Live Webinar – September 18th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Enfocus Solutions & Modern Analyst
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: 1 Category C PDU- Free PDU

Webinar attendees will receive a kit of checklists and templates pertaining to business value from the RequirementCoachâ„¢ and Requirements Excellence Frameworkâ„¢ components of the Enfocus Requirement Suite. â„¢

This webinar describes several innovative methods for business analysts to deliver more value to the business and ensure completion of successful enterprise projects. Poor business analysis is the root cause of many project failures.

Many projects fail or do not deliver anticipated benefits because:

• Teams start on the solution without understanding the problem.
• Business case was either not defined or was poorly constructed.
• A clear, complete, and accurate set of requirements is not captured and defined.
• There is limited focus on business needs.
• Stakeholder needs were not adequately considered.
• Requirements were not adequately prioritized.

Well-executed business analysis fully integrated into the project management process helps ensures projects deliver on expected benefits. To receive maximum value, it is necessary to maximize solution value throughout the project lifecycle. A good solution and project definition delivers superior business value; a poor solution and project definition results in lower business value, even if the project has excellent project management.

To resolve these problems, it is necessary to accurately capture business requirements, elicit stakeholder needs, and prepare complete and accurate functional specifications. Requirements management needs to take place throughout the project lifecycle to confirm that business needs are met and business value is delivered.

The webinar will address the following topics:

• Problem Statement
• Business Case
• SMART Business Objectives
• Business Process Optimization
• Stakeholder Assessment
• Solution Assessment and Validation

Presenter John Parker (LinkedIn profile) CEO Enfocus Solutions Inc. discusses the role and potential of business analysts in driving value to the business, aligning IT activities with business goals, and ensuring the successful completion of enterprise projects.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Monitor 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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Live Webinar – September 18th, 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) initiatives are expected to provide significant benefit to multiple roles within an organization.

Intuitively, most staff can understand the potential value in the organization, process and technology changes involved with a PPM initiative. However, the lack of change management practices through a PPM initiative’s implementation is one of the most common reasons for their failure. Symptoms of this issue can include poor executive commitment, resistance or political pressure from functional management and compliance issues with project teams.

Eclipse will review common misconceptions about PPM initiative implementations, provide some guiding principles for successful change and detail the steps and key communication messages necessary to gain buy-in from executive and functional management as well as from project teams.

This webinar will also provide tips that can be incorporated into the initiation and planning of your PPM initiative to increase your odds of success.

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 – 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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