Live Webinar – December 19th, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Cat A Free

So you’ve been assigned a complex, poorly defined project concept… now what?

Nothing is worse (or better) for a senior project manager or analyst than being handed a project that is: strategic, very large, and way outside your comfort zone in complexity. These projects will sometimes roll around the halls of big companies for months while they struggle to gain sufficient momentum and clarity to really move forward with a sense of purpose and direction.

Let’s say one of these career-bruisers/-builders is yours? What do you do next?

This session is about the tactics of early-stage project intake and clarification – getting clarity efficiently.

Learning objectives:

1. Inside the project intake process – why is intake so dysfunctional?
2. The action plan – simple steps that drive project clarity and milestones that deliver benefit.
3. Targeted result – time tested deliverables that work

Click To Register for Fast Tracking Project Concepts

Live Webinar – December 19th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Needs analysis is often an arduous and lengthy process – but it is absolutely necessary if you are to have a successful training outcome.

This session will focus on 10 crucial questions to ask of your internal or external clients to ensure that you are creating a training program that is truly necessary and one that will return significant business results.

Speakers: Nanette Miner, Ph.D. is a popular speaker at industry and trade conferences, Dr. Miner is the author of The Accidental Trainer: A Reference Manual for the Small, Part-Time, or One-Person Training Department, co-author of Tailored Learning: Designing the Blend that Fits, and has authored over 100 articles on various aspects of workplace learning.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 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 10 Critical Questions to Ask of Your Stakeholders BEFORE Designing Any Training Program

Online Webinar- Recorded Mar 19th, 2012
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX – The Process Excellence Network

Many organizations invest a great deal of effort into greater integration with their customers and suppliers. However, relatively little effort has gone into breaking down internal company “silos,” which can prevent even the most well designed process improvement initiatives from succeeding.

In this webinar, author Mark McGregor (LinkedIn profile) discusses the obstacles to successfully implementing and maintaining a continuous improvement culture and recommends steps to achieve improved alignment and collaboration across teams and divisions. He is joined by co-presenter, Thierry Tastet, (LinkedIn profile) BPA Expert at OpenText, who will provide insight into how a software solution like OpenText’s ProVision can help achieve joined up thinking for a more connected enterprise.

In this webinar:

• Understand the types of “Siloed” thinking, and the risks associated with them
• Learn how quickly a holistic view can be used to break down barriers to change
• See how with the right approach, operational managers take centre stage
• Explore the role that software can play in helping to overcome silos

Presenter: Mark McGregor (LinkedIn profile) is author of the bestseller of Thinking of… People-centric Process Management? Ask the Smart Questions and Thrive!: How to Succeed in the Age of the Customer. Mark McGregor speaks, writes and coaches all over the world. He is passionate about continuously finding new ways to help people “Think Differently” to achieve greater success.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

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 Breaking Down Functional Silos to Achieve Integrated Process Improvement

Live Webinar December 18th, 2012, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Typemock

Typemock has done a lot of webinars on beginning unit testing.
This isn’t one of them!

Once you have a few hundred tests under your belt, you have a whole new set of problems. Unit testing maintenance is a headache.

The way we grow our test suite helps us get different combinations of unit, integration, and acceptance tests.

In this interactive webinar Typemock will:

1. Take a look at how to overhaul you test suite, based on metrics you can track.
2. Help you optimize your test organization, your test runs, and maybe even your work.
3. Help you will learn how to manage and maintain your tests to provide the most effective ROI.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 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.’

Presenter: Gil Zilberfeld, (LinkedIn profile, @gil_zilberfeld) Product Manager, Typemock- Gil has been writing software since childhood (Logo Turtles) and hasn’t stopped since. As the product manager at Typemock, working as part of an agile team in an agile company, creating tools for agile developers. He promotes unit testing and other design practices, down-to-earth agile methods, and some incredibly cool tools. Gil blogs at http:⁄⁄www.gilzilberfeld.com on different agile topics, including processes, communication and unit testing. He also writes at the Typemock blog and presents locally and abroad on these topics.

Click to register for Unit Testing For Grownups: Unit Test Maintenance

Online Webinar (Recorded May 2012)
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Pillar Technology Group

Pillar Technology group has extensive experience in agile transformation and servant leadership in an agile organization. Angelo Mazzocco (LinkedIn profile) Pillar’s president presents this informative session – A session that should not to be missed!

Although a grass roots movement can initiate an agile transformation of a company C level support is needed to create a successful agile transformation.

After working with many agile corporate transformations Pillar has really come to understand the importance of the role of the CIO due to the cultural and political climate changes that come with an agile transformation.

Join them to understand the subtleties of the need for an agile integration with the role of the CIO in an agile transformation.

Pillar Technology Group cares about the community. Individual training costs are “VERY Reasonable” and the proceeds of the training go to charity inspired by the “Agile Manifesto” and many other foundational works in the industry. Check out their training page.

As Angelo Mazzocco, President of Pillar explains “We live in an economy where access to “free” or not for profit is becoming a part of our every day lives. It is in this spirit that we would like to launch the Pillar Training Series. It is our passion that we should not profit from the distribution of knowledge. So our courses will be unique. All proceeds generated from a course will be donated to charity. All work done in the course will be for a charity.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 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 Role of the CIO in an Agile Transformation

Live Webinar December 19th, 2012 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by Citrix Online – GoToMeeting Corporate

Working harder doesn’t make up for a flawed approach to productivity and performance. Imagine if your best wasn’t the best it could be – what could you improve

Find your own success with these strategies for improving your personal productivity.

Learn:

• The fundamentals of a productive workflow
• Proactive processes for improving your performance
• How to get more done with less stress
• And more…

Presenter: Jason Womack (LinkedIn profile) Author, Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 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 Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More