Archive for July, 2012

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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

Click to register for Scrum and Agile management using Visual Studio 2012

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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.

Click to register for Managing Uncertainty in Resource Availability

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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

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20 On Demand Continuing Professional Development Sessions
Duration: 20 hours Credits: 20 Category A PDUs- $99.00 USD
Presented by : IIL (Rep 1003)

This set of courses is an excellent value so sign up today.

Earn 20 PDUs at your own pace with this convenient, on-demand package of 20 webinars!

Included in this package of Continuing Professional Development Opportunities are:

  1. Global Project Management
  2. What Executives Need to Know About Project Management
  3. What Functional Managers Need to Know About Project Management
  4. Enterprise Analysis
  5. Elicitation Techniques
  6. Running a Facilitated Session
  7. Business Analysis – Executive Overview
  8. Modeling as an Aid to Requirements Elicitation
  9. Improving Results with Lean Six Sigma
  10. Improving Project Management Skills with Lean Six Sigma
  11. Emotional Intelligence
  12. Communication and Self-Awareness
  13. Effective Stakeholder Communications
  14. Stakeholder Analysis and Management
  15. Managing Conflict in a Virtual Environment
  16. Leadership and The Power of Acknowledgment®
  17. Introduction to PRINCE2®
  18. Agile Planning and Estimating
  19. Defining Agile Requirements
  20. Overcoming “Waterfallacies” and “Scrumbuts”

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. The package content is pre-selected and no webinar substitutions may be made
  2. Courses Must Be Completed within 180 Days Of Purchase.

Click to Sign in to the IIL Website – Choose the Featured Webinars Tab on the Left and then Choose PDU PowerPackâ„¢ 1 and Begin Registration.

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Live Webinar August 1st, 2012 11:00 – 12:00 pm EDT
Offered by QuantumPM (REP #1264 )
Duration 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU or 1 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

Review the task and time reporting submission process in PS 2010.

Topics to be discussed include:

  • Single entry mode,
  • Prerequisite server settings,
  • New UI capabilities,
  • Submitting time options,
  • Tracking methods,
  • Administrative tasks, and approvals.

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

Click to register for EPM – Timesheets: Setup and Use of Timesheets in Project Server 2010

The Private Life of Project Managers

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Online Webinar – Offered by Dr. Jonathan Whitty
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

This is a live recording of a talk given by Dr Jonathan Whitty (@jon_whitty LinkedIn profile) for the AIPM (Australian Institute of Project Management) Queensland Chapter Meeting at The Brisbane Club on the 4th May 2011. The session was posted to YouTube and is now available for viewing.

Jon Whitty examines some of the day-to-day habits of the modern project manager and of their group behavior, and how these lead to their survival and advancement in the complex corporate world rather than making a direct positive impact on the project.

Jon makes the case for a new way of thinking about project managers and their projects which embraces their human fallibility and the often unpredictable nature of their project work.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

  • 9.3 Develop 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’

Presenter: Dr. Jon Whitty, Senior Lecturer In Project Management, University of Southern Queensland (@jon_whitty LinkedIn profileis an Engineer at heart who originally hails from Wales in the United Kingdom. He is Senior Lecturer in Project Management at the School of Management and Marketing at the University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Campus, Brisbane, Australia.

OR … Click to view The Private Life of Project Managers on YouTube.