Live Webinar December 12th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category A – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: Watermark Learning (REP 1025)

One of the Most Difficult Phases of a Project is
Eliciting Requirements From Stakeholders

Under the best circumstances requirements are often vague, conflicting, and in flux. Even when key stakeholders are involved in the requirements process, they are not always fully engaged.

Personal agendas, fear of change, and comfort with the way things have always been done can create a climate of apathy and mistrust, all of which make identifying the true needs difficult.

When the business customers and project team have a relationship built on trust, however, they can more quickly work together to build a solution to meet the business need.

This lively presentation focuses on the causes of mistrust and presents practical solutions for gaining and maintaining stakeholder trust.

Presenter: – Elizabeth Larson (LinkedIn profile) PMP, CBAP CEO of Watermark Learning, Elizabeth has over 25 years of experience in business analysis, project management, training, and consulting. She is a frequent speaker at Business Analysis and Project Management conferences and co-author of CBAP Certification Study Guide (2nd Edition). Elizabeth was a lead contributor to the BABOK® Guide Version 2.0 chapter 2, Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring, PMBOK® Guide – Fourth Edition (Collect Requirements), and is the content lead for Scope Management for the PMBOK® Guide – Fifth Edition.

Click to register for Seven Ways to Build Trust

Live Webinar – December 12th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
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

With all the talk about Project 2013 …
Do you feel a little left behind?

Still on Project 2003? 2007? Just getting started with 2010? Maybe it’s time to take a step back and find out what all the fuss is about!

The Project Talk guys will cut through the hype (as usual), and give you the real deal on the various versions of Microsoft Project.

Cure your Version Aversion and find out what you’ve been missing! Join PM Providers’ Matt Davis (LinkedIn profile) and John Riopel (LinkedIn profile) for Project Talk December 12th!

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. If you’d like to participate in the show, ask a question or offer a comment, simply type it into the Q&A Tool, then raise your hand using the ‘raise your hand’ tool, and un-mute your microphone so you can 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 ‘Got Version Aversion? We’ve Got the Cure!’ – by MPUG

Live Webinar December 12th, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Projects are done through people, making project human resource management a key to project success. People management can be especially challenging for project managers because they rarely have direct authority over the people on their projects.

Join ProjectInsight for their new presentation in their fundamentals of Project Management Series.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

Click to register for Managing the Human Interface

Live Webinar December 11th,2012 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Event Code: 158112 A Microsoft Event Presented by: ABSI

Featured Product/Topic: MS Project

This seminar will cover Intermediate topics in MS Project.

Sample topics to be covered:

• Using resources,
• Views and tables,
• Printing views and tables.

Presenter: Ed Avizur (LinkedIn profile)

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 6 – Time 7 – Cost 9 – Human Resources

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 6.6 Control Schedule
• 7.3 Control Costs
• 9.4 Manage Product 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 here to register for MS Project – Intermediate.