Live Webinar November 16th 2012 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A Free
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Over 68 % of projects fail
Their solutions are implemented, but are never used,
Or they deliver less than expected capabilities.

Missed, or misunderstood, requirements is one of the top 4 reasons associated with project failure.

Creating clear business requirements focused on user needs, or “What’s”, for a project is critical to project success. But, how do you expand these requirements beyond the more obvious functional needs to include the often overlooked requirements for reporting, user experience / interfaces and project acceptance criteria?

Join Solutions Cube for this free 1 hour webinar to learn how to develop a set of project requirements which include the needs associated with the user experience (Use Cases and Screen Design), business questions and the required information to answer these questions (Reporting Requirements).

In this webinar participants will learn about:

• Defining requirements that lead to report design and development to ensure the ongoing business questions can be answered once the solution is implemented.
• Creating user interfaces requirements toclarify the needs for entry and retrieval of information.
• Determining the appropriate user acceptance test objectives to validate that the solution to be developed will address all of the project needs.

Solutions Cube Group webinars are presented by experienced staff members and partners who have over 30 years of experience managing projects and developing and running facilitated project meetings and delivering project management training courses.

Who Should Attend This Webinar:

• General Managers, Team Members,
• Project Managers, Portfolio Managers, Project Leads, Program Managers
• Business Stakeholders, Business Leads, Facilitators

For more info contact:

Carly Burek at 972.786.0900 or carly.burek@solutionscubegroup.com

Earn 1 PDU by attending this Webinar. SPACE IS LIMITED. To secure a seat Register Now.

Click to register for Taking Requirements to the Next Level

Live Webinar – November 14th, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

The optimal path to mature requirements practices is often obscured by misinformation. Register now to see how to make significant operational improvement in requirements maturity and select a path based on a strong foundation of research and quantified success.

The Business Analysis Benchmark is rapidly becoming the world’s leading source of information on the impact of requirements quality on project outcome. We are pleased to announce the release of the 2009 survey results.

Learn:

1. The Facts of Performance: What is the impact of requirements maturity on technology projects?
2. Myth Busting: there are many commonly held beliefs that prevent organizations from successfully making change.
3. Path To Success: What activities can be taken to improve development success.

Featured Speaker: Rob Stewart, Sr. Consultant, IAG Consulting (LinkedIn profile)

Click to register for Myth-Busting The Path To Requirements Success

Live Webinar November 15th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour + 30 min Question Period 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: CollabNet

Successfully delivering software over the long term is difficult
Without access to key metrics, it’s almost impossible

Using metrics effectively enables management, over time, to:

• Improve productivity,
• Share best practices and …
• Improve the value of delivered software for the entire organization.

In this session, Caleb Brown (LinkedIn profile), CollabNet’s Agile Expert, will examine managing development projects large and small using metrics and discuss how to gather required data without annoying team members.

Caleb will cover how metrics:

• Provide you the ability to confidently forecast release timeframes,
• Enable you to react to changing conditions using what-if analysis,
• Help you identify and resolve bottlenecks,
• Improve your ability to control scope creep.

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: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information

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 Managing Development Projects with Agile Metrics

Live Webinar November 14th, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Webcast 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Event Code: 162843 A Microsoft Event Presented by: US Dept Of Energy

A Sneak Peak At Project 2013!

Select the right tools for today and tomorrow. Microsoft® Project offers flexibility and choice by providing work management solutions for individuals, teams and the enterprise.

Attend this month’s DOE focused webinar entitled “Project and Portfolio Management with Project Server and SharePoint”.

As part of this webcast, we will be offering a sneak peak at Project 2013!!! Discover how you can do more, better, faster, and cost effectively, by taking advantage of the capabilities in Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint.

In this webcast, we will discuss how advanced features in Project and Project Server 2010 help you better manage, control, and progress your programs with ease and simplicity.

Topics include:

• Reduce costs and drive efficiency through unified project and portfolio management.
• Strengthen project and program management through a central repository
• Make better, more timely, and informed decisions with instant visibility to real time data through configurable dashboards and reports
• Gain additional value from the Microsoft Project solution ‐ powerful work management delivered through familiar and connected tools like Office and SharePoint.

In addition, we’ll provide an introduction to some of what is coming with Project 2013!! Join The US Department Of Energy to learn more!

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

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’

Click to register for Project & Portfolio Management with Project Server & SharePoint Department of Energy Webinar

Live Webinar – November 13th, 2012 11:00 am – 11:30 am EST
Duration: 30 min 0.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presenter: Journyx Inc.

You think you have a sale. Then, poof, they’re gone. If you have elusive, evasive, or frustrating sales experiences, you could have the wrong customer, wrong inducements or perhaps you’re just not allowing them to go through their “buying continuum”. The measures needed to be taken are similar to your sales process, but be wary – there are some major differences.

Learn more about the customer’s buying process and see how to incorporate it in your sales process for better results.

Presenter: Jan Triplett, (LinkedIn profile) Ph.D. CEO, Business Success Center (BSC) The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) honored Jan and the BSC as one of three five-star national programs. She is the author of Thinking Big, Staying Small: Communication Practices of Small Organizations, and she has just released, Easy to Be Green: A Guide for Small Enterprises. She has been profiled in the Austin Business Journal and Austin Woman. She is a guest blogger for the Business Bank of Texas and maintains her own blog.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 10 – Communications

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 10.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 10.2 Plan Communications

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 Catching the Wild Customer: Understanding the Buying Process