Live Webinar – August 28th, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

Requirements Planning adds incredible value to the requirements process.

More than simply creating another “work breakdown structure” document, this is an opportunity to address risks proactively and gain better stakeholder participation.

This session demonstrates how every component of a requirements plan adds value.

Learning Objectives:

1. Illustrate the pitfalls of traditional approaches to Requirements Planning
2. Deliver guidelines for making Requirements Planning a value-add activity
3. Know what material must be present in a high quality requirements planning document

Click to register for 5 Things You Must Know About Requirements Planning

Live Webinar – August 28th, 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

The New Project & How To Deploy To The Cloud

This session will cover the Project Online Cloud benefits around infrastructure, scalability and security, as well as the roadmap to deployment.

Learning Objectives:

During this event, students will learn…the comparison of cloud online to on-premise, as well as what’s new in collaboration, resource management, communications at the team level and how data driven decisions are made simpler.

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!

Presenter: Larry Mead PMP (LinkedIn profile) holds a Masters in International Business, is a PMP, and owns Microsoft MCP and MCITS certifications. He is also Six Sigma certified, and a faculty professor for graduate level courses at the University of Phoenix.

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Live Webinar August 28th, 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

The Biggest Management And Leadership Challenges
May Not Come From Your Project Team.

They come from the need to manage up—your sponsor, your boss, senior management and other stakeholders.

Objectives:

• Describe what it means to manage up
• Identify senior stakeholders you need to influence
• Define issues that require you to manage up
• Describe steps to improve communication with senior stakeholders

This webinar will focus on ways to influence your senior stakeholders to achieve their goals along with project goals.

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 – August 27th, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Enfocus Solutions
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: 1 Category C PDU- Free PDU

In this Webinar, the presenters will discuss how to resolve a business problem by preparing a process model using BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation).

They will then use the process model to create a set of requirements that define how to transition from the “as is” to the “to be” state.

The following topics will be discussed as part of the webinar:

• Identifying the business problem
• Using a Process Classification Framework to identify impacted processes
• Analyzing the problem using an AS IS Process Model
• Defining the optimal TO BE model using BPMN ad Simulation Technology
• Using the TO BE Model as the foundation for Scoping the Solution
• Defining a Set of Requirements to Transition to the TO BE State

Presenters: Deepak Singh, President of AccuProcess and John Parker, (LinkedIn profile) Chief Visionary Officer of Enfocus Solutions Inc.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 5.5 Validate 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 From Process Models to Requirements

Live Webinar August 27th, 2013 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

On-boarding Has Its Challenges

.Bringing new employees on board is one of the toughest challenges people face . 40% of new leaders fail in their first 18 months because of mistakes made in the very beginning by those new leaders AND by the organizations bringing them in around fit, delivery and adjustment. Critical mistakes made so early can be devastating for all involved.

Learn how HR executives and hiring managers can help new employees take charge, build their teams and get great results in new roles faster than anyone thought possible.

This session pulls from the presenter’s five books on the subject, and his weekly column on Forbes.com, The New Leader’s Playbook. He’ll also apply his own global experience as a line manager. Those supporting new employees work through three phases of onboarding akin to producing, directing, and stage managing a show.

Producing is about assembling the resources required for success. When it comes to onboarding, this is about aligning stakeholders around the role and onboarding plan and acquiring talent in the right way.

Directing is required to set the new employee up for success, co-creating a Personal Onboarding Plan to clarify expectations and interdependencies.

Stage Managing is what is required to make sure the new employee can do work on day one can work with others, and can deliver and adjust along the way.

Attendees will emerge with an understanding of how to:

1. Create an onboarding timeline and recruiting brief and align stakeholders around them
2. Pre-sell while buying and then close the right sale the right way
3. Help others deliver by co-creating and supporting new employee’s Personal Onboarding Plan
4. Manage the announcement cascade and pro-actively introduce new employees
5. Provide resources and support to help new employees accelerate and adjust along the way

Presented by: George Bradt, Managing Director, PrimeGenesis is author of the best sellers The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Get Immediate Results, and Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time, The New Job 100 Day Plan,

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.2 Acquire 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 The Art of Onboarding: A Step-by-Step Guide to Accelerating Success

Live Webinar August 27th, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S004)

Have you heard of IKIWISI?
It stands for “I’LL KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT”

Customers don’t really know what they want and simply asking them to tell you won’t help. That is why Agile advocates using visual modeling techniques to engage your customer in ‘visioning’ what they really want.

Come learn some of the top Agile Modeling and Visualization techniques you can use to help your customers communicate their vision and reach deeper knowledge of their desired outcomes.

New to Agile? Please watch this Overview of the Agile Lifecycle video before this session.

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

Presenter: Sally Elatta, (LinkedIn profile) one of PMIs® LEAD Experts, is a dynamic Coach, Trainer and Public Speaker who is passionate about transforming individuals, teams and organizations into improving their project management and software development practices and delivering business value early and often. She is a certified ScrumMaster, Scrum Practitioner, Certified by IBM, Microsoft and Sun.

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