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IIL International Project Management Day 2012

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Nov 15

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Power of the Profession: IIL Virtual Event for IPM Day

Live Event & Online Webinars – November 15th, 2012
Presented by: International Institute of Learning (IIL), Inc.
Duration: Up to 15 PDUs Credits: Category A 15 PDU – Free PDUs

November 1st is the 9th Annual International Project Management (IPM) Day. IPM Day was started by Frank Saladis and has become a significant date in the Project Manager’s calendar. IPM Day was established as a way of recognizing the extraordinary efforts made by project management professionals everywhere – across industries and geographies.

To mark this day, IIL is hosting an exciting program titled The Power of the Profession. This event features 25 video presentations and the opportunity to earn up to 15 PDUs. TheThe Power of the Profession video presentations feature global industry professionals, experts, and influencers discussing engaging and relevant project management topics.

The presentations are available during the month of November 2012

View Presentations
Read White Papers, Articles
Connect & Share with Peers

and

Earn up to 15 Category A PDUs!

 

Four Virtual Locations to Visit:

  1. Video Presentations: Here you will be able to watch recorded video presentations led by over 25 professionals from around the world. They will discuss the most current and critical topics in project management today. You can learn more about the presenters and their topics by visiting the “Speakers” section of this site.
  2. PowerPoint Slides: Download any of the slides from the video presentations that interest you.
  3. Exhibition Hall: Here you will find our Virtual Booths where you can learn more about our Gold Sponsors and IIL. While visiting this area during the LIVE INTERACTION HOURS you can chat with representatives from our sponsors and IIL as well as download valuable takeaways and product information.
  4. Networking Lounge: Chat and interact with your peers from around the world in the Networking Lounge.

Interact in the virtual booths with both speakers and GOLD sponsors on:

Click Power of the Profession: IIL International Project Day for the Event Registration page. Once you register for IPM Day 2012, you will be sent a confirmation email with your log-in details.to you.

Click to Access The Event Site once you have registered.

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IIL International Project Management Day

Speakers and Presentations

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PDUs:

IIL will provide one (1) PDU number that applies to the overall event. Upon filling out the surveys at the end of each video, the “same” PDU number will be provided. IPM Day 2012: Power of the Profession will include over 30 presentations with up to 12 hours of content. If you watch all of the videos you may claim 15 PDUs with PMI®. If you only watch 2 hours of videos, you can claim 2 PDUs. This process is set up on the honor system in accordance with PMI®’s Code of Ethics

Click Power of the Profession: IIL International Project Day for the Event Registration page. Once you register for IPM Day 2012, you will be sent a confirmation email with your log-in details.to you.

Click to Access The Event Site once you have registered.

 

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    • Managing Requirements and the Chaos Theory

    Author: EdmontonPM

    Nov 15

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    Live Webinar November 22th, 2012 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST OR
    By: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
    Duration 2 Hr 2 Cat A PDU/CDUs – $89.95 USD for 2 PDU / CDU
    OR …….. The course is included in an (over 100 PDUs Available)
    All Access Pass – 6 Months for $229.95 USD or 1 YR $349.95
    Please enter Referral Code 576587

    Requirements Are Dynamic & Ever Evolving

    Though constant change can often feel chaotic and unproductive. The Business Analyst constantly feels the pressure to complete requirements and confronts many obstacles to hinder progress.

    Whether you’re dealing with stakeholders who are oblivious to one another’s needs or a project manager who suffers from lead singer disorder, meetings can seem like one step forward and two steps back.

    Roles and responsibilities collide, quality deliverables are difficult to produce, conflicting expectations arise, and day to day BA activities become difficult. With any team – whether a project team, a music group or a sports team – it takes more than one person to deliver a project, produce a best-selling song or win a championship.

    It’s no different with requirements. Each team member has a role to play. For the Business Analyst it’s about sifting through the requirements chaos. Successfully eliciting and articulating business requirements ensures business analysis activities produce high quality deliverables and solutions.

    This webinar explores approaches to managing requirements chaos and reigning in disruptive sources of chaos.

    Learning Outcome:

    1. Learn to avoid requirements chaos through planning.
    2. Recognize the importance of setting and managing expectations.
    3. Understand the stakeholder role and the reality of conflicting stakeholder needs.
    4. Build a foundation to effectively recognize stakeholder intentions and to plan around high risk areas and saboteurs.
    5. Highlight the importance of the relationships between the Business Analyst, the project manager and stakeholders and the corresponding impact on requirements.
    6. Grasp the role the Business Analyst plays in creating chaos and understand the means to resolution.

    Course Learning Objectives Include:

    • Understand the drivers of moving requirements.
    • Recognize the importance of working in partnership with project stakeholders.
    • Understand how to stabilize requirements and filter through the chaos.

