Live Webinar September 5th, 2013 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Construction CoP (REP #S019)

Most are now aware that Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the way of the future, but is it just another tool or is it something more?

Deke Smith (LinkedIn profile), Executive Director of the buildingSMART alliance and co-author of “Building Information Modeling: A Strategic Implementation Guide for Architects, Engineers, Constructors, and Real Estate Asset Managers” published by Wiley in 2009 believes that BIM can be the enabler to bring the Facilities industry into the Information Age.

But there is much work to be done to accomplish this.

We need to break down silos and truly get information to flow. The UK government believes there is 20% of non-value effort that can be eliminated from business processes, in the US we believe this number to be closer to 30%, but the productivity improvement will not happen without some basic building blocks in place.

The National Institute of Building Sciences is the home of the National BIM Standard-United Statesâ„¢ and it is currently undergoing content expansion to Version 3. Version 2 has already had a huge impact on the facilities industry. Participate in this webinar to find out where the industry is moving and how you can keep pace with the coming changes.

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

Presenter: Deke Smith is the Executive Director for the buildingSMART allianceâ„¢ at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). Deke was instrumental in the beginnings of the NIBS Construction Criteria Base, now the Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG). He initiated both the National CAD Standard and the National BIM Standard.

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Live Webinar September 5th, 2013 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Course ID: BAW1312

Projects are expected to address a business need and help an organization attain its goals. Business Analysts are expected to ensure that a project fits into the business context.

In this webinar, participants will learn how to conduct “enterprise analysis” in order to align projects with organizational goals.

The webinar explains the main tasks of Enterprise Analysis according to IIBA®’s BABOK® Guide and then demonstrates select techniques, including root cause analysis, assessing capability gaps, defining solution scope, and leveraging Business Architecture frameworks, such as the Zachman framework.

Learning objectives include:

• Understand the Enterprise Analysis Knowledge Area
• Conduct root cause analysis to determine business needs
• Identify capability gaps using Business Architecture frameworks

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.

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Live Webinar September 6th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

1. Do your project teams lack the clarity of how their project effort fits into the overall corporate strategic direction?
2. When challenged with change requests, do you lack a clear way to decide if the request is actually in scope versus an expansion of the project scope?
3. With multiple ways to develop a project solution, how do you know whether the proposed solution is the best fit for the project and for the organization?

Without alignment on both the objectives of the project and the objectives of the organization, project teams risk building the wrong or inadequate project solution.

Solutions Cube Group’s “Differentiating Business and Project Objectives” webinar provides an in depth lesson on documenting two often overlooked, yet critical, components of the Project Scope Statement: Business and Project Objectives.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Differentiate between Business and Project Objectives
• Recognize how their project fits into the “Big Picture” strategic direction of the company
• Minimize the subjectivity, when presented with Change Requests, regarding in scope needs versus scope creep
• Understand how Objectives will help the team justify and contain the scope for the project solutions being proposed and developed.

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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