Live Webinar July 10th, 2012 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Scheduling CoP (REP #L002)

Steve Devaux’s 1999 book Total Project Control: A Manager’s Guide to Integrated Project Planning, Measuring, and Tracking introduced the concept of critical path drag, which three major PM packages now compute. His 2012 article “The Drag Efficient” (Defense AT&L Magazine) and his chapter “Time is a Killer” in A Handbook of Emergency Response (CRC Press, 2013) expand on the concept.

This webinar will explain the importance of drag in schedule optimization and recovery, and how to calculate it in both all-FS networks and with complex dependencies.

The webinar presenter will be Steve Devaux (LinkedIn profile), PMP, MSPM, the President of Analytic Project Management, Swampscott, MA. He has taught project management as Adjunct Instructor at Suffolk, Brandeis, and University of the West Indies. Devaux has consulted for over 25 years with numerous Fortune 500 clients, including Siemens, BAE Systems, Texas Instruments, Wells Fargo Bank, Intelsat, Wyeth, Respironics and iRobot.

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Live Webinar – July 9th 2013, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
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

It is estimated that as few as 25% of business messages
Are understood the first time they are sent.

Given all the issues that can arise when two parties try to communicate, it may seem surprising that that number is anywhere near as high as it is!

When it comes to face-to-face communications, one of the keys to overcoming communication issues is mastering the “active listening” skill set.

Active listening involves the listener joining the speaker in taking responsibility for the proper understanding of the message and although many of us are born with such innate skills, for most of us they are learned traits.

This seminar will provide an overview of the communications model, with special focus on identifying where things can go wrong, introduce the participants to the essential skills involved in active listening, and, finally, suggest implementation strategies to make using these skills second nature.

Presenter: Dave Caccamo, PMP, (LinkedIn profile) has 30 years of experience in engineering, economics and project management.With a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Economics (Engineering Minor) Dave demonstrated his ability to make complex business and engineering concepts understandable to executives, managers and technicians through his fundamental modeling of subject matter.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resource 10 – Communications 13 – Stakeholder

• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Manage Communications
• 10.3 Control Communications
• 13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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Live Webinar July 9th, 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)

In this webinar, we explore “TRIZ” – the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving.

It’s a fairly simple and very clever way of helping you get unstuck when you are faced with a dilemma with your project, software design or a business process problem.

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Live Webinar – July 9th 2013, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Hosted By: Systemation

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It’s a challenge for some people to find good business reasons for paying attention to emotions, but emotions are a key piece of data in a collection of information that can make or break your project.

Managing projects effectively doesn’t start with getting stakeholder buy-in. It starts with you. Before you can assess and tune into the emotions of others on your project, you must be aware and tuned into your own emotions first. We’ll take a look at how you can leverage your emotions and the emotions of others to successfully deliver projects.

Presenter: Alison Sigmon (LinkedIn profile)

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