Live Webinar – August 9th, 2012 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Offered by BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 2 Hr 2 Cat A PDU/CDUs – $89.99 USD for 2 PDU / CDU
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As organizations strive to remain competitive and profitable they must rely on their IT project teams to deliver new applications and additional business functionality. The focus for IT project teams is to develop and deliver applications within a specific schedule and under a certain cost.

All projects are initiated and planned with defined objectives and the best of intention, however, all too often a project team must face an unwelcomed dilemma. That being – when a project was originally scheduled to be completed within a 12 month period yet it is the 11th month and testing (unit, integration, user acceptance) has not yet started.

Organizations are left with one of two unsavory options:

1. They can push back the implementation date to perform the needed and necessary testing or ……
2. Tthey can adhere to the original schedule to implement the solution without ensuring an appropriate and safe level of testing has been performed.

Wanted: An approach project testing teams can employ to adhere to project schedule and costing expectations while ensuring the proper and necessary amount of testing vigor has been incorporated into an application prior to it being released into a production environment.

Solution: A Software Testing Methodology.

This webinar provides attendees with an illustration of a Software Testing Methodology.

• It establishes a generic context and definition for Software Testing Methodology,
• Identifies and explains the various phases of a Software Testing Methodology,
• Illustrates specific deliverables/artifacts/work products that are created throughout a Software Testing 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 3 earlier sessions of the IT Methodology Webinars from BATimes.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Establish a context and general overview of Software Testing Methodology
• Provide descriptions and samples of specific deliverables/artifacts/ work products applicable to a Software Testing 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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Live Webinar – August 7th 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

Business analysis is an essential function in every project, whether it be traditional or Agile. Effective analysis performed by competent business analysts can make the difference between successful and challenged or failed projects–even Agile projects.

This practical webinar provides participants with an overview and understanding of the role of the BA, the tools and techniques best suited to Agile projects, and the timing for performing key tasks and events during the project.

Presenter: Kris Ashton (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar August 7th, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
Duration:1.5 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Event Code: 161003 A Microsoft Event Presented by: Imaginet

Scrum and agile management methodologies focus on iterative planning, development and release.

This session will demonstrate how agile planning, management and tracking are streamlined with Visual Studio 2012.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

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’

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 – August 7th, 2012 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Resource availability is a key source of negative risk to projects. Even if your project has well-defined scope and validated activity effort estimates, if the resources you are provided are working on multiple projects and operational activities, predictability of schedule outcomes is poor.

This webinar will review some options for responding to this risk from both a systemic and project-focused perspective.

LESSONS LEARNED:

1. Understand the criticality of uncertain resource availability on project outcomes.
2. Learn which approaches for getting better knowledge of resource availability won’t work in your organization.
3. Gain a better understanding of the pros and cons of the practices that can successfully incorporate resource availability uncertainty into project planning and tracking.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating & Executing, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 11 – Risk

• 11.1 Plan Risk Management
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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’

Who should attend this webinar?
Managers/Directors of PMOs, Project Managers

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

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Live Webinar August 8th, 2012 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Featured Sponsor : AllAnalytics

Knowing how to create better, more profitable customer relationships starts with an understanding of the strategic and day-to-day operational decisions your company or organization is making about those customers. If you can better manage these decisions, you can apply them in smarter, more purposeful ways sure to boost the value you reap from each customer.

Learn specific tips to optimize your customer relationships, including:

• Targeting customers more accurately
• Reacting to customers in real-time
• Keeping up with rapid business change
• Ensuring consistency in a multichannel world
• Keeping costs down with scalable solutions

Presenter: James Taylor (LinkedIn profile) CEO Decision Management Systems is a leading expert in decision management and decisioning technologies. James is passionate about using decisioning technologies like business rules and predictive analytics to help companies improve decision making and develop smarter and more agile processes and systems. James is the author of :

1. Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Using Business Rules and Predictive Analytics
2. Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions
   
3. Applying Real-World BPM in an SAP Environment

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 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’

Click to register for 5 Ways Decision Management Leads to Greater Customer Value