Live Webinar – February 20th, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

The optimal path to mature requirements practices is often obscured by misinformation. Register now to see how to make significant operational improvement in requirements maturity and select a path based on a strong foundation of research and quantified success.

The Business Analysis Benchmark is rapidly becoming the world’s leading source of information on the impact of requirements quality on project outcome. We are pleased to announce the release of the 2009 survey results.

Learn:

1. The Facts of Performance: What is the impact of requirements maturity on technology projects?
2. Myth Busting: there are many commonly held beliefs that prevent organizations from successfully making change.
3. Path To Success: What activities can be taken to improve development success.

Featured Speaker: Rob Stewart, Sr. Consultant, IAG Consulting (LinkedIn profile)

Click to register for Myth-Busting The Path To Requirements Success

Live Webinar – February 21st, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Establishing a PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office) is considered to be a best practice approach to improving the value an organization can receive from its project investments.

Why is it then, that a study, conducted in 2005, of 750 organizations worldwide indicated that over 75% of organizations that set up a PMO shut it down within three years because it did not demonstrate any added value?

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar where you will learn key reasons why so many PMOs fail, and gain some valuable knowledge of the critical success factors required to ensure the survival of your PMO.

Who should attend this webinar?
Managers/Directors of PMOs, Project Managers

NOTE: You may have to hit the MORE… link to register for this session on the registration page.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.5 Control Scope
• 6.6 Control Schedule
• 7.3 Control Costs

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 Setting Up a PMO is Not for the Faint Hearted!

Live Webinar February 20th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Every project starts from somewhere – this session discusses the factors associated with project initiation and startup.

This can be accomplished through leveraging the following methodology deliverables:

• Business case,
• Detailed requirements,
• High level design,
• Project charter,
• Project roles,
• Testing strategy,
• User acceptance (UA) test plan.

The purpose and utility for each of these deliverables will be discussed during this tutorial.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

Click to register for Applying IT Methodology to Project Initiation: A Tutorial

Live Webinar – February 20th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Guest $15.00 USD + $1.37 USD Fee

Making your own Project Site templates for Project Server 2010 is not hard, once you know how! And having Project Sites that match the way your organization does business will greatly improve user satisfaction, adoption, and project outcomes.

You already know that every published project can have its own Project Site. Most people simply make do with the standard Project Site template that comes with the software. But what if you want to customize the template, or make different versions for different types of projects?

Maybe you want to change the Issue and Risk forms, add a logo, and capture key metrics that are particular to your business. This webinar will walk you through the basics, and then some.

You will learn how to…

• Create, deploy, and manage Project Site templates.
• Understand the common mistakes to avoid.
• See how you can use custom SharePoint lists to drive standardized management and reporting.
• Build different Site templates for different Enterprise Project Types.
• Use Content Types to hide things you don’t want to (or can’t) delete.
• Organize the Project Site Quick Launch menu to look how YOU want it to look.
• Edit an existing template to add/change features.

In less than an hour, Reid McTaggart will show you, step-by-step, how you can build simple but effective real-world customizations to make your Project Sites look and work better for the people they serve.

Presenter: Reid McTaggart (LinkedIn profile), oversaw EPM services delivery for Microsoft in the Central US Region, Canada and South America, ensuring quality solutions and customer satisfaction. Reid has over 25 years of experience architecting, selling and delivering professional services in project management, real estate and business consulting, including 13 years as a business consulting manager with Arthur Andersen.

Click to register for How to Make Your Own Project Site Templates

Live Webinar February 19th, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Cat C Free – Free PDU
Event Code: 151337 A Microsoft Event Presented by: ABCSI

Featured Product/Topic: Microsoft Office Project

This seminar will cover Advanced topics in MS Project such as Resource pools, Costs, earned value, and Printing reports.

Presenter: Ed Avizur (LinkedIn profile)

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.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring and Control

Knowledge Areas: 7- Cost 10 – Communications

• 7.3 Determine Budget
• 7.4 Control Costs
• 10.3 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 MS Project – Advanced.

Live Webinar February 19th, 2012, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: StickyMinds

What if you could effectively manage the cost and complexity of your mobile application testing without compromising the quality of the result? An effective mobile application testing strategy that uses real devices while leveraging your existing test environment and testing methods—including manual testing, automated testing, and continuous monitoring—can help deliver better results.

IBM’s mobile app testing strategy works by combining multiple testing techniques and utilizing specialized techniques and services from IBM partners, such as Keynote. Keynote’s DeviceAnywhere platform enables mobile app and website testing on real devices, helping to improve quality of your mobile applications while accelerating your test process and making it cost-effective.

During this event, Leigh Williamson from IBM (LinkedIn profile) and Rachel Obstler from Keynote will help you learn:

1. How to simplify your mobile testing with test automation, while leveraging your existing environment
2. How to enable improved control over your testing processes with advanced, state-of-the-art features
3. How to utilize IBM’s Rational Quality Manager and DeviceAnywhere together to easily test on real devices with real results

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance
• 8.3 Control Quality

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 An Integrated Testing Strategy for Your 5-Star Mobile Apps

• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Define Scope