Live Webinar June 11th, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT or …
Live Webinar June 11th, 2013 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hr Webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Many smart, otherwise-capable testers sabotage their own careers by committing one or more of the deadly sins of testing.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Testing:

1. Irrelevance/redundancy
2. Ignorance of relevant skills or facts
3. Obstructionism
4. Adversarialism
5. Nit-picking
6. Blindness to project/organizational priorities
7. Last-moment-ism

Are you your own worst enemy?

You might recognize your own behaviors, or behaviors of others on your test team. Rex will discuss these seven sins and more, helping you be more effective in Agile projects.

Rex gives examples of these behaviors through case studies, and tells you how to stop the behaviors and solve the problems those behaviors have created. For sinners and non-sinners alike, Rex offers ideas on how to become a testing saint.

Join Rex and discuss these seven deadly sins.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

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Live Webinar June 11th, 2013 – 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Financial Services Industry CoP (REP #S006)
Presented by: Peteer Taylor “The Lazy Project Manager”

Background:

Organizations demand that the projects that they commission these days are successful in order to meet their increasingly aggressive strategic goals, and for this to be possible the project managers that lead these strategic projects need to be the very best that they can be. But these very projects are also becomingly more challenging.

Method:

So what are the issues that the ’21st Century’ project manager faces that can be very different from projects in the past, or at least more difficult?

A look at five of these will be taken to provoke thought and begin discussions on what we all need to do now.

Here in the 21st Century:

• Profile of projects
• Complexity of projects
• Virtuality of projects
• Sponsoring of projects
• Benefits from projects

Results:

The presentation aims to stimulate thought from the audience about where we should all be focusing our efforts in order to deal with the ’21st Century’ challenges that project managers face.

Conclusions:

Join me in saying ‘goodbye’ to the ‘Accidental Project Manager’ and ‘hallo’ to the ’21st Century Project Manager’.

Presenter: Peter Taylor(LinkedIn profile, @TheLazyPM) is a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in Project Management. With over the 26 years experience in various business areas Peter has excelled in MRP/ERP systems with various software houses, Business Intelligence (BI) , and product lifecycle management (PLM) with Siemens. He has spent the last 7 years leading PMOs and developing project managers and is now focusing on project based services development with Infor.

Peter is also an accomplished communicator and leader speaking at PMI Chapters/Congresses and the author of several books including The Lazy Project Manager: How to be twice as productive and still leave the office early and ‘Leading Successful PMOs‘ (Gower) and teaches leadership to business professionals with ‘The Lazy Winner‘. Check out his terrific website and listen to his free podcasts in iTunes.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

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The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
ITMPI Membership

Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
An Excellent Value!!

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Note: ITMPI charges a fee to obtain individual PDU codes. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code should be able to be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. An ITMPI Membership entitles you to receive all ITMPI PDU Codes and recordings.

Live Webinar June 12th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

With this webinar, the software development team will learn how to use Design for Six Sigma to produce high-quality software from the inception of their projects.

Note: ITMPI is now charging a fee to obtain the PDU code. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code can be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. Start to record your PDU – on Step 2 place the Rep # 2733 (in our listing) in the “Provider Number” area and the title of the webinar in the “Activity Name” and hit search. Select the code and continue to record the event. If you need further assistance contact us at Hello at pduOTD.com

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Live Webinar – June 12th, 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

Whether or not you have the PgMP designation or other alphabet soup after your name, sooner or later you’ll probably need to direct, manage, or coordinate efforts across a collection of projects.

Welcome to Program Management!
But what’s different about managing
Programs vs. Projects?

And how can we leverage the capabilities for Project Web App to plan, execute, monitor and control multiple projects within the context of a Program?

PWA has features and capabilities specifically geared to helping you to manage the complexities of Program schedules and related information, while streamlining team communications and driving accountability.

Find out how to take advantage of PWA to drive your programs home in this edition of Project Talk!

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!

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Live Webinar June 13th, 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.

Software Quality Assurance and Validation professionals operate in an ever changing regulatory environment.

It can be difficult to find the time to monitor the US and international information to be aware of new regulations, guidance documents, and enforcement trends.

This session will quickly bring you back up to the minute!

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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