Live Webinar April 25th, 2012 – 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 30 min + Question Period 0.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Directions Training

This webinar will focus on the major aspects of ITIL and the benefits that the ITIL methodology will offer once implemented in an organization.

ITIL is made up of 5 phases of the Service Lifecycle.

This webinar will introduce each of the 5 phases and give a brief understanding of how they fit together and lead a company to improved Service Management.

Please Note: In order to attend this webinar session attendees will need to have a Windows Live ID. A link to set up this ID is located on the registration site. Please do this prior to the session.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 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 Introduction to ITIL v3 Foundations

Live Webinar 2 Offerings
April 25th, 2012 10:00 am – 10:30 am EDT
April 25th, 2012 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 30 Minutes Credits: 0.50 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Competitive Solutions Inc.

Today’s workforce is more diverse than ever before. One element contributing to this diversity is the multiple generations of employees working side by side. It is more important than ever for today’s leaders to understand what motivates the different generations and how to create and sustain best practices for maintaining high levels of motivation.

What You’ll Learn in this Webinar:

• Understand how different Generations view work, find motivation and achieve success
• Possible issues leaders face with diverse generations on their team
• Tools and processes leaders can implement to leverage different strengths
• Best practices for building a stronger Multi-Generational Team

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 April 25th, 2012 10:00 am session of Motivating Multi-Generational Teams

Click to register for the April 25th, 2012 1:00 pm session of Motivating Multi-Generational Teams

Live Webinar April 24th 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Management Concepts (Rep #1124)

• Are you interested in learning about moving from traditional waterfall techniques to Agile best practices?
• Are you a Project Manager that is looking to transition into managing Agile projects?

If so, you should attend this webinar.

Agile project management methods differ significantly from traditional approaches, affecting how projects are planned and managed.

With a clear understanding of these concepts, learn how to gain the cooperation and acceptance of stakeholders who must approve and participate in your Agile project.

You will learn how to:

• Overcoming obstacles to implementing Agile in your organization
• Best practices to prepare for using Agile in your organization
• What it takes to change your organization’s culture to an Agile one

There will also be an opportunity for you to ask your most pressing Agile questions, so come prepared.

Click to register for Going Agile: Getting Over the Waterfall

Live Webinar April 24th, 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)

This webinar will focus on inclusive behaviors that will help project managers be more effective as leaders of diverse teams.

This may include:

• Communication styles
• Culture
• Work styles
• Ethnicity
• Gender

When it comes to managing projects and teams to achieve desired outcomes, philosophy and theories of diversity and inclusion are not enough. We have to define the behaviours that project managers need to practice in order to fully engage each individual, and ensure that the team is in snyc with each other.

By knowing how to include other people, uncover and leverage their skills, you can get more done, in less time, with less stress

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

Click to register for Inclusionist Leadership Behavior for PMs

Live Webinar – April 24th, 2012 1o:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 2 hour + Q & A 2 PDU / 2 CDU
Mpug Member Free – This is a members only opportunity

EARN AN MPUG Certificate:
Microsoft Project Reporting
(upon completing three 2 hour sessions)

• Level 1 Basic Project reporting, 24 April 2012, 10:00 AM ET
• Level 2 Intermediate Project Reporting, 8 May 2012, 10:00 AM ET
• Level 3 Advanced Project Reporting, 22 May 2012, 10:00 AM ET

This event requires a paid MPUG membership. Click here to join MPUG.

Course Details:

Level 1 – Basic Project reporting – Microsoft Project Reporting using Project Desktop and Office (Using Project desktop, Excel, PowerPoint, etc). This session covers built in reports, getting data out of project, formatting reports – understanding what you can get out of the default tool. .

Creating Reports – Learn:

• Selecting, Editing, and Creating Basic Reports
• Configuring Print and Page Setup Options
• Setting Options to Correct Printing Issues
• Exporting Reporting Data
• Creating and Modifying Visual Reports
  1. Viewing a Visual Report
  2. Customizing a Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Visual Report
  3. Customizing a Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Visual Report
  4. Saving Local OLAP Cube Data
     1. Creating Visual Report Templates
        1. Editing Visual Report Templates
        2. Managing Your Visual Report Templates

* Viewing basic information across multiple projects including resource allocation – understanding Project Standard’s limitations and when you need to leverage Project Server or another reporting tool.

JOIN MPUG FOR ONLY$119 per year and receive

• Access to in-person chapter meetings worldwide
• Access to weekly WebnLearns from industry leading experts and Microsoft MVPs
• Earn Weekly PDUS with the WebnLearns
• Full access to theWebnLearn archive,tools / templates, knowledgebase, and interactive features of MPUG.com
• Opportunities to participate in beta testing, webcasts, product surveys and discounts on Project-related events
• PMI and Microsoft Project educational credits for participation in meetings, special events and volunteer activities
• Search and post Project-related job openings through the Career Center

Speakers:
Jacques Goupil, PMP, MCP, MCTS, (LinkedIn profile) is Director of Business Development at MsProjectNow! Jacques was the Lead SME and writer for the Microsoft Project Certification Exam 70-178, Project 2010, Managing Projects, a board member of the Boston and South Florida MPUG Chapters, and an MPUG Project 2010 Certification Instructor. He has over 15 years of professional experience with very strong background in project management. He has considerable experience in creating and delivering instructor-led, PMI aligned, Project Management training i – including webcasts, and sessions for both PMI and MPUG.

Daniel Bell (LinkedIn profile) is the founder and Principal of MsProjectNow! Dan is MCTS certified in Microsoft Project Server 2010, Microsoft Project 2010 and SharePoint 2010, as well as being a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Dan also has a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI®. Dan has been working with the Microsoft Project Portfolio Server application since it was first acquired from UMT by Microsoft. He has led some of the most complex portfolio server implementations in the United States

Click to register for MPUG Certificate Program: Level 1 – Basic Project Reporting (1 of 3)

Live Webinar April 23rd, 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)

• Experiencing the “domino effect”?
• Projects and Programs stymied due to the need of the same resource at a time?
• Starting a lot, and finishing few?

An enterprise is really a portfolio of work.

The portfolio represents a basket of integrated products and/or services that is believed to be the right mix to satisfy the enterprise strategy to generate an acceptable range of profit within an acceptable level of risk. The health of the portfolio is no better than the enterprise capacity to carry out the work and perform for customers on time and with the desired level of quality.

The goal is to identify the strategy, approach, and tactical elements to develop and maintain an Enterprise Portfolio Management System (EPMS).

This allows the best mix to be accomplished faster and enable shorter, easier, more reliable initiation, evaluation and prioritization to identify, select, kill, and support a balanced mix of products and programs.

This session is based on VBPM’s expertise in designing, evaluating, implementing and the turnaround of Program Portfolio Management systems in diverse industries.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts,
• Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

Click to register for PPM: Controlling & Measuring Enterprise Work