Live Webinar November 9th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

In many companies, the Requirements Definition process fails to define the “real” business need for a project and solutions are often defined before knowing what they need to satisfy.

On some projects, solutions may have already been defined and the team is just looking for “the right” project to implement them on.

Only Project Solutions with clear ties to documented business requirements are in scope for a project.

Project failure increases when teams spend resources on developing and implementing solutions that are out of scope for a project or address the project needs in unexpected or undesired ways.

Solutions Cube Group’s Defining Technical Requirements webinar will enable participants to learn techniques for creating traceable project solutions to meet the true business needs of the project..

Atendees will learn how to define the architectural framework for the project solution first and then use this knowledge to draw out detail technical statements.

Participants will also learn how to ensure the solutions they intend to build are clear and understood by both business and technical stakeholders and are not just “great ideas” that may be out of scope for the project.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Techniques for defining Technical Approaches at the beginning of the solutions activity
• Assessment techniques to select the appropriate Technical Approach for the project
• How to create traceability between technical requirement statements and business requirements
• How to use a Systems list to ensure important technical requirements are documented for the project
• How to ensure the business project stakeholders are aligned on the solution being proposed prior to starting lower level detail design work
• Specific techniques that can be immediately applied in their work environment

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

Click to purchase Defining Technical Requirements: Requirements Series 3 of 3

Live Webinar – November 8th, 2012 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 2 hours + Q & A 2 PDU / 2 CDU – Certificate is 6 Hours 6 PDUs
Mpug Member Free – This session is members only ($129/yr/Member)

Note: Registration ClosesNovember 7th, 2012 for Session 2 of 3

MPUG Certificate Series: Scheduling Essentials
Sorry MPUG Members Only
MPUG Scheduling Essentials Certificate upon completion of series and
6 Cat A PMI® PDU Credits

The course comprise of 3 sessions of 2 hours each.
MPUG Certificate Session 1 11/1/12 12 PM – 2 PM EDT
MPUG Certificate Session 2 11/8/12 12 PM – 2 PM EST
MPUG Certificate Session 3 11/13/12 12PM – 2 PM EST

You’ve read the books, you’ve gone to class, and you’ve learned the techniques; but are you using the right approach to best manage a schedule, or do you just manage by the tips and tricks that you picked-up along the way?

PMI identifies the two primary project scheduling techniques as:

1. “Time-oriented scheduling” and …
2. “Resource-oriented scheduling”

Do you know that the effectiveness of the way you set-up and manage a project depends primarily on the scheduling technique that best matches your project?

This is an in-depth, three-part series of sessions that do not teach just about the features, but rather they demonstrate how to use the right features to properly and easily schedule and track your project. These sessions assume the audience has a solid working knowledge of Microsoft Project.

Session 2 Outline:

1. Understanding when to use Time-oriented Scheduling
2. Best practices for setting-up and tracking a Time-oriented project schedule
3. Defining tasks and assigning resources in a time-oriented schedule
4. Optimizing a time-oriented schedule
5. Proper tracking and reporting of progress in a time-oriented Schedule

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG TODAY!

This event is for members only BUT…. Even if you only take the 3 session 6 hour MPUG Scheduling Essentials Certificate (6 Category A PDUs) the $129 membership fee is a terrific value to get the Scheduling Essentials MPUG Certificate and add it to your resume.

MPUG Membership also includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. 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!

Click to register for Scheduling Essentials: MPUG Certificate Session 2

Live Webinar – November 9th 2012, 8:00 am – 9:00 am EST
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.

A Google search for ITIL and Cloud generates over 5.2 million results.

Rather than targeting the whole of ITIL this session focuses on Service Level Management and how the cloud impacts SLM.

The session includes:

1. What is cloud?
2. Why are CIO’s Concerned?
3. What does ITIL 2011 have to say?
4. Tips based around each stage of Service Level Management.
5. Stages which receive more focus are Agree, Monitor and Improve.

Click to register for Service Level Management & The Cloud Revolution: A Survival Guide

Live Webinar November 8th, 2012 11:30am – 12:30 pm EST
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category C – Free PDUs
Presented by: Express Employment Professionals

Join Express Employment Professionals and Chester Elton as he highlights the key traits found inside the world’s most stellar teams and illustrate the steps they took to conquer barriers, exceed expectations, and overcome mediocrity through brilliant collaboration.

Express Employment Professionals will host a complimentary webinar featuring author, speaker, motivation expert, and “Apostle of Appreciation,” Chester Alton.

NOTE: This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification points under Section A3 of the Recertification Log of the Human Resource Professionals Association (HRPA).

Presenter: Chester Elton (LinkedIn profile) is an in-demand speaker the world over and is coauthor of several successful leadership books, including The Carrot Principle and The Invisible Employee: Using Carrots to See the Hidden Potential in Everyone. His book, The 24-Carrot Manager: A Remarkable Story of How a Leader Can Unleash Human Potential has been called a “must read for modern-day managers” by Larry King of CNN. He is also the coauthor of the book The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization that this presentation is based on.
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PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 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’

Click to register for the The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization