Archive for February, 2013

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Part 1 and Part 2 on 2 successive Wednesdays:
Live Webinar February 6th, 2013 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST
Live Webinar February 13th, 2013 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST
Presented by: VersionOne
Webinar Duration: 2 Hours Credits: Up to 2 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Note: There is one registration for both sessions but you may attend either one or both sessions.

Is your organization struggling to make the right investments at the enterprise level and deliver value as quickly as possible to the end-user? If so, don’t miss this two-part webinar series!

Part 1

Join Mike Cottmeyer from LeadingAgile to find out what agility means at the portfolio and programlevel, and how it differs from traditional plan-driven approaches. You’ll learn the fundamental concepts ofenterprise agilityincluding how to:

  • Make commitments when scope is constantly changing
  • Achieve predictability through team stability
  • Deal with risk through progressive elaboration
  • Visualize progress to the rest of the organization

Join VersionOne for one or both sessions and learn how to create a foundation for achieving enterprise agility that will optimize your project delivery across the entire organization.

Part 2 : This session is more product specific

Learn how to implement enterprise agile using VersionOne. Andy Powell will demonstrate how VersionOne supports progressive elaboration, visual management, and collaboration across teams. Plus you’ll get to see the latest VersionOne enhancements for managing agile portfolios and programs.

Presenters:

Mike Cottmeyer PMP PMI-ACP (LinkedIn profile) is Founder & President at LeadingAgile. As an Enterprise Agile Coach, Mike provides mixed-methodology Agile Training, Agile Coaching, and Enterprise Agile Transformation Services designed to help pragmatically, incrementally, and safely introduce Agile methods into any sized organization.A PMP PMI-ACP, and a Certified ScrumMaster, Mike has served on the board of APLN and the Lean Software and Systems Consortium. He currently co-leads the PMI Agile Community of Practice.

Andy Powell (LinkedIn profile) is Product Evangelist for VersionOne. During his 12 year career in the software development industry, Andy has assisted in numerous 500+ person agile tools rollouts with companies such as Siemens, Adobe, EMC and Sabre, giving him considerable experience in leading major projects. Andrew received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and graduated magna cum laude.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

  • 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
  • 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

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 both sessions of: Achieving Business Agility at the Portfolio Level

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For another great PDU Opportunity
From VersionOne:

Discover the online webinar How Continuous Integration Promotes Healthy Practices.

This webcast is 40 Minutes Credits: 0.5 PDU Category C and focuses on the PMBOK Direct and Manage Project Execution

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Live Webinar February 8th, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

In this webcast presented by Ash Maurya (LinkedIn profile), author of Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean Series) , he discusses ‘Innovation Accounting’ which effectively helps startups to define, measure, and communicate progress.

By following the Running Lean techniques, you will learn to eliminate waste—whether it’s time, money, effort, or all of the above—and get your product to market quickly.

In this webcast we will discuss:

  • Establishing a standard measure of progress
  • Measuring everything as a cohort
  • Focusing on a single key metric
  • Building feedback loops with customers for rapid hypotheses generation
  • How metrics alone are not enough

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
  • 9.4 Manage Project Team
  • 10.3 Manage Communications
  • 10.5 Control Communications

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 How Lean Startups Define, Measure, and Communicate Progress