Online Webinar – ESI International (REP 1038)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU – 1 Category A PDU Free

As the practice of business analysis continues to mature in many organizations, the demand for quantifiable results also increases.

• “Show me the money”
• “How do you justify the investment in both time and resources?”
• “What impact will these practices have on the organization, projects”

The solution development lifecycle, the goods and services, processes, and the tasks and activities”

All of these questions are most often difficult to answer but even more difficult to put into practice. Glenn Brûlé (LinkedIn profile) and Amy Nichols (LinkedIn profile), will explore and share their insights on a hierarchical approach that will help you consider what practices might be most practical for measuring your requirements success.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop a structured approach for beginning to quantify the impact requirements may have on your organizational goals and objectives
• Understand how organizational goals and objectives can demonstrate a financial impact to the smallest task when producing goods and services through a project lifecycle or solution development lifecycle.
• Consider an organizations level of maturity and apply requirements metrics accordingly.

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Online Webinar Recorded: September 12, 2007
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

As the pressure builds to make an endless stream of make-or-break business decisions, you need time-tested, real world help to make the savviest—most profitable—choices, every time!

This fast-paced, one-hour Webcast shows you how to apply a full battery of tools to a variety of business challenges: practical, measurable ways to help you determine which capital projects deserve the resources and commitment to make your organization succeed and grow!

Find out how to:

• Identify the components of an effective Capital Project Evaluation Model
• Recognize the actual drivers of profitable capital projects
• Become familiar with tools that can assess the financial risks of capital projects
• Predict the initial capital investment and subsequent annual cash flows of each project
• Explain the non-financial risks associated with long-term capital projects

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 7 – Cost 11 – Risk

• 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 7.1 Estimate Costs
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.3 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

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 view Make the Right Call: Tools to Guide Critical Financial Decisions

Online Webinar – Recorded Oct 13, 2011
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Whether people are presenting or conducting training for employees, clients, or bosses, presenting to an audience – large or small – can be a daunting task.

In today’s workplace, everyone needs the ability to present their ideas and persuade people effectively – in person, over the phone, and online. With more and more webinars, Skype presentations, and conference calls, and virtual training, professionals must know how to captivate and engage an audience when they’re not meeting face-to-face.

This webinar gives participants the inside tips and techniques they need to deliver effective presentations and training sessions when they’re not in the room. Through interactive exercises, participants learn strategies for conveying a strong, clear message to their target audience remotely.

Participants will leave this webinar with the tools to:

• Understand how to structure an effective and dynamic presentation or training sessionReduce stress and tension related to delivering virtual group presentations
• Create presentation openings that command attention and interest
• Deliver with twice as much poise and energy
• Make presentations engaging and interactive to hold the audience’s attention
• Close presentations with power and persuasion

Presenter: Jeff Hiller is a Senior Trainer and Workshop Leader. Jeff began his career at Leo Burnett in Chicago where he became the youngest VP Account Director in the agency’s history, earning seven of the American Marketing Association’s EFFIE Awards for superior business results. Before joining JB Training Solutions, Jeff was the Marketing Director for the Houston Rockets and VP of Marketing for Four Hands Imports (a 3-time Inc 500 Fastest Growing company).

Click to register for Presenting and Training When You’re Not in the Room: Conference Calls, Webinars, and Video Conferences