Live Webinar -August 21st, 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

“Respect The People In Your Program”
Is A Core Principle Of Lean Project Management

A Lean enterprise is an organization that recognizes that its people are the most important resource and is one that adopts high performance work practices Gittell, (2003).

In a Lean program, people are not afraid to identify problems and imperfections honestly and openly in real time, brainstorm root causes and corrective actions without fear, and plan effective solutions together by consensus to prevent the problem from occurring again.

To achieve this early on in the project life cycle, the project team must develop shared understanding of the project its goals and constraints, its environment and the role of team members in the project.

Shared understanding can be defined as a “shared, organized understanding and mental representation of the key elements of the team’s relevant environment” Mohammed & Dumville, (2001).

Traditional project management relies on the development of shared understanding as a result of teamwork during the project life cycle. Although such understanding is eventually developed in most projects the cost of limited shared understanding early on in the project life cycle may be significant as the most important decisions are made during the early phases of the project.

In this session we present the result of our research in which MS Project and Simulation Based Training (SBT) were used to develop shared understanding among project team members in a pre-project phase. In a set of controlled experiments project teams analyzed project requirements, performed trade off analysis and developed efficient solutions in a simulated environment.

Results show that pre-project sessions can generate shared understanding at a very low cost and increase performances substantially.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will explore the use of simulation software to test scheduling strategies as part of their overall project risk management activities.
• Participants will examine the concept of using predefined project simulations for on the job training within the workplace environment.

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1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
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5. And so much more …….

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Click to register for Shared Understanding Among Project Stakeholders: A New Methodology for Agile Project Management

Live August 21st, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

Are your business analysis capabilities
Where they need to be
For the outcomes you want to have?

The research is mounting: Companies with poor business analysis will have three times as many project failures as successes; and 68% of companies are likely to have a marginal project or outright failure than a success due to the way they approach business analysis.

In a world of corporate restructuring, changes, and mergers, business leaders are looking to incorporate business analysis into their project management to improve project success and bring more value to the business.

In this one-hour webinar by BA expert John Parker, participants will learn:

• Why business analysis is a major source of failed and challenged projects
• The importance of business analysis from both a BABOK and PMBOK perspective and how to use the practice to address the PMBOK Stakeholder Management Process
• What upfront and ongoing business analysis activities can reduce scope creep and improve project success
• How to integrate key business deliverables into the work breakdown structure

Participants will leave with clear takeaways for how to integrate business analysis and project management for spectacular results.

Modern Analyst will also provide you with a few assets like an Analyst Brief titled “A Guide to PM/BA Collaboration” and more.

** Eligible for PDUs, CDUs. **

Presenter: John E. Parker (LinkedIn profile) President and CEO Enfocus Solutions Inc.

Click to register for How to Integrate Business Analysis into the Project Management Process for Spectacular Results

Live Webinar August 21st, 2013 11:00 am – 11:45 pm EDT
Duration: 45 Min Credits: 0.5 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

As the project team develops the code to meet the authorized requirements, the newly built functionality must be verified to ensure it reflects the authorized requirements and satisfies the business need.

This can be accomplished by implementing the following integrated methodology deliverables:

• Project status report,
• Team status report,
• Issue definition,
• Risk definition,
• Change request,
• Unit test defect log(s),
• System integration test (SIT)
• Defect log(s),
• User acceptance (UT) defect log,
• Requirements traceability log

Learn how to each deliverable can be beneficial to your project.

Click to register for Project Control & Verification

Live Webinar August 22nd, 2013, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar August 22nd, 2013, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Better Decision Making Has Long Been
The Ultimate Goal Of BI

Collaboration and social capabilities are converging with BI and analytics to optimize both strategic and tactical decisions, while advanced analytics, rule engines and event processing are converging to optimize operational decisions.

Discussion Topics:

• How organizations can optimize strategic and tactical decisions through collaborative decision making
• How organizations can build prescriptive real-time decision capabilities to optimize operational decisions
• Best practices in deploying collaborative decision making and intelligent business operations

Presenter: Rita L.Sallam (LinkedIn profile), Research VP

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Charter
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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 Optimizing Decisions – The Last Mile of Business Intelligence