Live Webinar – September 24th 2013, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

Sometimes we wonder how Microsoft ever came up with SharePoint. SharePoint is the perfect enterprise integration platform and Microsoft is the perfect transactional, product-focused, marketing company. It just doesn’t fit, which is the main problem surrounding the poor adoption and use of the most powerful business application on the market, SharePoint 2010.

The reality is, for a large enterprise to gain the competitive advantage and efficiencies SharePoint can provide, it must look at HOW or better yet WHO is driving adoption.

Here is why the SharePoint BA is so critical. It isn’t about governance or basic administration. Yes, those things are important, but they are the chicken before the egg. The egg is USE!!!

We are right in the middle of the transformation of power in IT systems moving from geeks to the users, because the users are becoming geeks. SharePoint is the pinnical of user enabled IT power.

This web seminar will discuss at a high level

• The vast potential real world applications for SharePoint.
• ASPE will dig into the traditional role of a business analyst
• And they will discuss what the roles and responsibilities would be for a SharePoint business analyst

The optimal goal is to provide details on how organizations can increase the use of SharePoint in the enterprise, which will save a significant amount of money and time and lead to much quicker time to market.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 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’

Click to register for The SharePoint Business Analyst

Live Webinar – Sept 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

NOTE: Everyone who attends the LIVE webinar on 24 September and participates in the polls will receive a signed complimentary copy of “Lean for Dummies”, co-authored by Bruce Williams.

The results have been staggering: Over 100 billion dollars of value realized; dramatically improved products and services; companies hearing and responding to the voice of the customer like never before; motivated employees and suppliers removing all kinds of waste and increasing customer and consumer value.

But for everything that Lean and Six Sigma practices have done for companies and institutions the world over, something’s been missing.

There’s a big elephant in the room, and it’s called Enterprise IT.

We’ve worked around it for two decades, but we’re in a digital world now, and it can’t be avoided any longer. Lean and Six Sigma weren’t designed for Enterprise IT – and likewise, Enterprise IT wasn’t designed for Lean Six Sigma.

Neither can truly advance without the other –> It’s now time to reboot Lean and Six Sigma and include advanced Business Process Management (BPM) capabilities.

Join this webinar to:

• Find out where the industry is heading and join the discussion on the next era of business transformation
• Understand the key capabilities and methods that you can leverage from BPM to supercharge your Lean Six Sigma program
• Reflect on the future of Lean Six Sigma and how to effectively combine the power of people, process, and technology to meet the challenges of this century

Presenter: Bruce Williams (LinkedIn profile) is Vice President of Technology Architecture and Manufacturing at Pegasystems Inc. Mr. Williams speaks and writes frequently on topics in business and technology trends. He co-authored Six Sigma for Dummies (2005 and 2012), Six Sigma Workbook for Dummies (2006), Lean for Dummies (2007, 2012), and booklet publications of BPM Basics for Dummies (2008) and Process Intelligence for Dummies (2010).

* Do you have a busy schedule? –> If you miss the release time, don’t worry – this webinar will also be made available on demand.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders

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 Great Lean Six Sigma Re-Boot

Live Webinar Sept 27th, 2013 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

In this interactive webcast presented by Stephen Wendel author of Designing for Behavior Change, he will talk about the business of behavior change: what it means for companies to design products that help users change their daily behavior and routines.

From this webcast you will learn:

• How to discover the right behavior to change – generating product ideas and evaluating them for their beneficial impact for users and for the company or NGO
• Clarifying the target outcome, actor, and action – how to get everyone on the same page and avoid disagreements down the line
• Sustainable business models for building behavior change products
• Ways to build relationships and work together with behavioral economists and others to get additional expertise and insight

Steve will also preview a set of worksheets that companies and NGOs can use to start the process of designing for behavior change.

Presenter: Steve Wendel (LinkedIn profile) is the Principal Scientist at HelloWallet. Steve is a behavioral social scientist by training, and works with behavior economists and psychologists to conduct research on behavior change, especially around savings and spending behavior. Steve is author of Designing for Behavior Change for O’Reilly, which gives step by by instructions for designers and product managers on how to develop products that help users change their daily behavior – from exercising more to learning a new language.

About the Book: The impetus behind the book comes from his experiences at HelloWallet, which has confronted first-hand the frustrations and failures that come from the two most common approaches to behavior change: telling people what to do (without taking into account their psychology), and trying to directly apply the research literature (without focusing on the quality of the product itself).

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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 Business of Behavior Change

Live Webinar September 23rd, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Pharmaceutical CoP (REP #S012)

Project managers face a paradox when it comes to leadership: they are tasked with taking responsibility for controlling projects in the absence of tangible authority.

Project Assistants’ President and CEO, Gus Cicala, will present real-world examples for the importance of project leaders, cover the defining moments for projects and their leaders and offer practical methods for establishing, maintaining, and regaining control through the predictable points of resistance in projects.

First, Gus will use real-world, high-stakes scenarios to discuss leadership in a general sense. Then, he will apply these concepts to project managers, using a unique perspective of cadence and rhythm to establish control with minimal confrontation.

The presentation will ensure that the audience has practical takeaways by:

1. Highlighting “defining moments” for project leaders,
2. Considering what difficulties arise and what sacrifices might have to be made, and
3. Offering methods for practical solutions and methods for resolving the issues.

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

Presenter: Augustus (Gus) Cicala is the President, CEO, and founder of Project Assistants, Inc. Gus is an expert in portfolio and project management with extensive executive leadership and consulting experience and has worked with a broad range of clients throughout the US and Western Europe.

Click to register for Leadership Is Taken, Not Given!

Live Webinar September 24th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

It is now September of 2013 and what we know and love as “the cloud” is seven years old.

This webinar will bring everyone up to date on today’s cloud and what has happened along the way.

Will all of us be in the cloud version of the “Trough of Disillusionment”? We shall see!

Click to register for The Cloud: Has It Lived Up To The Hype?

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Live Webinar – Sept 23rd 2013, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

Financial Statements:

What are they?
What do they tell me?
Why do I need to care?

As Project Managers and Business Analysts we are constantly asked to change or modify our projects to suit a stakeholders needs/requirements or just whims to adapt their project to fit their needs.

Depending on your organization’s methods of project evaluation or request for changes to a project, a good understanding of these three statements will help you to understand how your projects will affect any company or organization’s finances.

In this free, one-hour web seminar we will discuss the three main financial statements:

1. Income Statement
2. Balance Sheet
3. Statement of Cash Flows

Presenter: Greg Reinhart (LinkedIn profile) knows firsthand the challenges faced by professionals in today’s fast-paced technical, sales and corporate environments. As an international trainer, Greg has learned the unique art of understanding individual work and learning environments, using them as part of the success strategy. Greg is a PMP and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt and Six Sigma Green Belt.

Click to register for Reading and Understanding Financial Statements for Project Managers and Business Analysts