Live Webinar July 24th, 2012 – 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S009)

In an economy where doing more with less has become the order of the day and where value realisation has the strongest focus, our project portfolio and project management practises must reflect and support rigorous processes that seek out maximum value.

This presentation explores an overview on value drivers and best practices for measuring and delivering value.

Learn more about value management and how to ensure value delivery on projects

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

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Live Webinar July 24th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 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

Leaders want information but they may neglect 4 simple questions.

When asked with the intent of development and appreciation, these questions will provide insight to the motivators of their team members, ways to assess changes, ideas for improvements or things to keep the same, and a closeness or understanding of their team members like no other set of questions.

In this webinar, you will learn the 4 questions, how and when to ask them, and what to do with the results.

Learning Objectives:

• Consider the respondent prior to asking questions
• Think through timing and approach before asking questions
• Temper tone and delivery when asking questions
• Have at least four questions to ask to learn about family, colleagues and team members

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 – July 25th, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
By: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 2 Hrs 2 Cat A PDU/CDUs – $89.99 USD for 2 PDU / CDU

OR …….. The course is included in an (over 100 PDUs Available)
All Access Pass – 6 Months for $229.95 USD or 1 YR $349.95
Please enter Referral Code 576587

When asking people why they want to use agile delivery methods, one of the most common reasons one hears is that they want to “deliver faster.” It seems that there is a widespread frustration with the way administrative bureaucracy, inefficient development processes, and overburdening governance processes impede project performance.

In many cases, an apparently simple, short development project cannot be delivered quickly because of the process and governance overheads that stretch the project out across the calendar and act as a multiplier on the estimated project budget.

Of course, project sponsors are frustrated with this situation.

Needless red tape slowing down a project is a liability that should be rooted out and eradicated within organizations. The problem, however, is that agile methods are not about delivering faster; rather, their benefits are in other areas.

Join noted author and agile project management expert Kevin Aguanno in this live webinar as he explains the misconceptions and the underlying truths about faster software delivery using agile methods and uncovers the preconditions to achieving speed.

Along the way, Kevinwill discuss the more easily achievable benefits of agile and how speed comes with higher levels of agile maturity.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Understand the range of benefits one can gain from agile software development
• Understand which benefits are achieved at lower levels of maturity, and which are achieved at higher levels of maturity
• Understand the preconditions required to achieve faster delivery, including the ever-elusive gold standard of “continuous deployment” (including both management and software engineering practices)

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Kevin Aguanno IPMA CSM CSP APM PMP ACP (LinkedIn profile) is known in the industry for his innova¬tive approaches to solving common project management problems with agile project management and troubled project recovery by using techniques from Scrum, Extreme Programming, Feature-Driven Development, OpenUP and other agile methods.Kevin also performs IPMA assessments for the ASAPM in the U.S.A. and the PMAC in Canada. In 2013, the PMAC formally recognized Aguanno with its highest honor by naming him a Fellow of the Project Management Association of Canada (FPMAC).

Kevin Aguanno is the author of over thirty books, CD’s & DVD’s including:

• Dispelling Common Myths About Agile
• An Introduction to Agile
• Managing Agile Projects
• 101 Ways to Reward Team Members for $20 (or Less!)
• Measurement and Control of Agile Projects
• Agile Project Management Using Scrum
• The Agile PMO: From Process Police to Adaptive Governance [Audio CD]
• The Agile Planning Game: Rapid Estimating and Scheduling for High-Change Projects [DVD]

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Live Webinar – July 24th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX – The Process Excellence Network

Business Process Management can be a real game changer for organizations enabling them to simultaneously lower costs, increase efficiency and improve customer satisfaction.

All too often, process professionals find that they struggle to communicate the value of BPM to senior businesses executives. This can result in frustration on both sides and lead to the sub optimal performance of the BPM program as a whole.

In this webinar, Mac McConnell from BonitaSoft. shares communication techniques and messages that process professionals can use to better communicate with their executive teams about BPM.

Join this webinar to:

1. Understand the psychology of the C-Suite and how to align your BPM initiatives with their “hot button” issues
2. Learn the importance of developing key messages for different audiences
3. Get practical ideas and examples of messages you can use in the boardroom from anything on risk management through to customer satisfaction

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 10.2 Manage Communications

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 July 25th, 2012 – 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.

The prospect of a software quality audit can be intimidating and the work to prepare can seem daunting.However, audits are not generally conducted according to random processes, nor do auditors ask random questions.By learning what to expect, you can be prepared!

In this session, you will receive an overview of standard audit terminology, roles and processes. You will learn how to prepare your validation documentation,standard operating procedures, facilities, and personnel for the software quality audit.

Praxis will review frequently asked questions and checklists from international regulatory guidance. The session will also address approaches to handling problemtopics.

You will learnbest practice tactics for use during the audit. And finally, to help you determine where to focus your preparation efforts, this session will provide statistics from FDA inspections on the most prevalent software quality topics and the most cited typed of computer systems.

• Fundamental audit terminology, roles and practices
• Key US and international regulatory guidelines regarding software quality audits
• Audit preparation for staff, facilities, and documentation
• Common software quality audit questions
• Best practices during an audit
• Accommodating requests for access to computer systems and data
• Most frequently inspected systems and software quality topics

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 Control

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 – July 24th, 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

In this session MPUG will discuss Assignments and Tracking in Microsoft Project.

Sneak Peak (Pun) in Project:

1. Definition of Assignment Units and Peak Units
2. What views in MS Project support seeing the Assignment Units and Peak Units values
3. What happens when you assign and change assignments, duration or work values

The Art of Tracking:

1. Learn about Microsoft Project Baselines
2. Entering Actuals into Microsoft Project (Methods and Locations)
3. Comparing Actuals to Baseline

At the conclusion of this event, attendees will be able to explain the differences between Assignment and Peak Units and they will be able to explaining how to enter progress into Microsoft Project.

Please join MPUG to find out the details behind these two elusive topics within Microsoft Project. Where are they hiding and how to make them work for you!

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!

Presenters :

John Riopel (LinkedIn profile)

Bonnie Biafore (LinkedIn profile) is an engineer and project manager, she’s thorough and steadfastly attentive to detail but redeems herself in her writing by using her sense of humor to transform mundane subjects into entertaining reading. Bonnie is an award-wining author of over 25 books on project management, accounting, investing, personal finance, and technology including: Your Project Management Coach: Best Practices for Managing Projects in the Real World, QuickBooks 2013: The Missing Manual: The Official Intuit Guide to QuickBooks 2013, and Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual. Learn more at Bonnie’s website,

Click to register for The Sneak Peak and the Art of Tracking