Live Webinar March 22nd, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
Duration:1.5 hour Webcast – 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Event Code: 163822 A Microsoft Event Presented by: Imaginet

Are You Using Lean and Kanban Principles?

Kanban was originally created as a scheduling system to help manufacturing organizations determine what to produce, when to produce it, and how much to produce.

Although this may not sound like software development, these lean principles can be successfully applied to development teams to improve the delivery of value through better visibility and limits on work in process.

This webinar will provide an overview of the Kanban method, including the history and motivation, the core principles and practices, and how these apply to efficiency and process improvement in software development.

Imaginet will also describe how Team Foundation Server can be used as a foundation for your work visualization and work flow management.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management

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 Lean, Kanban, and TFS

Live Webinar March 21st, 2013, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar March 21, 2013, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Audrey will address:

1. Key inflection points,
2. Changing assumptions and …
3. Major trends occurring within the disciplines of project, program and portfolio management.

These “hot” concepts will define a future very different from the present. We’ll help you prepare for the future by taking action today.

Discussion Topics:

• What about today’s common wisdom for PPM is quickly becoming incorrect or insufficient?
• What scenarios will describe the future foundations of PPM?
• What actions should PPM leaders take today to prepare for the future?

Presenter: Audrey L. Apfel, (LinkedIn profile) Managing VP

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 Be Prepared For The Future Of Program & Portfolio Management

Live Webinar March 20th, 2013 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

This webcast talk presented by Scott Murray author of Interactive Data Visualization for the Web, will introduce ideas from conceptual art, connecting them to the daily challenges faced by data visualizers working with code.

The spheres of art and design are quite concerned with process, and the practice of data visualization should be no different. The design process is critical, but so is the process through which the audience interacts with our work, as well as the mapping process — expressed in code — of translating data values into visuals.

Presenter: Scott Murray is a code artist and author of Interactive Data Visualization for the Web. Scott writes software to create data visualizations and other interactive phenomena. His work incorporates elements of interaction design, systems design, and generative art. Scott is an Assistant Professor of Design at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches data visualization and interaction design. He is a contributor to Processing, and he teaches workshops on creative coding. Scott earned an A.B. from Vassar College and an M.F.A. from the Dynamic Media Institute at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 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.’

Click to register for The Value of Process

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

Click to register for IIBA: Exploring the BABOK® Guide Webinar Series: Episode III – What is Value?

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.

Click to register for Apply PM Fundamentals to IT