BA’s can utilize to better manage projects. Specific techniques with examples that will be discussed include controls charts, cause & effect diagrams and Pareto charts.

Attend this webinar and learn how a focus on quality management can improve the success of your projects.

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP, PE, CCE (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.

Click to register for The 7 Basic Tools for Quality Management

Live Webinar – May 3rd, 2012, 1:00-2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Pillar Technology Group

Pillar Technology group has extensive experience in agile transformation and servant leadership in an agile organization. Angelo Mazzocco (LinkedIn profile) Pillar’s president presents this informative session – A session that should not to be missed!

Pillar Technology Group cares about the community. Individual training costs are “VERY Reasonable” and the proceeds of the training go to charity inspired by the “Agile Manifesto” and many other foundational works in the industry. Check out their training page.

As Angelo Mazzocco, President of Pillar explains “We live in an economy where access to “free” or not for profit is becoming a part of our every day lives. It is in this spirit that we would like to launch the Pillar Training Series. It is our passion that we should not profit from the distribution of knowledge. So our courses will be unique. All proceeds generated from a course will be donated to charity. All work done in the course will be for a charity.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 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 Role of the CIO in an Agile Transformation

Live Webinar – May 3rd, 2012 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) initiatives are expected to provide significant benefit to multiple roles within an organization.

Intuitively, most staff can understand the potential value in the organization, process and technology changes involved with a PPM initiative. However, the lack of change management practices through a PPM initiative’s implementation is one of the most common reasons for their failure. Symptoms of this issue can include poor executive commitment, resistance or political pressure from functional management and compliance issues with project teams.

Eclipse will review common misconceptions about PPM initiative implementations, provide some guiding principles for successful change and detail the steps and key communication messages necessary to gain buy-in from executive and functional management as well as from project teams.

This webinar will also provide tips that can be incorporated into the initiation and planning of your PPM initiative to increase your odds of success.

Who should attend this webinar?
C-Level Management, IT Directors and Managers or Directors of PMOs

NOTE: You may have to hit the MORE… link to register for this session on the registration page.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Management 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’

Click to register for Effective PPM Change Management

Live Webinar May 3rd, 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

Linking process improvement objectives with both top-line corporate strategy and bottom-line action

Many process improvement programs fail because they aren’t clearly aligned— and ultimately measured— against compelling key performance indicators (KPIs). All too often, process professionals underestimate the importance of not only linking the role of business users with overall strategy but also of ensuring management visibility into work in progress.For process improvementinitiatives to succeed, it’scritical that everyone across the organization is unitedaround a common objective and understands how their individual efforts fit into the bigger picture.

In this webinar, Mark McGregor will discuss the key challenges in developing a compelling case for change and outline best practices that can help you build and maintain a true continuous improvement culture across the entire organization. John Williams from OpenText will then demonstrate the strategic role that BPM technology can play to align the goals and actions of the end-user community with your strategic business objectives.

In this webinar you will:

• Learn how to make a compelling case for change and transform strategy into action
• Understand why linking strategy, goals and objectives means more than just creating a balanced scorecard
• Discover how to win the hearts and minds of business users by providing management with greater visibility, and equipping employees with the supporting tools they need

Presenters: John Williams, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Solutions OpenText & Mark McGregor (LinkedIn profile) Author & Performance Coach

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 Build a Compelling Case for Change: Aligning Strategy with Action