Online Webinar – Recorded Mar 30 2011
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK (REP 1999 Activity #: WBNR0053 )
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

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I was very impressed with Alan’s session. If you are looking for a comprehensive session on how agile methods could work for your project this is the session to watch! – EdmontonPM

Learn what makes agile … agile :

1. Learning and Adaptation
2. Collaboration
3. Customer Focus
4. Small Self Directing Teams
5. Lean Principles
6. Technical Excellence
7. Progressive Requirements Elaboration
8. Iterative Planning and Adaption

Chaotic business environments seem to be the new normal. With economic pressures and growing customer demands and expectations, the idea that you can plan a months-long (or years-long) project and then just execute it seems quaint.

Reality impinges on our best-laid plans.

Traditional methods are not tolerant of the unpredictability with which we now live. They assume stability, and expend great effort trying to avoid or minimize the effects of change. When change cannot be avoided, traditional approaches incur stiff penalties in the form of rework and realignment. What we need is a methodology that will allow us to embrace change so we can adapt to the surprises that are now so much a part of business.

The Agile methods provide just the flexibility that we need. They are designed to allow for changes and to minimize the impact when change happens. Agility is no longer a fringe approach to projects. It is becoming “mainstream” precisely because it helps us to achieve project success in spite of the chaos around us.

Alan will look at how the Agile methods can help us to cope with:

• Morphing business needs
• Shifting requirement priorities
• Rearranged project priorities
• Resource reallocation
• Time-line compression

Presenter : Alan S. Koch, PMP, CSM, ITIL (LinkedIn profile) Alan has more than 30 years IT experience, Author of Agile Software Development Evaluating the Methods for Your Organization, Alan’s education and training are extensive and he is affiliated with numerous industry-leading organizations, including the Agile and Scrum Alliances.

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Live Webinar – July 5th, 2012 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 2 Hr 2 Cat A PDU/CDUs – $89.99 USD for X PDU / CDU
OR …….. The course is included in an (over 100 PDUs Available)
All Access Pass – 6 Months for $229.95 USD or 1 YR $349.95
Please enter Referral Code 576587

NOTE: If you purchase an all access pass you will have access to the all the sessions in the series as well as hundreds of other opportunities.

How many times have we heard “but the solution that was delivered does not meet our business need”.

Despite new techniques and technologies this one sentence continues to prevail across many corporate landscapes – it has been used by business stakeholders and end users since IT first began developing products and projects.

1. Wanted – an approach to identify, capture and incorporate business requirements into every IT project/application.
2. Solution – a Software Development Methodology.

This webinar provides attendees with an illustration of a Software Development Methodology. It establishes a generic context and definition for Software Development Methodology, identifies and explains the various phases of a Software Development Methodology, illustrates specific deliverables/artifacts/work products that are created throughout a Software Development Methodology, and describes the correlation and dynamics between a Software Development Methodology and a Software Testing Methodology.

This session relies and compounds on the content provided and delivered in the – IT Methodology (Context & Overview) Webinar. (Part 1 of 4) Like all QAIassist IT Methodology webinars, this session has been designed to provide attendees a gently flowing (graphics and text) presentation that will provide them a basis of Software Development Methodology knowledge they can reference and utilize within their own environment.

Upon its conclusion, attendees will have a greater general understanding of Software Development Methodology, and a foundation they can utilize to further their Software Development Methodology knowledge and expertise.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Establish a context and general overview of Software Development Methodology
• Provide descriptions and samples of specific deliverables/artifacts/ work products applicable to a Software Development Methodology
• Illustrate the dependencies and dynamics between a Software Development Methodology and a Software Testing Methodology

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides
• QAIassist Context Diagram
• QAIassist Deliverable Descriptions
• QAIassist Deliverable Descriptions

Presenter: Cameron Watson is the President of QAIassist (LinkedIn profile), is recognized as an expert in IT methodologies and how they can be leveraged within small and mid-sized organizations – his 25 years of experience ranges from programming and analysis, project management and consulting, education director to a number of senior management positions guiding corporate PMO’s.

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Online Webinar
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Offered by IBM Webcast

Every Agile vendor says they are the best. But “best” is only relative to your teams’ unique needs, environment and budget. This session will compare/contrast the approaches of different Agile offerings, and will present a method for attendees to evaluate the needs of their own Agile initiative.

Presenter: Khurram Nizami (LinkedIn profile) IBM Rational Worldwide Tech Lead for Change and Configuration Management is responsible for worldwide enablement of Rational products. His expertise is in helping customers and IBM by applying practical solutions to challenges faced by the software delivery community today. Khurram’s specialty and area of interest is Geographically Distributed Development (GDD). Prior to working for IBM, he was a manager for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in the Systems Development and Integration practice, where he was a project manager and technical lead for a number of global software delivery projects. Khurram holds a Master of Science degree in Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota and is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional.

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.’

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Спасибо нашим переводчиком – Андрей Богданов
(Linked In Profile @Andrey_Bogdanov)
Thank You to our translator Andrey Bogdanov
Project Manager, Head of Development Services at KeyUA Limited. – Ukraine

Статьи / Упражнение: Управление заинтересованными сторонами
Девять страницу статьи с упражнения Автор: Сюзанна Мэдсен
By: Susanne Madsen (LinkedIn @SusanneMadsen)
Категория C PDU 0.5 (статьи) 4 PDU (следуют упражнения с вашим проектом)

“Для того, чтобы вы и ваш проект будет успешным, необходима поддержка как можно большего числа ваших заинтересованных сторон, как это возможно. Ð’Ñ‹ должны их бай-ин эффективно развиваться проект. ” @SusanneMadsen

Сюзанна предлагает четыре шага, чтобы тренироваться, чтобы помочь вам выявить “кто ваши заинтересованные стороны, как влиятельный и поддерживать каждый из них и что вы можете сделать, чтобы оптимизировать так, как вы взаимодействуете с ними”

Категория C Изучение грунтовки для этой деятельности: Выберите проект, который вы работаете, и пройти через это упражнение, чтобы создать сильную и доверительные отношения со всеми своими основными заинтересованными сторонами.

PDU категории С подробной документацией:

Группы процессов: инициирование и выполнение

Знание области: 10 – связь (PMBOK Ссылка)

• 10,1 определить заинтересованные стороны
• 10.2 Связь план
• 10,4 Управление заинтересованными сторонами ожидания

Ð’ категории С “Self Режиссер Изучение деятельности» не забудьте документировать опыт обучения и его отношение к управлению проектами для “PDU папки аудита”

Ведущий: Susanne Ðœadsen PMP (Сюзанна Мэдсен) (LinkedIn) является популярным руководителем проекта, наставник, тренер и автор книги «Коучинг Управление проектами книги – Шесть шагов к Раскрытие вашего потенциала» (на английском). (Project Management Coaching Workbook: Six Steps to Unleashing Your Potential) Она имеет более чем 15-летним опытом в управлении и развертывании большой программы по управлению изменениями.PRINCE2 практик и квалифицированных корпоративных и исполнительной тренера, она работает как программный директор одной из крупнейших мировых финансовых институтов.

Сюзанна призван помочь организациям обеспечить более менять программы управления и является страстным о коучинга и наставничества менеджеров проектов для улучшения их возможностей руководства, производительность и благосостояние.

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