Live Webinar December 5th, 2013 – 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Construction CoP (REP #S019)

Schedules are the main Support for Project Management in the Engineering and Construction Industry.

To have a useful schedule, that helps on the decision-making process, it is required to consider concepts on stakeholders and team management, communications, and risk analysis.

Knowing how to manage software is not enough to produce a helpful schedule that eases to achieve the project objectives.

It this webinar the presenter will analyze:

• When is it reasonable and useful to begin with the schedule production?
• Who should be involved in this work? Is the schedule a task for the Project Manager?
• Simple tips to get a useful schedule
• How to make executives to use the schedule, and align their decisions to the schedule information?
• How to obtain Project team cooperation with good advance information, required to update the Schedule
• How to communicate the Schedule?
• Which common mistakes make the Schedule a useless tool in many projects?

The webinar will point ten myths that are frequent on construction schedules. Ana Maria will also offer alternatives for these myths that will help on managing schedules based on her experience of more than 10 years managing schedules for engineering and construction projects in several industries including: cereals, automobile, paper, hotels, hospitals, steel, government, real state.

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

Presenter: Ana Maria Rodriguez (LinkedIn profile) PMP is founder and manager of ERA Project Management, offering training and consulting services in Argentina since 2004. Ms. Rodriguez graduated with a Civil Engineering Degree, and a Masters Degree in Construction Engineering and Project Management (MSE). Shez has implemented best practices in the government sector, and in the private sector.

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Live Webinar December 4th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

This webinar will explore the IT/Business Strategic Alignment objective that many organizations have been pursuing for many decades.

ITMPI will look at traditional and evolving views of strategic alignment and explore the feasibility of alignment in complex organizations.

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Live Webinar – December 4th 2013, 9:30 am – 10:30 am EST
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

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As technology becomes more mission critical, organisations are increasingly looking proactively for ways to leverage new technologies to drive employee productivity and innovation.

The challenge is that in order to truly drive business performance with technology, IT and the business need to be able to work collaboratively to achieve results.

IT needs to be able to develop the right relationships and communicate with different stakeholders from a business, not technical perspective. As a result, the transformation of the IT department has become a top level priority for many leading organisations.

In this webinar Michelle Moore, (LinkedIn profile) Director of Learning and Development will discuss the skills and knowledge required to help IT perform in this new environment, and will share industry best practices for making the transition.

The webinar will include the following elements:

• The Changing Role of IT
• Skills and Competencies of the Modern IT Professional
• Bridging the IT – Business Gap
• A Case Study in IT Transformation

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Live Webinar December 4th, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

Visualization and self-service analytics is changing how business users gather, process and consume data. In this session, see how organizations like yours are getting powerful results.

Learn how to:

• Create visualizations that drive discovery
• Use visualizations to make your point and tell your story
• Use underlying analytics to fuel your visualizations

This webinar will show customer profiles and in-depth live demos so you can see how organizations are taking advantage of the best new analytics practices.

Presenters:

Brian Dirking (LinkedIn profile) Brian is responsible for go-to-market strategy, planning and execution on partner and Big Data programs. Brian has held roles in business development and product marketing at Stellent, Oracle, and Box.

Robert Green (LinkedIn profile) Director of Product Management, Technology Partners Tableau Software Robert joined Tableau in 2012 to drive product innovations that help the average business user visualize their data. Robert spent many years with Silicon Graphics creating large data visualization solutions and partnerships.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define 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.’

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Live Webinar Dcember 5th, 2013, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST or
Live Webinar December 5th, 2013, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

2014 will most certainly prove to be a pivotal year for the “Identity and Privacy” markets.

Mobility, cloud, information, and social requirements have reinvigorated the identity and access management (IAM) market and are changing the way that identity and privacy professionals approach IAM initiatives.

This webinar, discusses Gartner’s recently released 2014 Planning Guide for Identity and Privacy in an Age of Converged IT, which will provide key insights into IAM market and technology trends and advise you on how to prepare for the changing IAM environment.

Discussion Topics:

• What IAM market and technology trends you need to be aware of
• New ways IAM initiative will serve business constituencies
• How to plan for new privacy risks that may threaten your enterprise

Presenter: LoriRobinson, Managing VP & IanGlazer, (LinkedIn profile) Research VP

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.3 Control Quality

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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