    With the Course You Will Receive:

    • Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
    • Personalized Certificate of Attendance
    • Copy of Presentation Slides

    Presenter: Michelina DiNunno, MBA (LinkedIn profile) Michelina DiNunno has been in the Telecomm Industry for over 10 years, working in Marketing, IT and as a Business Analyst. She currently works for Telus and is providing consulting services through Global Knowledge.

    Click to register for Managing Requirements and the Chaos Theory

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    • SharePoint 2013: What’s New and Why You Need It!

    Author: EdmontonPM

    Nov 15

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    Live Webinar – November 20th 2012, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
    Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
    This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

    The next generation of Microsoft’s SharePoint Server is right around the corner and introduces new ways for users and organizations to communicate, collaborate and share information.

    Beyond its highly promoted features (See Below), including the new user experience and enhanced collaboration through social networking; SharePoint Server 2013 provides many improvements in the support of bottom-line business requirements: workflows, business intelligence, business connectivity services, mobile productivity, eDiscovery and more.

    In this web seminar series, we will focus on many of the features of SharePoint 2013 and will explain what has changed, what has stayed the same, and what is new!

    Some topics explored, include:

    • SharePoint’s new Modern Interface (Windows 8 Style)
    • Socialization with SharePoint Server 2013
    • Similarities and New Features of SharePoint Workflows
    • Business Intelligence Enhancements
    • SharePoint’s Expanded Mobile Functionality
    • Architectural Changes in the SharePoint 2013 Platform
    • Upgrade Options for Previous SharePoint Versions
    • Regulatory Compliance and eDiscovery Capabilities
    • SharePoint’s Enhanced Project Management Capabilities
    • Discovering People, Files, and Information with SharePoint Search
    • Utilizing SharePoint’s New Publishing and Design Capabilities
    • And more …..

    Presenter: Bryon Brewer (LinkedIn profile)

    Click to register for SharePoint 2013: What’s New and Why You Need It!

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    SharePoint 2013 The 10 New Features You’ll Love

    1. Search Engine Optimization – is TONS better. Much of this is due to Analytics moving into search. This will make Analytics Processing Component in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview runs different analytics jobs to analyze content in the search index and user actions that were performed on a site to identify items that users perceive as more relevant than others.
    2. My Documents — My “SkyDrive for Work” – Storing all your documents in the cloud via your MySites was always a good idea – but a bit clunky. SharePoint 2013 greatly improves the MySites capabilities and defaults to saving to SkyDrive. You’ll love the ability to save and sync documents directly to SkyDrive.
    3. Rich Workflows – If workflows were a sore point, they’ve gotten a lot better and seem much more able to handle more complex activities including looping and working with webservices (anyone thinking orchestration?).
    4. App Store – Microsoft is introducing the new App Store model to SharePoint! Users will find dozens and hundreds of pre-built applications you can easily add to SharePoint.
    5. Social Enterprise – Micro blogs, activity feeds, community sites, Following, Likes, and Reputations are some of the new social features being added. The ability to follow users or content will be especially helpful.
    6. Mobility – Microsoft has recognized the importance of mobile optimized views for SharePoint. You will see greatly enhanced mobile capabilities.
    7. Site Permissions – SharePoint 2013 offers a simplified sharing-based model for site permissions management. This will give users easier ways to manage site security.
    8. Themes – SharePoint 2013 brings much richer theme functionality and the ability to add background images.
    9. Content Search Webpart – A really cool webpart. This can be thought of as the next generation of Content Query webpart. Content Search Web Part displays content that was crawled and added to the search index via a query. This query is automatically issued, and it returns results from the search index when users browse to a page that contains the Content Search Web Part.
    10. Metro Interface – The new metro interface sports a much cleaner and concise look. Less clutter. And optimized for touch devices.
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    • Private Cloud Computing and the Future of Infrastructure

    Author: EdmontonPM

    Nov 15

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    Live Webinar November 20th, 2012, 9:00 am EST or
    Live Webinar November 20th, 2012, 12:00 pm EST
    Duration:1 hour Webcast 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
    Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

    Large Enterprises See Private Clouds In Their Future

    Choosing whether to invest in building a cloud service versus buying from cloud service providers will become more challenging over the next few years.

    It’s clear that how private cloud architectures are designed and built matters to this decision. To make the best decision, companies need to be able to evaluate the private cloud computing trend, vendors and road maps.

    Join VP and Distinguished Analyst Tom Bittman to better understand this emerging field.

    Discussion Topics:

    • What is private cloud computing and how will it evolve?
    • How should the choice be made between public and private cloud computing?
    • Who are the vendors and how should a private cloud computing strategy be developed?

    Presenter: Thomas J. Bittman (LinkedIn profile), VP Distinguished Analyst

    PDU Category C documentation details:

    Process Groups: Planning

    Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

    • 4.1 Develop Project 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 Private Cloud Computing and the Future of Infrastructure

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