Live Webinar July 11th, 2012 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Complex projects carry significant risk of failure. Recently, iterative (and agile) project execution methodologies have been developed to mitigate project risks and increase the chances that the final solution meets the stakeholder’s expectations and the overall business needs.

In this webinar, you will learn how iterative methods differ from tradition waterfall methods and how specific iterative practices are used to reduce the chances for project failure.

Upon completion of this webinar, you will understand how to break a project into iterations, how to pick an iteration length, how to manage iteration and project scope, and how to introduce risk mitigation practices.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• Understand the difference between sequential (waterfall) and iterative methods
• Learn how to define iterations, milestones, and releases
• Increase the chances for project success and reduce risk factors
• Contrast iterative and agile methods
• Understand best practices for iterative (and agile) project execution

About the presenter: Dr. Martin Schedlbauer (LinkedIn profile) has been leading and authoring seminars and workshops in business analysis, software engineering, and project management for over twenty years. Martin, an accomplished business analysis subject matter expert, is a recognized leader in software development practices, a practicing scrum master, experienced software architect, and also serves as an advisor for several industry conferences; additionally, Martin maintains an active research agenda in agile methods, requirements analysis, and human performance modeling.

Click to register for Iterative Projects: Practical Tips and Best Practices for Business Analysts

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

This Discussion Takes Scope To Another Level

The Panelists

• Julian Sammy EBA, IIBA (LinkedIn profile, @sci_ba )
• Deb Oliver, IIBA (BA Connection interview)
  
• Ronald G. Ross, (LinkedIn profile) Business Rule Solutions LLC profile

This Session:

The panelists will provide their views on what is relevant to change – context, and how context and the change itself represent the situation. They will discuss how the environment is analyzed to determine what is in context.This one-hour informative session will give you another perspective what a business analyst needs to consider for any change initiative.

The Series:

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.

Click to register for IIBA: Exploring the BABOK® Guide Webinar Series: Environment, Situation, Context, Change – Episode 7

Live Webinar – July 11th, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Chances are, your CEO’s get the numbers – things like EBITDA, ROI, net and gross revenue, income statements, balance sheets, and related ‘hard’ data.

But perhaps they don’t put the same focus on your firm’s ‘soft’ business needs like Employee Engagement.

If the above sounds like your CEO or C-suite, it is not surprising as the vast majority of C-suite executives are left brain types who are more comfortable using logic, detail, numbers, objectivity, and facts (this is why your CEO probably likes to hang around with the CFO).

Many of us learning, communications, OD, and HR folks are right brain types more reliant on soft skills, feelings, visuals, and intuition and thus have difficulty convincing executives to make Employee Engagement part of your company’s strategic plan.

Invite your C-Suite to join youfor an entertaining and fast paced hour by global employee engagement and leadership expert, author, and speaker Bob Kelleher (a former CHRO, EVP of OD,ANDCOO – who had a seat at the table), as he shares with attendees how to get the C-Suite to embrace employee engagement.

This session will include:

• Latest research to share with your C-Suite that employee engagement DRIVESbusinessresults
• Ways the C-Suite can’walk the talk’ to build trust (the number one engagement driver!)
• Specific tools to help the Training / OD / and HR professional boost company performance via engaged employees
• How the C-suite can build acommunicationprotocol that will engage employees AND build a line of sight between the Company’s goals and everyone’s job
• Why money is not an engagement driver but achievement, recognition, and purpose are
• How to connect youremploymentbrand to your product / service brand to drive both employee and customer engagement

Speaker: Bob Kelleher (LinkedIn profile) is best-selling author, thought leader, keynote speaker and consultant, and travels the globe sharing his insights on employee engagement, leadership, and workforce trends. Bob is the author of the best seller, Louder Than Words: Ten Practical Employee Engagement Steps That Drive Results and the just released Creativeship: A Novel For Evolving Leaders.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manager Project Work
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage 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 How to Get Your CEO & The C Suite To Engage the Workforce

Live Webinar – July 10th 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

The increasing popularity of mobile search requires your website to be compliant across multiple platforms, including smartphones and tablets, if you expect to succeed.

This web seminar will review why mobile is a ‘can’t miss’ factor when taking search engine marketing into account. It will also introduce you to a strategy that will ease the pain of complying with several platforms, and increase your traffic numbers.

Presenter: Rob Sanders, (LinkedIn profile) founder of RSO Consulting, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the world of online marketing. Rob is Google AdWords and Analytics certified and has over 15 years of experience in pay per click (PPC) management, search engine optimization (SEO) and web analytics consulting. Rob is the author of the book 42 Rules for Applying Google Analytics.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope

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 Driving Mobile Search Success

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