Live Webinar 2 Offerings
June 27th, 2012 10:00 am – 10:30 am EDT
June 27th, 2012 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 30 Minutes Credits: 0.50 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Competitive Solutions Inc.

For large and small organizations alike, communication has become more difficult despite the wide variety of available technologies designed to help us all stay connected. Meetings have become less and less effective and this directly impacts organizational culture and success.

This webinar outlines simple, yet effective tactics to help organizations regain the lost connection between leadership and employees and realize their full potential.

What You’ll Learn in this Webinar:

• Identify common communication process failures
• How leading organizations structure communication from top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top
• How to create an effective “meetings waterfall” system
• Processes for what to do inside meetings
• Processes for what to do outside of meetings

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating & Executing, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 10 – Communication

• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information
• 10.4 Manage Stakeholders Expectations
• 10.5 Report Performance

Click to register for the June 27th, 2012 10:00 am session of Communication: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why

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Live Webinar – June 27th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Offered by : JP Stewart Associates
Duration 1 hourNOTE: This Presentation does not qualify for PDUs

This session will answer all those questions you’ve had …
Telling you what is really involved in getting PMP® certification.

Topics will include (among others):

1. What are the benefits of getting certified?
2. Will it make me a better project manager?
3. How hard is the exam?
4. Can I self-study or do I need an instructor?
5. What materials should I look for from a vendor?
6. How much experience and education do I need?
7. How do I keep my certification up-to-date?
8. Do I have to join PMI?
9. What are the pros and cons of virtual vs. in person training?
10. What is the cost in time and money?
11. What is the passing score?
12. What about these post-8/31/11 changes I’ve heard about?
13. What other options are available if I do not have enough work experience or education to take the PMP exam?

Presenter: Jim Stewart PMP (Linkedin Profile, @JimPStewart) With over 20 years experience in IT, Jim has managed numerous multi-million dollar international infrastructure and software development programs. As principal of JPStewart Associates since 2003, Jim is engaged in multiple endeavors including consulting, training and mentoring. A Project Management Professional since 2001, he has trained hundreds of PMP’s via both virtual and on-site sessions. He also provides on-site training to corporations in Risk and Project Management basics.

If questions in advance about the content, please contact Jim Stewart. And dont forget to check out Jims Blog The Useful PM.

Note: Space is limited for this session. If you get out shut out of registration,email Jim. If he gets enough potential registrants, He will run another session. Jim wants you to know he will not add your name to any mailing list nor will anyone call you soliciting training or anything else.

Click to register for PMP Certification – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About It Please plan on joining the webinar by 12:45

Live Webinar – June 28th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Guest $15.00 USD + $1.37 USD Fee

As users of Microsoft Project, we all want to write high quality schedules. In a high quality schedule, the critical path should be believable.

But how do you know whether your critical path can be trusted?

It turns out that there are many simple checks that can be made to uncover “gremlins” hiding in your schedule that can distort the critical path.

In this engaging presentation, you will learn about several of the gremlins that can interfere with the correct calculation of the critical path. Some of the issues run counter to scheduling best practices (e.g. missing predecessors), and some of the issues run counter to Microsoft Project best practices (e.g. Summary Tasks with Predecessors).

After attending this presentation, you will never look at your Microsoft Project Schedule the same way again!

Presenter: Brian Leach (LinkedIn profile), Schedule Checker and the founder and CEO of Steelray Software. Brian has managed projects for over 20 years and was a key part of the team that developed the world’s first two-way wireless text messaging device, which was later added to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Brian is a PMP and has spoken on project management topics at several PMI and NASA conferences as well as MPUG meetings.

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Live Webinar – June 28th 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

It’s a deceivingly simple question without a simple answer, “What is SharePoint?” If you’ve asked this before, you’ve probably had a different answer every time.

SharePoint has become quite a buzzword in many organizations today. But the problem is using the phrase Microsoft SharePoint is like using the phrase “Microsoft Office.” It refers to several aspects of web-based collaborative solutions. Unfortunately there seems to be a lot of confusion around SharePoint’s actual core functions, and Microsoft’s product websites aren’t really that clear in their own explanation.

In this one-hour web seminar we’ll not only define clearly what SharePoint is, we’ll explain the core SharePoint components and functions, how to get started and more. By the end of this seminar you will have a clear understanding of what SharePoint is and what if can do for you and your organization.

Topics will include:

• Version and market share
• Customization Options
• License Options
• Six Components of SharePoint MS View
• What enterprises are really doing with it
• Top challenges in getting started

Presenter: John Voorhees (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar June 28th, 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)

We’re all familiar with the impact of defects that reach the public eye. What we overlook is the cost of defects on the product development lifecycle. In this webinar with Joe Schofield, we’ll explore how defect reduction might be the best investment organizations can make today.

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 June 28th, 2012, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar June 28th, 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

Although it is not particular to application security, developers often feel that security is in the business of saying no. Or, in other words, making development and acquisition projects late and over budget.

It should be no surprise that selling security to architects and developers is therefore on average a challenging task. But it does not have to be this way.

Hidden inside the many application security requirements and activities are things that could make development easier and faster. Although adding additional security effort does take time, doing it the right way spends much of this effort on creating foundations instead of project-by-project fixes.

Knowing how to articulate these potential advantages, and combining the domain-specific knowledge of the security, architecture, and development teams to design and maintain these foundational elements makes security much easier in the long run. And the business will be grateful for it.

Discussion Topics:

• How can security requirements be transformed to development advantages?
• How can planning for security enable a more agile application architecture?
• How can these activities be aligned with, or folded into existing tools and processes?

Presenter: RamonKrikken(LinkedIn profile), Research VP

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope

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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