Live Webinar February 28th,, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST
Duration:1.5 hour Webcast – 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Event Code: 163799 A Microsoft Event Presented by: Imaginet

Build Your First Automated Test

This training seminar will demonstrate how to record tests run against various types of application user interfaces using Microsoft Visual Studio’s Coded UI Tests and how to replay them at any time.

Additionally, we will explore how to embed validations, either simple or elaborate, to ensure your application is producing the correct results. Learn how to improve the quality of your applications by having a repeatable set of Microsoft Coded UI Tests available to ensure defects don’t go unnoticed!

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and ManageProject Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

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’

Please Note: In order to attend the webinar series attendees will need to have a Windows Live ID. A link to set up this ID is located on the registration site. Please do this prior to the session

Click to register for Getting Started With Coded UI testing: Building Your First Automated Test

Note: One Presentation only! presented from Australia
The presentation is on the previous day eve in North America

Live Webinar Feb 28th 2013 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST or
Live Webinar March 1st, 2013, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm AEDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

The social media explosion is a treasure trove of data for marketing, risk assessment, recruitment and other activities. However, watching this data rates high on the creepiness factor when viewed as corporate surveillance of everyone.

This presentation delves into the benefits and risks of harvesting big data from social media and provides recommendations on how to emphasize the former and avoid the latter.

Discussion Topics:

• Who is watching whom and why should you care
• Maximizing the benefits of monitoring personnel, customers and the collective
• Where this is headed; The future of privacy, confidentiality and corporate transparency

Presenter: Andrew Walls Research VP

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 11 – Risk

• 5.3 Define Scope
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 Social Analytics, Big Data & Surveillance

Live Webinar February 27th, 2013 10:00 am – 10:30 am EDT
Duration: 30 Minutes Credits: 0.50 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Competitive Solutions Inc.

Employee Engagement is a hot topic for many leaders in the past 12 months. This heightened focus on raising engaged levels has created several issues for leaders.

Although studies show that 90% of leaders say engagement directly impacts their organization’s success, only 25% of those leaders actually have a strategy in place to create a highly engaged workforce.

What You’ll Learn in this Webinar:

• Understanding the true meaning of Engagement
• How to measure, set goals, and track Engagement activities
• Methods for encouraging high levels of Engagement
• How to transform your Engagement culture through demonstrative behaviors

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Work
• 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 Effective Employee Engagement Strategies

Live Webinar February 26th, 2013 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
Presented by: Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

W.H.I.P -What you Have In your Possession

Whether your goal is to increase your personal engagement as a leader, maximize the engagement of your team, or gain more resilience and energy across your life in general—this humorous, uplifting, practical, research-and-story-based session will inspire you to reignite your mind, your heart, and your spirit. Speaker, author, and consultant Scott Carbonara teaches you to apply his simple W.H.I.P. philosophy.

In this session, Scott shares 8 concrete tools rooted in positive psychology and his own experiences as an senior executive to help you create sustainable, personal engagement for yourself and those around you. You will leave with the skills and desire to master your own energy— catapulting you into a happier, more rewarding work experience and a more peaceful, fulfilling life.

Presented by: Scott Carbonara, (LinkedIn profile) known asThe Leadership Therapist Scott is a keynote speaker/trainer, author, and consultant who “brings authentic leadership to life from the boardroom to the family room.Scott’s dual background in both counseling and executive leadership makes him a highly-skilled, passionate communicator and problem solver who provides direction to diverse teams. Scott is the author of several leadership books including Manager’s Guide to Employee Engagement.

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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 Engagement Starts with You!

Live Webinar February 28th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

The Business Analyst Core Concept Modelâ„¢ (BACCM) is an important new tool for understanding the A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) and for understanding the Business Analysis profession.

In this episode, regular panellist Julian Sammy (LinkedIn profile, @sci_ba ) is joined by Matthew Leach (LinkedIn profile) and Emily Iem (LinkedIn profile) — two core team members working on version 3 of A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®. They will discuss the BACCM, and how it has affected their understanding of the BABOK® Guide and the Business Analysis profession.

Outline:

1. Overview of BACCM: The concepts, the model, and the design of the model.
2. Rediscovering the BABOK® Guide: Panellists discuss some key insights facilitated by the Core Concepts and the BACCM.
3. Q&A: What do you want to know about the BACCM and the BABOK® Guide?

Click to register for IIBA: Exploring the BABOK® Guide Webinar Series: Episode 2 -The Business Analyst Core Concept Modelâ„¢

Live Webinar – February 28th 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

Even as Agile becomes more widely utilized by organizations today, it is still very common for Agile teams to operate within an organization that still utilizes waterfall in other areas. Compounding the challenge is the fact that many teams will need to interact with or have dependencies on these non-Agile areas.

Although it may be challenging, it does not preclude teams from being able to apply Agile effectively. This hour-long webinar will provide practical direction on how utilize an Agile approach even when your organization still practices waterfall. Avoid the pitfalls that can set back teams that don’t effectively plan on how use Agile in a waterfall organization.

Presenter: Tom Wessel (LinkedIn profile)

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule
• 10.2 Manage 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 Being Agile Within A Waterfall Organization