Live Webinar February 26th, 2013 – 9:30 am – 11:00 am EST or …
Live Webinar February 26th, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm am EST
Duration: 1 Hr Webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Lots of organizations are adopting Agile. Some of these organizations are finding practical ways to integrate testing into Agile lifecycles.

In this presentation, Rex will address challenges and opportunities associated with Agile, different ways of adapting Agile lifecycles and the testing within those lifecycles, and how Agile differs from traditional lifecycles.

Rex will:

• Examine tools and metrics for Agile projects
• Address whether Agile can be used for outsourced projects
• Look at different options for organizing test teams on Agile projects, and why only some of these options can work
• Offer his thoughts on Agile and quality, and what skills and personalities work best in Agile projects.

In this free webinar, Rex will discuss these points and more, giving you a better shot at Agile testing success.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

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Live Webinar – February 27th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Guest Free

This presentation will cover the journey from Project 2007 to 2010 beginning with the business case, the planning, placement decisions, budget and resource requirements, training and mentoring, testing, migration planning, implementation, current status, and lessons learned.

If you are planning to upgrade to Project 2010, this is the session for you. No marketing, just a customer perspective that is practical and honest.

Key Learning Objectives:

1. Express the reasons for upgrading.
2. Demonstrate the need for planning.
3. Present what is needed to arrive safely on the new version

Presenter : Tom Herrington, (LinkedIn profile) PMO Project Manager, Meijer, Inc. has over 25 years of PM experience in, Retail, Healthcare, & ITS Services

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Live Webinar February 22nd, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Successful project teams understand the importance of incorporating ongoing Risk Management and Monitoring activities through out the life of a project. Treating risk management as a one time identification and assessment activity leaves the project effort exposed to many avoidable and manageable project risks. Developing and utilizing a Risk Communication Plan further enhances the Project Manager’s ability to engage the right level of stakeholder involvement throughout the risk management effort.

The Risk Management Series of in depth webinars will introduce participants to techniques for defining a Risk Management Process and using this process to progressively build a Risk Register including: identifying risks using a Risk Meta-Language, Assessing Risks with quantitative techniques, understanding the 8 risk responses and selecting the appropriate Risk Response for the project risks and monitoring risks throughout the project.

Solutions Cube Group’s Monitoring and Managing the Successful Risk Plan webinar will help your project teams understand the characteristics that lead to effective project risk management. They will learn how to evaluate the success of risk responses and what to do with Secondary Project Risks as they occur. The will learn the difference between managing risk and responding to problems and issues resulting from risks that occur.

In the Monitoring and Managing the Successful Risk Plan webinar, participants learn:

• How to recognize the organization’s Risk Maturity level and use this knowledge to manage risk appropriately on projects.
• How to develop a Risk Communication Plan that identifies the unique needs of each project stakeholder
• How to engage the right stakeholders in risk management activities
• Which Critical Success Factor has the most impact on successful risk management actions
• How to identify and respond to Secondary Risks as they occur throughout the project

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

Click to purchase Monitoring & Managing the Successful Risk Plan: Risk Series 4 of 4

Live Webinar – February 26rd 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

The newest generation to hit the workforce goes by many different names. The basic birth year bracket for this generation is 1982 – 1995 or 2000, depending on your source. The names include Generation Y, Millennial Generation, Generation Next, Net Generation, Echo Boomers and even the Peter Pan Generation.

Here is the kicker, this generation is HUGE and is needed to ensure continued economic growth. The Baby Boomer Generation is around 120M the X Generation is around 90M. We just don’t have enough X Generation professionals to fill the leadership void being created by the Baby Boomer push to retirement. The Millenials will be quickly pushed into leadership positions over the next 10 years to fill this void.

This sounds much easier in writing than it is to actually do. This generation has a very specific demographic and motivation. In order to get the most out of your High Potential Millennials, you must have a detailed understanding of the characteristics of this generation and how best to support, motivate and lead this group to ensure they achieve their maximum potential.

JT Moore (LinkedIn profile) is vice president of marketing at ASPE, Inc. JT is a Millennial in a leadership role. David Mantica (LinkedIn profile), president of ASPE Inc. with more than half of his team in the Millennial classification, David brings real-world experience on Millennial talent management.

JT and David will review and provide point / counter points on the following topics:

• Very detailed look at Millennial characteristics including pros, cons and dispelling certain stereotypes
• Motivating Millennials in the work place, including issues on compensation, benefits, work/life balance
• Critical success discussion around empowering Millennial success through task assignment and work empowerment
• Finally a frank discussion of issues around discipline, corrective action, and feedback circles with Millennials

Whether you are a business analyst, project manager, IT manager or director, business manager or executive, you must understand how to properly drive the growth and development of your high-potential Millennials. Based on the significantly different characteristics of this generation, a detailed understanding is necessary for success. Or, as this generation is very willing to do, they will quickly leave and find something that does fit who they are

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 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’

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Live Webinar February 26th, 2013, 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Typemock

In the beginning there was the Agile Manifesto,
And everything looked peachy.
And then the universe exploded.

10 years later, we’re in the (Post?) Agile Era, where rival “tribes” are off to win the holy grail of “We Were Right!”. There are Craftsmen, SCRUM People, Lean People, Post-Agilists, and everyone else in the middle trying to make sense of the quest called Agile.

How come the agile principles, which were meant to be the Great Unifying Theory of Software, initiated a decade-old tribal war? Is agile the answer, or simply a filler between the waterfall and the next trend?

Join Gil in a travel through time, to piece together a puzzle of politics, money, intrigue, and yes – even software, to come up with a better understanding of what really happened and where we’re going from here…

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 9.3 Develop 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 Agile Tribal Wars – It’s a Modern-day Quest for the Holy Grail