Live Webinar – August 15th, 2013 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
Live Webinar – August 15th, 2013 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM BT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Sponsored by: APMG International

Agile methods and frameworks are increasing in popularity as organizations and individuals seek increased flexibility when managing change initiatives.

Agile approaches are often seen as rivals to waterfall methods including PRINCE2®, when in reality they complement each other.

This webinar will show how the speed of delivery from Agile and the quality of project definition from PRINCE2® satisfies those seeking excellence and flexibility in project deliver, whilst maintaining strong project governance.

The session will:

1. Define what agile working means and how this has been captured in the APMG Agile Project Management qualification scheme
2. Use the PRINCE2® process model to explain how agile project management can govern development, with PRINCE2® governing the overall project.

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work

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 Integrating Agile into PRINCE2®

Live Webinar August 15th, 2013, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Typemock

In 2011, Forrester Research stated that “it’s time for software development professionals to stop sitting on the fence where Agile is concerned”.

If your organization has not taken the plunge yet, it doesn’t mean you’re out of luck.

There are many practices you can start doing today with your team, that will not only give you a head start, but also help convince management that the effort is worth it.

In this webinar, Typemock’s Product Manager, Gil Zilberfeld, will discuss the how to roll out a practical agile plan.

How to get started – Different Rollout Strategies:

• What agile flavor should I choose?
• Supporting technical practices
• Why communication is at the basis of all practices
• How to maximize visibility

Presenter: Gil Zilberfeld, (LinkedIn profile, @gil_zilberfeld) Product Manager, Typemock- Gil has been writing software since childhood (Logo Turtles) and hasn’t stopped since. As the product manager at Typemock, working as part of an agile team in an agile company, creating tools for agile developers. He promotes unit testing and other design practices, down-to-earth agile methods, and some incredibly cool tools. Gil blogs at http:⁄⁄www.gilzilberfeld.com on different agile topics, including processes, communication and unit testing. He also writes at the Typemock blog and presents locally and abroad on these topics.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule

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 Step-by-Step Guide to Building Effective Agile Development Processes

Live Webinar – August 15th, 2013 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 30 Minutes Credits: 0.50 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Competitive Solutions Inc.

How do you build your scorecard?

In order to track overall business performance, most organizations have some form of business scorecard or balanced scorecard in place.

Whether using a simple spread sheet or a comprehensive scorecard software technology, scorecards are driven by the development and leveraging of specific, tactical measures commonly known as metrics.

When done correctly, metrics allow leaders to know both the expected results (goals), the actual results (outcomes) and give leaders an opportunity to focus future efforts on continually improving performance.

Although using metrics is common, what is not common to most organizations is the implementation of a continuous improvement and an auditing process to ensure that the scorecards have the right kind of metrics.

The first step in improving your scorecards is to have the ability to identify and eliminate the metrics that you simply don’t need.

3 Kinds of Business Metrics:

1. The Meaningful
2. The Nice-to-Know
3. The Stuff filling up my screen

Join this webinar to learn some great tips on how to develop effective scorecards.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information
• 10.4 Manage Stakeholder Expectations
• 10.5 Report Performance

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 Business Performance by Maximizing Your Scorecard Effectiveness with More Meaningful Metrics

Live Webinar August 14th, 2013, 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar August 14th, 2013, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

The traditional “control” mindset of information security cannot keep pace with technological and behavioral change, resulting in policies and technologies that cause frustration and impede agility.

A new approach is required – one that recognizes how the relationships between IT, the business and individuals have been transformed irrevocably.

Discussion Topics:

• Why the status quo approaches to information security are untenable
• If a less control-intensive, more people-centric strategy makes sense
• The elements of a potential people-centric approach

Presenter: TomScholtz (LinkedIn profile),VP Distinguished Analyst

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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 Consider a People-Centric Information Security Strategy