Live Webinar – October 8th 2013, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

Risk Management has typically been known as a project management task rather than a business analysis task.

However, as the modern BA role is being redefined and increases in popularity, BAs are increasingly being asked to manage risks.

As this can sometimes blur the line between the Project Manager and the Business Analyst role, it’s time to discover what your role is when relating to risk management in your organization as a Business Analyst.

This webinar will cover:

• What is Risk?
• Why is Risk Management Important?
• How do Project Manager and Business Analyst roles differ in Risk Management?
• What is unique about Project vs. Requirements Risk?

Presenter: Cheryl Lee CBAP PMP (LinkedIn profile) is a Director at Large at the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Toronto Chapter where she is facilitating a CBAP study group for chapter members. Cheryl is also developing a risk management training program for all PMs, BAs and testers at a large financial institution.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating & Executing, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 11 – Risk

• 11.1 Plan Risk Management
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 Risking it All from the Business Analyst Point of View

Live Webinar – October 10th 2013, 9:00 am -10:00 am 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

Agile is all about the flow of work through a system and how that work is efficiently and effectively ‘managed’.

Most organizations are adept at managing the flow of work at the Team or Project level but many struggle with too much Work In Progress (WIP) at the Program/Portfolio level.

Often times there are too many projects in flight and finite resources are spread across multiple work streams. What first appears as an efficient form of resource utilization is in reality the equivalent of an organization running in place.

Many Things Get Started But Few Get Done

Managing your Portfolio using a Kanban approach is a more effective way to manage the flow of work by making the amount of work visible, limiting WIP to maximize the number of things completed and using a pull system to only pull new work into the Portfolio when there is actual capacity to effectively complete it.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 6.1 Plan Schedule Management

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’

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Live Webinar – October 8th, 2013 12:00 – 1:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hours – 1 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs
Presented by: SD Times (Software Development Times)

While collaborative, open, innovative, and agile cultures are highly desired by CEOs and employees alike, they remain out of reach for most organizations.

In fact, in the 2012 State of Agile survey conducted by VersionOne, 52% of the responses said that the ability to change organizational cultures is the most significant barrier to further adoption of agile practices.

Join David Rubinstein, (LinkedIn profile) editor-in-chief of SD Times, and Pete Behrens, well-known leadership and organizational agility coach with Trail Ridge Consulting, for insights into how agile leadership competencies can drive culture change and agile success.

Learn how to:

• Identify your organization’s culture
• Evaluate your organization’s agility alignment
• Visualize cultural change
• Leverage culture to help sustain agility and grow the business

You will leave with new ideas that you can put to use tomorrow! Dial in ready to think, question and learn. We welcome any questions submitted prior to the webinar.

Presenter: Pete Behrens, (LinkedIn profile) is a leadership and organizational agility coach with Trail Ridge Consulting who has been guiding enterprise agile transformations for more than 12 years. In addition to guiding client agility, Pete is leading the formation and definition of enterprise agile coaching through the formation and coaching certification of the Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Coaching (CSC) Program and the International Consortium of Agile (ICAgile) Agile Enterprise Coaching definition. Pete regularly speaks at Agile Conferences, Scrum Gatherings, client events and agile user groups.

Click to register for Agile Leadership for the Enterprise

Live Webinar October 8th, 2013 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

Being on the front lines of building and maintaining the modern Web is a tough vocation. It demands constantly ensuring your site is robust and reliable.

Business grows when customers can quickly engage and transact. That’s why focusing on monitoring and improving the performance of key business transactions is critical, especially in a hectic and fast-changing environment.

Scripting a synthetic measurement of multiple pages can help. But clean-room monitoring excludes all the variations in your users’ experiences. And looking at real user data one page at a time won’t tell the whole story either.

Learn how to look beyond the lens of individual page performance, and through the footsteps of real users to measure performance for important journeys.

Highlights of this live webcast include:

• Understanding the variations in user behavior and site navigation
• How dependencies between pages can impact user experience
• Modeling and aggregating real user paths

Presenters:

David Azaria (LinkedIn profile) heads web application development at Keynote Systems, Inc. He also manages design and usability. David holds a B.S. in Computional Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ken Harker (LinkedIn profile) is a Senior Performance Consultant at Keynote Systems, were he leads the performance consulting practice for the mobile-optimized web. Ken works with enterprise customers helping them improve the performance of their mobile web user experience. Ken has 13 years experience in the internet performance industry, including 9 years with Keynote Systems.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management

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 Critical Path to Web Performance: Real Users’ Footsteps