Live Webinar May 16th, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Event Code: 160370 A Microsoft Event By QuantumPM (REP #1264 )
Duration 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU or 1 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

The work breakdown structure provides a mechanism for keeping the project in scope by specifying the outcomes of the project — the deliverables — not the schedule or individual tasks. Learn how real project managers have used these proven techniques to keep their teams focused on the goals of their projects instead of getting lost in the details. Use Microsoft Project and WBS Director to make it happen.

Recommended Audience: IT Managers, IT Professionals, Project Managers, IT Directors, Solution Architects, Product Managers, Software Developers, Developers, Architects

Please Note: In order to attend the webinar series 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

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Live Webinar May 15th, 2012 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD PDU
Presented by: InfoTech (Rep 1223)

The cornerstone of risk management is risk identification. It is the most critical risk management step because it is not possible to assess or plan mitigation for something that has not been identified.

The project manager and project team must focus their attentions on how they can best identify the risks that could have the most impact on project outcomes.

In this session participants will learn:

1. Types or categories of risks
2. Tools used to discover risks
3. Understand how risks can impact your project
4. Documenting identified risks

Who should attend: This webinar is designed for those who are leading project teams as well as team members who have the ability and responsibility to help identify project risks.

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Live Webinar May 16th, 2011 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDW1258
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Meetings are an opportunity to bring out the best in people in a collaborative, safe environment.

Meetings can also be an incredible waste of time and resources if they’re not managed effectively. Creating an effective meeting involves making a series of conscious choices, and also preparing, conducting, and following through.

This webinar concentrates on how to use meeting effectiveness tools and best practices to promote energizing, focused meetings that produce results; it also provides opportunities to discuss specific meeting challenges and how to successfully facilitate your way to resolution.

What You Will Learn:

• Foundation tools to set the stage for meeting effectiveness
• Steps and actions to successfully manage the 3 phases of a meeting: Before, During, and After
• How to prepare an action agenda
• Strategies to keep participants engaged and focused
• Facilitation skills and techniques to guide meeting interactions
• Guidelines and tips for managing difficult behaviors and situations

Presenter: Crystell Anthony, (LinkedIn profile) M.Ed., MBTI®, CAGS from Northeastern University, and a certified State Trainer for Massachusetts, is a Lead Consultant for Corporate Education Group and Principal and founder of her own consulting company, The Focus Group. Since 1979, Crystell’s training programs are known for containing simplified best practices for easy on-the-job applications and have been successfully installed in organizations across the globe.

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Live Webinar May 16th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Featured Sponsor : Jama

Businesses choose Agile to speed time to market of their products and stay nimble and responsive to constantly changing customer needs.

As development cycles accelerate, it is more important than ever for project teams to ensure development activities align with business priorities. The challenge is making sure that everyone has a shared vision of what is being built and why throughout the development process.

Both business and development teams need to be able to collaborate on key decisions affecting the product, schedule or budget at any time.

Join this event and learn key ideals of Agile and challenges faced by Business Analysts. We’ll focus on what we’ve heard as the top challenges of Agile development, and how to solve them.

Questions answered include:

• What happens to the requirements?
• How do we keep everyone in the loop when not in the same office?
• How do we control scope?
• How do we know what the development team will deliver at the end of the Sprint?

Attend this live webinar to avoid the challenges of Agile development.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 6 – Time 10 – Communications

• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information

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’

NOTE: All attendees will receive a PDF of Five Challenges to Agile Planning.

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Live Webinar May 16, 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)

This session provides an explanation of a Project Management (PM) lifecycle.

It describes the purpose of a PM lifecycle, the nomenclature (phases, deliverables) used as part of the PM lifecycle, and an overview of PM deliverables.

The intent of the session is to provide the audience with an understanding of the project management lifecycle and a description of the associated PM deliverables.

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.

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