Live Webinar – October 25th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Note: NetObjectives is an REP ( 3045) but this opportunity is a Category B PDU.

Net Objectives has been helping companies achieve enterprise Agility for over 7 years.During this time they have observed these patterns of challenge.But they’ve also observed patterns of success as well.

Patterns of success occur when certain principles are followed and certain practices manifested.They describe these in what they call the Net Objectives Enterprise Agility Roadmap: Patterns of Successful Lean-Agile Adoption.The Lean-Agile at Scale and the Team: The Value Stream Series discusses our approach by going through different phases of the value stream.

Many people are considering Agile and have concerns so they decided to add a special session that focuses on both the reasons the classic Agile bottom-up approach won’t work along with a short overview of the Lean-Agile Roadmap.

This session covers:

• Focus on realizing business value incrementally
• Focus on sustainability of realizing business value
• How the Scrum model is just a small piece of the enterprise puzzle
• Why you must continually prioritize across the product backlog
• How to manage dependencies across projects
• Why and how to pull work into teams from shared backlog
• Why the product owner role is insufficient at the enterprise, and what new role is required

Presenter: Alan Shalloway (Linkedin Profile & @alshalloway) is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With 40 years experience, Alan is a thought leader in Lean, Kanban, PPM, Scrum and agile design. He is the author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams, Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, and Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design. Alan is a co-founder and board member for the Lean Software and Systems Consortium.

Click to register for The Net Objectives Lean-Agile Roadmap

Live Webinar October 25th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour + 30 min Question Period 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: CollabNet

• Are you struggling to gain the value you expected from your transition to agile practices?
• Did your move to agile seem to create more problems than it solved?

If so, this session can help. Angela Druckman, (LinkedIn profile) Certified Scrum Trainer and author of the book 30 Days to Better Agile will examine the common missteps that can cripple an Agile Transformation, along with their root causes and remedies. Angela will help you identify and correct these bad habits before they leave your organization discouraged and disillusioned with agile.

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.

Presenter: Angela Druckman (LinkedIn profile) has served as a Product Owner, ScrumMaster and team member, and seen first-hand how agile practices and Scrum in particular can lead organizations to project success. Angela is the author of the popular book 30 Days to Better Agile and one of CollabNet’s Certified Scrum Trainers and a member of its ScrumCOREâ„¢ team

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 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 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.’

Click to register for The Agile Dirty Dozen: Twelve Practices That Can Kill Your Agile Implementation

Live Webinar – October 25th, 2011 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Presented by: Conscires Agile Practices
Duration: 1 hour 1 Category C FREE – Free PDU

In this interactive webinar, the participants will get an overview of the fundamental principles and mechanics of Scrum, thereby understanding the benefits of adopting Scrum principles and values in an organization.

As a customer, I want:

• The ability to go to market faster
• Faster return on investment

As a Project Manager, I want:

• To measure the progress of my project in terms of real progress made and product ready to be shipped.

As a team member, I want:

• A sustainable pace
• Satisfaction of quality product delivered

Bachan will be focusing on the following goals and relate it to how Scrum and Agile will help you achieve these goals.

Presenter:Lisa Montaño MBA, CSM, CSPO (LinkedIn profile) has over 15 years experience in start-up and entrepreneurial companies working as a business analyst and functional lead which includes leading cross-functional teams to implement customized web interfaces, e-commerce capability, and workflow automation projects. Lisa has extensive in agile roles including the Scrum Product Owner and Scrum Master, and is a trainer and Scrum coach with Conscires Agile Practices.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

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 Introduction to Scrum-Agile: ”What Is In It For Me?”

Live Webinar October 25th, 2012 – 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1.5 Hours 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDUs
Presented by: Praxis (REP #1231)

NOTE: Although Praxis is an REP they have stated that this opportunity will not be registered with PMI® as a Category A opportunity. If you have any questions contact Mrs Jamie Morris with Praxis. See below for Category C documentation details.

In the years since the FDA published Pharmaceutical cGMPs for the 21st Century – A Risk Based Approach many organizations have adopted the vision of implementing practical, risk-based software validation methods. However, often the next step – implementing the vision – is a very big one. The objective of this webinar is to get you started!

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality
• 8.3 Perform Quality Control

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 Risk Based Approach to Software Quality Validation

Live Webinar – October 25th, 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

Microsoft Project and Project Server capture lots and lots of information about your project schedule, resources, and tasks.

But how do you turn that data into actionable information that provides decision support for executives and other stakeholders in your organization?

SharePoint Business Intelligence Center is the answer.

In this edition of Project Talk Matt Davis (LinkedIn profile) and John Riopel (LinkedIn profile) will show you how to take advantage of this powerful reporting capability to analyze your project server information and deliver browser-based interactive reports that will provide new insights into your project and portfolio data.

Project Talk 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 and other tools. Participate in the show, ask a question or offer a comment, join the conversation! Anyone who participates live on the show will receive a stylish MPUG T-Shirt or other great prize!

Click to register for ‘Smarten Up With Business Intelligence!’ – Getting the Most From Your Project Server Data

Live Webinar – October 23th 2012, 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

Do you have an enterprise-ready communications platform?

In this webinar Rob Edwards (LinkedIn profile) will discuss Microsoft® Lync® 2013; an enterprise-ready unified communications platform that connects people everywhere, at work, between organizations and now with Skype users.

Attendees will learn about the integration with other platforms, Android, Apple etc, including Windows 8.

The Lync client provides a consistent, single client experience for presence, instant messaging, voice, video and meetings. Lync 2013 now supports multiparty HD video conferencing and support for H.264 video.

The webinar will include the following elements:

• What’s new with the Lync Client
• Integration across platforms
• Changes to Video conferencing
• Hybrid voice

Click to register for Lync 2013®: A New Exciting & Innovative Way To Communicate