Live Webinar – August 30th, 2012 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a strategic decision making approach aimed at maximizing overall returns on project investments. By focusing on the “right” projects, it is expected that there will be improved organization alignment to strategic plans as well as optimized utilization of financial and human resources.

Unfortunately, there is a significant amount of misinformation in the marketplace about PPM and many organizations that have attempted to implement these practices have failed. Of course, vendors stand ready to “help” unsuspecting executives with snake oil claims of “silver bullet” process or tool purchases to achieve PPM nirvana.

This webinar will provide you with a solid grounding of PPM principles – costs, benefits, critical success factors and lessons learned. These will help you decide whether pursuing PPM improvement is a valuable and realistic goal for your organization. This presentation will also improve your knowledge of the PPM lifecycle and provide you with the key decisions and approaches necessary to launch a successful PPM initiative.

Who should attend this webinar?
C-Level Management, IT Directors and Managers or Directors of PMOs

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

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

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

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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Live Webinar August 30th, 2012, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar August 30th, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

As organizations set up internal, private “Facebooks” for employees, and as social networking becomes a legitimate workplace communication tool, we examine the implications in terms of business value and risk. We’ll look at how workplace social technologies are likely to evolve and the role that major vendors will play, and we’ll offer recommendations on adoption and acceptance tactics.

Discussion Topics:

• The business impact of social initiatives in the workplace
• The best practices for ensuring participation and acceptance in workplace social initiatives
• Appropriate governance policies for dealing with risk from workplace social initiatives
• The main technology trends, and vendors that will lead with enterprise products

Presenter: NikosDrakos (LinkedIn profile), Research Director

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 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’

Click to register for Rethink Communication and Collaboration in the Social Network Age

Live Webinar – August 30th, 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

While you may not be ready for an Enterprise level Project Portfolio Management (EPM) system, that doesn’t mean you can’t start effectively managing your Project Portfolio! In fact, you already have all the tools you need to get started with PPM!

Yes, you too can enter the world of PPM and start managing your portfolio of projects right now! This session looks at using Microsoft Project to share and analyze resource commitments across a portfolio of projects.

Learn the ins and outs of Project Portfolio Management using Microsoft Project before investing in Project Server or other more expensive PPM tools! Project Talks’ John Riopel (LinkedIn profile) and Matt Davis (LinkedIn profile) will show you how to build a shared resource pool, understand how to provide analysis and report on resource capacity and demand, and enable your PPM capability to get your Project Portfolio Management initiative up and running now!

If you need to get your Project Portfolio capability off the ground don’t miss this show!

This is a “Project Talk” presentation that is an interactive ‘radio show’ and web-session with real-time demonstrations of common project management and scheduling issues and how to address them using Microsoft Project. If you’d like to participate in the show, ask a question or offer a comment, simply type it into the Q&A Tool, then raise your hand using the ‘raise your hand’ tool, and un-mute your microphone so you can join the conversation!

NOTE: Anyone who participates live on the show will receive a stylish MPUG T-Shirt or other great prize!

Click to register for Masters of the Project Universe!’ – PPM without EPM

Live Webinar August 30th,2012 12:00 – 12:30 pm EDT
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

Use Cases are a requirements documentation method that is gaining in popularity, particularly when an Agile development methodology is in use. Attend this webinar and see how simple the technique is, and learn the various methods and limitations that help define it.

Subject Matter Expert: Rick Clare, PMP®, CBAP®, OCP (LinkedIn profile) is the Business Analysis Practice Director for PMCentersUSA, with over 15 years experience in the Systems/Business Analyst field and over 18 years of experience as a technical lead/trainer. Rick’s career experience has been as a Senior Oracle Database Developer, performing analysis, design, development and documentation on numerous database systems using Oracle and its complete set of development tools.

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Live Webinar August 29th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Discover the Why and How of Putting Gamification to Work

Playing games is one of the most popular activities in our culture, generating tens of billions of dollars in revenue and absorbing literally billions of hours per week. Yet we still conceptualize games as frivolous and distinct from the meaningful activities of the real world. The truth is that human beings are built to play—our brains are wired for the kind of experience that games provide—and play is just another word for learning, under optimal conditions.

When we play games we’re more engaged, motivated, and likely to succeed. Aaron Dignan has explored the emerging field of games while researching his book on the subject, and has returned with some lessons for anyone who wants to turn their office, classroom, or home into something more like a game.

This webcast will explore:

• What is a game and why it matters
• What are the most powerful game ingredients and how can we use them
• What forces hold us back
• How to design a game in the workplace

While attending this program is FREE, reservations are required.

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter: Aaron Dignan (LinkedIn profile) author of Game Frame: Using Games as a Strategy for Success is Founding Partner and CEO of Undercurrent, a digital strategy firm that advises global brands on their future in an increasingly technophilic world. Dignan dressed up like a super hero for the first grade, which marked the beginning of his life as an iconoclast and performer. Aaron recognizes the immeasurable value of games as engines of motivation capable of influencing behavior. Dignan believes that a new breed of behavioral games has the power to transform our most basic activities at work.

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 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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Live Webinar August 29th 2012 – 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category B PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Acumen – Proven Project Analytics

Maintaining an Accurate Picture of Project Execution & Performance
Can Be Difficult

This webinar introduces a method to:

• Monitor projects,
• Spot and mitigate delays, and …..
• Report project status

More than just tracking percent complete, the Fuse Baseline Compliance metrics provide a comparison of the variance between planned and actual dates. This more complete picture of performance lends itself to a better understanding of where and when compliance falls short.

1. Define and understand the baseline compliance metrics and their thresholds
2. Learn how to calculate a schedule’s baseline compliance and interpret baseline compliance trends
3. Understand the correlation between baseline compliance and schedule performance

Although this session uses Acumen’s Fuseâ„¢ to illustrate Performance Tracking for projects this session provides valuable information on Project Tracking Methodology.

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