Live Webinar – October 31st, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU
There is also a previously recorded version of this webinar available.

Why should it take months to determine project scope and gather requirements?

Register now to look at the underlying problems that impede the collection of business requirements and make projects less successful.

Within this session, participants get new data from IAG’s research that quantifies the cost of poor requirements and shows the impact on companies of a strong, repeatable process.

Attendees will see some of the techniques IAG uses in our methodology and proven successful on over 1,000 engagements.

Finally, making quantum organization improvement is our specialty and this session will review the levers of change that IAG focuses on to deliver excellent results.

Learning Objectives:

1. Executive perspectives on making requirements change
2. Techniques for optimizing requirements discovery
3. The tactics of requirements competency development

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Live Webinar November 1st, 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, Randall L. Englund shares highlights from his newest book about what it takes to be a complete project manager. You will learn how to develop a complete and correct set of skills for excelling in today’s environment.

Presenter: Randall L. Englund (LinkedIn profile), is an executive consultant for the Englund Project Management Consultancy, and has spent most of his career in Silicon Valley. He’s co-author of three best selling business books, Creating The Project Office, Creating an Environment for Successful Projects, 2nd Edition, and his latest book Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success. Randall teaches project management at California universities. While Randy has an MBA in management and a BS in electrical engineering, his real education came from 22 years at Hewlett-Packard Company, where he was a senior project manager, new product developer, and internal consultant at the corporate Project Management Initiative. Randy now delights in sharing his passion for project management.

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Live Webinar – October 31st, 2012 1:00-2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented by : IIBA Sponsors Webinar Series

The Business Process Management domain continues to rapidly evolve with advancements in technology, changing workforce and evolving regulatory landscape.

Achieving Process Excellence Remains
A Top Priority For Every Business Executive

In recent times, many organizations and BPM pundits alike have come to realize that a very socially inclusive and democratized approach enabled through mobile and social infrastructure is critical for the success of BPM initiatives.

Join this webinar to learn:

• How the new Microsoft Visio works with:
  • Its ease of use,
  • Powerful diagramming,
  • Automation and validation capabilities
  • Strong integration with Microsoft Office infrastructure
  • A strong foundation to help organization of every size succeed in their BPM initiatives.
• Also, learn how you can leverage the new Visio to create and share powerful BPMN 2.0 diagrams.

Presenters:

KrishnaMamidipaka (LinkedIn profile) Senior Product Marketing Manager Microsoft Visio – Krishna works closely with the Visio partner community and customers to demonstrate the power of Visio to solve customer needs.

Scott Helmers (LinkedIn profile) Visio MVP Based on his knowledge of Microsoft Visio and his active participation supporting Visio online, Microsoft has named Scott a Visio Most Valuable Professional, one of 13 in the world. Scott recently wrote “ Microsoft Visio 2010 Step by Step: The smart way to learn Microsoft Visio 2010-one step at a time!” and Data Communications: A Beginner’s Guide to Concepts and Technology.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope

• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 5.4 Verify Scope
• 5.5 Control 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 Achieve BPM Excellence: With Visio 2013 and BPMN 2.0 (VIS34CAL)

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

Even simple changes to a single application can require coordinating changes across multiple systems.

• How do you optimize your development efforts when you are introducing complex new capabilities?
• How do you ensure that your mission critical applications are updated with the new capabilities required by your organization with the quality and reliability required by your customers?

In this webinar designed for development managers and teams, Caleb Brown (LinkedIn profile), an Agile Expert from CollabNet, will cover important techniques for managing complex development projects and optimizing development efforts.

Attend this session and learn how to use agile development to :

• Coordinate efforts across teams, products, and programs
• Ensure that you deliver on time
• Deliver the new capabilities that are highest priority for your customers
• Exceed requirements for quality and reliability

Who should attend:

This webinar is for everyone who automates software delivery, and the technical content is appropriate for software architects, quality managers and software configuration managers. Prior familiarity with the concepts of Agile development and Continuous Integration is helpful, although not absolutely required.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.1 Define Activities

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 November 1st, 2012, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Linkage

Do you have the tools that you need to coach effectively?

At a time when organizations are changing at a rapid pace, building alignment to foster teamwork is a critical component of effective coaching. Coaching is an essential ingredient to create positive, lasting results.

In this free webinar, Master Coach Roger Young will address how to:

• Coach teams and leaders using assessment and practical techniques
• Apply three proven tools to help you coach more effectively
• Build more engaged and motivated teams for greater results

Presented by: Roger Young (LinkedIn profile) has served as a leadership and organizational development consultant, master facilitator, and executive coach for more than 15 years. Roger’s expertise also includes working and leading across organizational boundaries, executive team alignment and development, and organizational downsizing. Roger is experienced in a wide range of assessments including 360-degree feedback, the Hogan personality suite, Social Styles, DiSC as well as several other individual and team assessments.

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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