Live Webinar November 20th, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

New Model for Leading at the Speed of Change

Conventional management thought presumes that command-and-control is the most effective way to organize the efforts of large numbers of people, but rapid change and increasing complexity have rendered that model obsolete.

As a result, most managers today lack the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in a world where advantage belongs to the fast and the adaptable.

However, there is a small but growing group of managers who are thriving in this time of great change by designing their organizations around the principles and practices of a new and very different model—Wiki Management.

The practitioners of this new model don’t build hierarchies; they build networks. That’s because in a postdigital world, networks are smarter and faster than hierarchies.

Examples of companies that are consciously focused on not building traditional bureaucratic hierarchies include Google, Zappos, Amazon, and Whole Foods.

In addition, there are a handful of established companies that have embraced this paradigm shift such as Procter & Gamble, 3M, Johnson & Johnson, and IBM.

This webcast will explore how today’s most successful companies are using the power of networks to master the challenges of a rapidly changing world.

Using examples from well-known organizations as well as Rod Collins’s experience in leading a highly effective collaborative network inside a larger, more traditional organization, you will discover:

• Using examples from well-known organizations as well as Rod Collins’s experience in leading a highly effective collaborative network inside a larger, more traditional organization, you will discover:
• How to quickly aggregate and leverage your team’s collective intelligence
• How to transition leaders from the role of “boss” to that of facilitator
• How to prioritize “delighting customers” over pleasing bosses
• How to achieve a shared and actionable understanding of the key drivers of business success

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter: Rod Collins (LinkedIn profile) is the Director of Innovation at Optimity Advisors, and is the former Chief Operating Executive of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program. Collins is also the author of Leadership in a Wiki World: Leveraging Collective Knowledge To Make the Leap To Extraordinary Performance , which won the 2011 EVVY book award for Business/Finance. His latest book is Wiki Management: A Revolutionary New Model for a Rapidly Changing and Collaborative World , For more information, visit Rod’s site.

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop 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’

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Live Webinar November 21st, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

1. Establishing a proper requirement management process will provide high value to the project.
2. It will give the project the right start
3. It will lead the project planning towards the creation of value for the business
4. It will guarantee the voice of the business is heard throughout the project
5. It will increase the maturity of the organization in creating business value through the projects.

The project manager must first understand that requirements are documented and managed at different levels, involving many stakeholders. And the schema which include Business, Stakeholder, Solution and Transition Requirements should be followed as best practice.

Mastering the project requirements is considered a complex endeavor but in fact it isn’t.

This webinar will present an approach to Requirements Management that includes the following stages: Preparing, Eliciting, Analyzing, Approving and Managing.

For each stage the main processes are also described, to suggest the Project Manager the most important topics he should focus his attention.

This approach can be used in every project, though the Project Manager must understand that the approach might change throughout all project management process groups: the category of requirements is different at Initiating and Planning, and the weight of each stage might change as well along the project.

Bringing into the project a professional Requirements Management approach can improve significantly the project results and lead the project in delivering a real business value.

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

Presenter: Michele Maritato, (LinkedIn profile) MBA, PMP, PMI-RMP, CBAP has over 20 years experience in Project Management and Business Analysis. Vice President Organization of the PMI®-Northern Italy Chapter (PMI®-NIC), responsible for the PMO Observatory, PMI® Leadership Master Class in 2013. Vice President Education of the IIBA® Italy Chapter and Global Director of the IIBA®. Partner of PMProgetti.

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Live Webinar – November 19th 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

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

A study done by Gartner – a leading global research firm – predicts that remote and long-distance work will increase in volume and intensity, with people spending more than 80% of their time work virtually by 2015.

The challenge is that both leaders and team members need different skills and competencies to work effectively in a virtual way.

In this 1 hour complimentary webinar Michelle Moore, (LinkedIn profile) the Director of Leadership and Business Skills will discuss the skills and knowledge required by virtual workers, the impact to organizations of not providing training to develop remote workers properly, and share best practices for leading virtual team meetings.

The webinar will include the following elements:

• The New Way of Work
• Virtual Leader Challenges and Solutions
• Virtual Worker Challenges and Solutions
• Driving Future Technology Adoption
• Leading Virtual Meetings

Click to register for Enabling a Virtual Workforce

Live Webinar – November 18th 2013, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
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.

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

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.

Presenter: Greg Reinhart (LinkedIn profile) PMP has over 30 years experience and 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 holds a Black and Green Six Sigma Belts .

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 7 – Cost

• 7.1 Plan Cost Management
• 7.2 Estimate Costs
• 7.3 Determine Budget
• 7.4 Control Costs

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 Reading and Understanding Financial Statements for Project Managers and Business Analysts

Live Webinar – November 19th, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Resource availability is a key source of negative risk to projects. Even if your project has well-defined scope and validated activity effort estimates, if the resources you are provided are working on multiple projects and operational activities, predictability of schedule outcomes is poor.

This webinar will review some options for responding to this risk from both a systemic and project-focused perspective.

LESSONS LEARNED:

1. Understand the criticality of uncertain resource availability on project outcomes.
2. Learn which approaches for getting better knowledge of resource availability won’t work in your organization.
3. Gain a better understanding of the pros and cons of the practices that can successfully incorporate resource availability uncertainty into project planning and tracking.

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’

Who should attend this webinar?
Managers/Directors of PMOs, Project Managers

NOTE: You may have to hit the MORE… link to register for this session on the registration page.

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Live Webinar November 19th, 2013 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI INPD CoP (REP #S011)

As project managers we literally face dozens of decisions every day – big and small.

Decisions more akin to intergalactic warfare to the everyday:

• How to deal with a challenging stakeholder,
• Who to assign to which task,
• When is enough analysis enough,
• What sort of recognition is appropriate, etc.

Yet most of us haven’t thought about the different roles we play in decision making, how we can add the most value, how we can harness the most value from our crew, and do we need more Spocks or Kirks to make the best decisions?

You Will Get:

• Take away ideas you can use on your next mission
• Fresh insights from the latest scientific research and practical applications
• How to truly harness the decision-making prowess of your crew
• Improved quality, commitment, and efficiency of decision-making

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

Presenters: Samantha & Marc Hurwitz

Marc Hurwitz (LinkedIn profile) is an insightful and engaging polymath with a doctorate in cognitive neuroscience (Waterloo) . He is Professor of Organizational Behavior at Wilfrid Laurier University. Marc is also co-founder and Chief Insight Officer of FliPskills. Together with his partner, Samantha, they co-developed the Generative Partnership ™ Model – a blueprint for peak performance and more collaborative leadership, partnerships and workplaces.

Samantha Hurwitz (LinkedIn profile) is a leadership coach, consultant, and author of The missing ingredient in talent development: having good leaders and peers is important to the bottom line and, because of that, companies invest in … resources. She is passionate about developing people and teams that are enthused, collaborative, and high achieving.

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