Live Webinar October 12th, 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)

In many organizations, after an annual investment is made to create the ideal Strategic Plan which will is intended to guide the actions of the staff for 1 – 3 years or longer, many teams feel their planning work is done.

The creation of the Strategic Plan is often viewed as the end point of planning.

Unfortunately, Strategic Plans can become stale very quickly for a variety of reasons:

1. Changes in the environment,
2. New information that becomes available as the plan is being executed
3. And … Feedback for unexpected results from planned projects and initiatives.

The Planning staff and department and team leads need to treat the Strategic Plan as a living document, reviewing it periodically to assess environmental changes that may require adjustments to the plan.

They must evaluate whether the planned initiatives are both clearly defined and prioritized realistically to ensure the right projects are being worked on at the right time and projects no longer viable are removed or canceled.

In this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand factors that influence changes to the Mission and Vision and thereby the overall plan
• Learn techniques for using a SWOT analysis to test and validate internal and external perceptions of Strengths and Weaknesses integral to the Strategic Plan
• Understand ways to prioritize projects and initiatives from multiple perspectives •Learn techniques to collaboratively adjust the plan periodically to ensure it is viable and on target

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Live Webinar – October 11th, 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

Learn what is needed to prepare for a Project Server migration.

This webinar will focus on planning, design, deployment, and best practices when migrating to Project Server 2010. Included in the topics will be possible upgrade paths and also the inclusion of SharePoint content migration as well.

The presentation will cover Project Server 2003 and Project Server 2007 migrations to Project Server 2010 and also review high-level process to prepare for migrating to the upcoming Project Server 2013.

Presenter: Chad Olson, (LinkedIn profile) MCTS MCSE MCP – EPM Technical Architect has focused on the technical aspects of installation, design, architecture, configuration, and customized reporting of the Microsoft Project Server platform. Chad is very involved in distributing the latest technical news of Project Server, and has conducted training classes for administrators, report authors, and project managers on the toolset with processes and procedures for several clients.

MPUG $129 Membership Fee Includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members – FREE
2. Weekly Newsletters
3. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
4. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
5. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
6. Great Value And so much more …….

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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Live Webinar October 12, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by CollabNet
Duration: 1 Hour + 30 min Question Period 1 Category C PDU Free

Building and maintaining a Product Backlog can be a time-consuming effort. Though the Product Owner has final say in the prioritization, a good product backlog is a result of a combined effort of the Product Owner, Scrum team, ScrumMaster and stakeholders.

Join Angela Druckman (LinkedIn profile), author of the book 30 Days to Better Agile, as she provides strategies and techniques for creating an effective backlog. Angela will outline how write good backlog items, how to estimate them accurately and how to manage the backlog as it grows and matures over time.

This webinar is an indispensable tool for anyone looking to improve their effectiveness—and that of their agile teams—in delivering business value.

Learn more about Angela: Angela’s Bio | Angela’s Blog Posts on Collabnet

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope

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Live Webinar – October 11th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Knowing the right project management approach and even having stellar influencing skills is really not enough for project success.

We’ve noticed that people really struggle with the “Suduko”-like experience of creating Project Schedules.

Join us to learn to:

• Build a schedule once, and adapt it over and over
• Apply a problem solving methodology to reusable task discovery
• Use Excel to ripple dates automatically

About Lou Russell:

Lou Russell (LinkedIn profile) is President and CEO of L+EARN and Russell Martin & Associates. Lou and her staff deliver learning experiences that are fun, flexible, fast and measurable. She believes that learning and earning go hand in hand. She focuses on faculty development, retention and recruitment of students, project management, leadership and organizational learning opportunities. Lou is the author of The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook and IT Leadership Alchemy, Project Management for Trainers, Training Triage: Performance-Based Solutions Amid Chaos, Confusion, and Change, and her newest book 10 Steps to Successful Project Management. A popular speaker, Lou addresses national and international conferences such as the Career College Association, ACCET, Training 2008, Project Management Institute, Project World, LotuSphere, ASTD and the Society of Information Management (SIM).

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 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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