Live Webinar January 14th, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Global Sustainability CoP (REP #S046)
Presented by: Joel Carboni

There is a growing demand for sustainability to become more deeply intertwined with business practices and worldwide, organizations are awaking to the benefits of incorporating sustainability best practices into their operations.

Organizations rarely adopt methods that ensure their portfolios, programs, and projects align with sustainability goals using processes that compliment and align with organizational governance and goals as well as standards for environmental, social, and financial sustainability.

Every level of the organization, especially project management, with a personal adherence to Social, Economic, and Environmental stewardship and the right tools, can serve as agents of change on a much larger scale. The goal of this webinar is to ignite this change and will introduce the method and tools that an organization can implement and project managers can use.

Learn to:

• Apply governance for achieving business sustainability goals and project objectives,
• Identify and qualify the environmental, economic, and social impacts of projects (including the process to deliver products and services both short and long term)
• How to develop a Sustainability Management Plan (SMP)
• Measure and control the impact that project delivery has on the Triple Bottom Line

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Presenter: Joel Carboni(LinkedIn profile) is a project manager of 15 years, and has worked and consulted in both the private and public sectors for organizations in the Banking/Finance, Energy, Legal, Technology, and Local Government. He is the President of GPM Global, a US based project management professional development organization dedicated to the advancement of project management practices that decouple environmental degradation and economic growth. He is the co-author of the PRiSM project delivery method (PRojects integrating Sustainable Methods) and works to support training providers, academic institutions, and organizations around the world as an advocate for sustainability.

Click to register for Sustainability in Project Management: The Method and Tools for Success

Live Webinar – January 15th 2013, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

Simply put, the Business Analyst’s role can be broken into three components: Enterprise Analysis, Process Modeling, and Requirements Engineering. Each component can and does bring value to an enterprise organization, especially in the face of outsourcing and rapidly increasing and evolving user needs.

The Agile Framework, with its specific practices around software development, offers a very different approach to project success. One that on initial view reduces the value the BA brings to the enterprise.

The reality is that Agile is pointing a light at a trend in BA work that if continued significantly reduces the value received by the enterprise. That light I’m referring to is that in a vast majority of cases, enterprises have focused the BA role around requirements engineering. Of the three primary roles, it is the most repeatable and scalable and one that can be measured. The problem it is that it is the one that provides the least value to the enterprise and, ultimately, can be outsourced (under proper conditions).

This presentation looks at the current industry perspective and use of the BA and how it was manifested. From there we will look at the need enterprise organizations have and how the evolution and maturation of the BA can easily fill that role. After that we will look at the skills needed for a BA to properly fulfill this need and how organizations can effectively hire for or help to develop these skills.

Learning Objectives:

• Currently accepted industry practices on BA use
• The Agile effective, how BA will evolve in an Agile framework
• The Solution Architect, the next evolution of the BA
• The skills needed to drive a successful team of BA Solution Architects

The BA role, is a game changer for an enterprises ability to capture competitive advantage from its IT systems and software. When executed and nurtured, an enterprise can effectively implement the “most” needed tools and systems for its user community to drive customer fulfillment. This presentation talks about how to drive the BA role in that direction.

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) – David Mantica has more than 16 years of experience in business to business continuing education in executive, product management, marketing, and operations capacities. He has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 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 register for The Business Analysts Role in Tranformation

Live Webinar January 11th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

Identify Your Gold Plating Today!

Join us the IIBA as they demonstrate how you can manage end-to-end traceability for your business applications, products and medical systems.

Learning Objectives:

• They will demonstrate how you can ensure traceability compliance with federal regulations such as FDA CFR 21;
• Learn about Performing Gap & Impact Analyses
  • Perform Gap A nalysis:Are all business requirements implemented in the system?;
  • Perform Impact Analysis:
    • If I change this artifact of the system, how wide and major are the impacts?
    • How much it will destabilize the system? How much will it cost us?
• Learn how traceability can also help you answer question such as:
  • Why are we building a certain feature?
  • Is it really needed by stakeholders or is it just gold plating?

Click to register for IIBA: How to Manage End-to-End Requirements Traceability for Business Applications, Products & Medical Systems

Live Webinar – January 16th, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Presented by: TalentGaurd
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Cat C PDU: Earn 2 Free PDUs for Parts 1 & 2

Note: Click to view Part 1 Ask the Career Managers and HR Professionals

Register for our “Ask the Talent Management Coaches, Part 2” webinar and learn how to solve your most challenging HR problems. TalentGuard is pleased to extend this popular topic and format by adding a “Part 2” to address additional topics.

This is your opportunity, as an HR and/or talent management professional, to ask recognized coaches to assist you with your most pressing issues.

When registering for this January 16, 2013 event, let Them know what you’d like our experts to address during this 60 minute webinar.

Topics will include:

• Employee Development:how should managers, as coaches, work with employees to improve their performance reviews and achieve their ultimate career goals?
• Talent Management technology/integration: what should a company consider when looking for technical solutions to drive their talent management strategy?
• Career Pathing:How do we retain top performers who are focused on advancing their careers and want to have a clearly defined career path?
• Survey/Assessment:What is the best way to structure and collect employee feedback and apply it to a company’s practices and culture?

Click to register for Talent Management: Ask the Talent Management Coaches, Part 2