Live Webinar – September 19th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 PM EDT
Presented by: SD Times (Software Development Times)
Presented by: Steve McConnell of Construx Software
Duration: 1 Hour + Q&A Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU

Note: We have chosen to list this session as a category C opportunity as we can not confirm the PDU Category of this presentation. Construx Software is an REP 1424. SD Times parent company (Diversified Business Communications) is also an REP 1811. We can not confirm if either of these companies are offering the PDU — More information on the PDU category will be provided at the end of the presentation.

This is a Must Take Learning Opportunity for any Project manager involved in Information Technology or Software development of any kind. If you are Agile or Waterfall Steve McConnell will provide you valuable insights for your Software Leadership! – EdmontonPM

Congratulations. You’ve earned a job as a software executive. Now what?

1. Do you know what it takes to keep it?
2. More important, do you know what it takes to excel?

After more than 10 years of working with top software executives across a full spectrum of software-intensive industries, Steve McConnell has found a method for predicting which technical executives will be successful in their organizations and which will end up looking for different positions.

Steve McConnell describes the seven crucial rules that lead software executives first to satisfactory performance and ultimately to superior performance and superior results.

Presenter: Steve McConnell (LinkedIn profile) is CEO and Chief Software Engineer atConstrux Software where he writes books and articles, teaches classes, and oversees Construx’s software engineering practices.

Steve is the author ofCode Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (1993, 2004, 2010) andRapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules (1996), both winners ofSoftware Development magazine’s Jolt award for outstanding software development books of their respective years. In 1998, he publishedSoftware Project Survival Guide (Pro — Best Practices), in 2004 he published Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers (2004), and in 2006 he publishedSoftware Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Best Practices (Microsoft).

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 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 Sept 19th, 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
Event Details (Event Code:161610)

Understand Portfolio Management in Project Server 2010 to Review and Adjust the Portfolio Alignment, Set up Portfolio Analysis, Prioritize Business Drivers, Prioritize Projects, Analyze What-If Scenarios, Analyze Resource Requirements, Adjust Project Start Dates, and Analyze Resource Acquisition Scenarios.

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

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Live Webinar September 20th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Making the right decisions at the right times is an integral part of the responsibility of being a manager. Managers have to be aware of key goals, issues, and alternatives in order to make the right decisions. What decision-making techniques can managers use to ensure that the appropriate decisions are being made?

Solutions Cube Group’s Decision Making as a Leader is the second webinar in a 4 part series on Management Philosophy in a Global Society. This webinar will provide managers with decision-making methods that can be used effectively when making day-to-day operational decisions, issue resolutions, team-based decisions, and unilateral decisions.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn different methods for making decisions, including unilateral and team decision-making, and how to engage your team in the ownership of the decision-making process.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Techniques for making day-to-day decisions
• How to switch gears when faced with problem-related decisions
• About engaging your team in the decision-making process
• The best way for communicating unpopular decisions
• Sharing your decision-making thought process

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Live Webinar September 18th, 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)

In this webinar with Scott Fabel, (LinkedIn profile) you will learn how to create Decision Tables and Decision Trees to assess the true impact of risks on your projects. You will also be able to determine how to best respond to these risks.

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 – 2 Successive Wednesdays
September 19th & 26th, 2012 – 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
Presented by: The Gabriel Institute
Duration: Total of 4 Hours (2 events 2 hrs each) 4 Category B PDUs – Free PDU

This is a MUST TAKE opportunity – If you are setting up your own teams this provides a terrific framework to help you understand the strengths of your potential team members placing them in the roles that will make your projects even more successful. I took this session and was very impressed with the usefulness of the material and the “payoff” it provided!

For those of you setting up agile teams with strong roles – This helps you understand the strengths of your team and set up the best matches to make your projects even more successful!

– Edmonton PM

NOTE: This registration is for 2 consecutive Wednesdays – The instructional segment is delivered in four modules, each one contact hour, given in webinar format in two, two-hour sessions. This course is also approved for four hours of HRCI recertification credit

When work requires close collaboration, even the most extraordinary individual effort is no substitute for great teamwork. TGI Teamabilityâ„¢ is a completely new online behavioral assessment for hiring, workforce planning, coaching, and team-building. Project Managers need to be able to create strong teams. Many teams are strongly role based and a solid understanding of Teamability will assist in choosing and developing agile team members.

The Gabriel Institute has created technology that reveals how people will perform when working with others to solve problems, overcome obstacles, and achieve common goals. In short, it measures Teamability: the ability to connect with others to form a productive team.

Individual strengths can lead to a personal triumph, but a team is greater than the sum of its parts. TGI Teamabilityâ„¢ identifies behaviors that impact quality of team interaction and ‘fit’ to job responsibilities: the ‘who fits where’ and the ‘why’ of winning teams. With Teamability, you can reliably hire ‘the best of the best’, identify and resolve team performance problems, and build a strong, resilient human infrastructure

There are many ways to measure skills, talents, and traits, but teaming metrics are unique. It took 25 years of research and testing – including 9 years of software development – to produce TGI Teamabilityâ„¢ reports, which are the foundation of TGI’s Role-Based Approach to selecting, structuring, managing and motivating teams.

Organizations of every type and size experience the cost and pain of human performance failings, and are highly vulnerable to the ‘collateral damage’ that results from hiring the wrong people. TGI Teamabilityâ„¢ makes it possible to reliably select high quality team players, and to match their job responsibilities to the way they envision themselves serving their team (their ‘Role’).

TGI Teamability was designed from its very beginnings to measure and predict the quality of a person’s team interaction.

TGI Teamability can greatly reduce the costs and risks associated with errors in hiring and promoting, while delivering significant business value by matching people to the functional mission of their team. It is also highly effective in analyzing and solving team performance problems.

This certification course is a comprehensive overview of Teamability and CHI methods. It prepares learners to provide basic support to users of TGI Teamabilityâ„¢, and to apply for an optional Certification. Certification requires passing a written examination and meeting TGI’s modest standards for ongoing participation.

Course content includes:

• Participant’s own Teamability Report at no additional cost
• Four contact hours of training, including all materials
• Readings to be completed during course attendance
• Brief written certification examination to measure comprehension of course materials and applications (optional to complete)

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