Live Webinar March 21th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

Business Analyst Helps Business Define
The Value Of Any Given Solution

Value is what a customer is willing to pay for. What is delivered goes beyond a customer’s expectations – that is value. Value is something the customer cares about. Join our panel to discuss the definition of value and its application in the practice of business analysis.

You will:

• Explore your definition of value
• Be able to explain why the definition of value is an important BA activity
• Ask questions of the panelists
• Share your opinion

The BABOK^® Guide is the foundation of the business analysis profession, and the starting point for a business analysis career – but it’s not the whole story. In the years since IIBA published version 2, the Business Analysis community has discovered many important implications to the knowledge collected in the book. Many of these realizations are integrated into a new model for understanding the BABOK^® Guide, called the Business Analyst Core Concept Model^â„¢ (BACCM).

Each episode will bring together different thought leaders from the Business Analysis community, to explore some aspect of Business Analysis, and to provide advice to practicing BAs. Each hour-long show will begin with a presentation and discussion of some aspect of the BABOK® Guide, followed about 30 minutes of Q&A from the audience.

Panellists:

Joy Beatty, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Research & Development Seilevel, Joy Beatty has 15 years of experience in helping change the way customers create requirements with new requirements methodologies and training courses. She is a contributor to the core team for the new release of the IIBA BABOK^® Guide. She is a co-author of the newly published book, Visual Models for Software Requirements (Best Practices (Microsoft) and is currently working on Software Requirements, 3rd Edition with Karl Wiegers

Mary Gorman CBAP, CSM (LinkedIn profile), is VP of quality and delivery at EBG Consulting. Mary works with global clients, speaks at industry conferences, and writes on requirements topics for the business analysis community. In addition to serving on the IIBA® Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® Committee for four years, Mary helped create the first CBAP® certification exam.

Julian Sammy(LinkedIn profile, @sci_ba ) (EBA, IIBA): Enterprise Business Analysis and Core Team Lead BABOK^® Guide

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Live Webinar – March 20th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
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

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) has caught steam over the last few years. It is now not enough to just “do the project right”, but also important to “do the right projects”. Many organizations are looking for an easy way to integrate PPM into their regular Project Management processes.

Microsoft Project Server 2010 has brought integrated Portfolio Management capabilities which makes achieving the intersection of PPM with portfolio Management possible. Now using Project Server 200, Organizations can methodically select projects that will yield the most value for their dollar, and also carry them through the execution using the same tool.

This session will cover the specifics of how you can use Project Server 2010 for Portfolio management across your organization while still making sure your projects are being done right. In addition, we will also look into how you can integrated PPM into a sample Stage Gate Process, generally followed by organizations.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT…. Even if you only take the 3 session 6 hour MPUG Project Portfolio Management Masterclass (6 Category A PDUs) the$129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value to get the PPM MPUG Certificate and add it to your resume.

MPUG Membership also includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …….

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

Speaker Profile: Prasanna Adavi (LinkedIn profile) PMP, MCTS is a Senior EPM Consultant with EPM Architects, Inc. He is also a subject matter expert in implementing Project Management and Portfolio Management processes for organizations using MS Project and MS Project Server platforms. He has extensive background in IT Project management across multiple domains like ERP Implementations (SAP), Application Development, Creative Services and Automotive.

Click to register for Bring Project Portfolio Management To Your PMO Using Project Server 2010

Live Webinar March 20th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
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

Gain an understanding of project management fundamentals in an IT context.

This session will provide descriptions of basic project management phases and explain how they can be applied for project success.

Discuss how these project management deliverables can be leveraged to contribute to your projects being delivered on time.

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.

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Live Webinar – March 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

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a strategic decision making approach aimed at maximizing overall returns on project investments. By focusing on the “right” projects, it is expected that there will be improved organization alignment to strategic plans as well as optimized utilization of financial and human resources.

Unfortunately, there is a significant amount of misinformation in the marketplace about PPM and many organizations that have attempted to implement these practices have failed. Of course, vendors stand ready to “help” unsuspecting executives with snake oil claims of “silver bullet” process or tool purchases to achieve PPM nirvana.

This webinar will provide you with a solid grounding of PPM principles – costs, benefits, critical success factors and lessons learned. These will help you decide whether pursuing PPM improvement is a valuable and realistic goal for your organization. This presentation will also improve your knowledge of the PPM lifecycle and provide you with the key decisions and approaches necessary to launch a successful PPM initiative.

Who should attend this webinar?
C-Level Management, IT Directors and Managers or Directors of PMOs

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: 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’

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Live Webinar March 21st, 2013 – 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1.5 Hours 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDUs
Presented by: Praxis (REP #1231)

NOTE: Although Praxis is an REP they have stated that this opportunity will not be registered with PMI® as a Category A opportunity. If you have any questions contact Mrs Jamie Morris with Praxis. See below for Category C documentation details.

In the years since the FDA published Pharmaceutical cGMPs for the 21st Century – A Risk Based Approach many organizations have adopted the vision of implementing practical, risk-based software validation methods. However, often the next step – implementing the vision – is a very big one.

The objective of this webinar is to get you started implementing practical, risk-based software validation methods!

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 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.’

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