Online Webinar
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A $5 USD
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Agile is one of the latest techniques sweeping the Project Management profession. Many traditional project managers have heard the name Agile, but do not truly understand the practice yet.

Solutions Cube Group’s Webinars address many relevant project issues. In this webinar, we have partnered with with Brian Rabon, President of Braintrust Software, to learn what agile project management is and what it is not.

Learn when to apply this new style of project management and when not to. Also, pick up a few tips and tricks for implementing the practice in your environment.

In this overview level recorded webinar participants learn about:

• The Case for Agile Project Management
• The fundamentals of Agile Project Management
• Project Scoping and Requirements gathering in an Agile environment

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

Click to purchase An Overview of Agile Project Management

Live Webinar January 8th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
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

How long will it take?

This is the question that puzzles project team members, sponsors, end users, clients, functional managers, and subject matter experts.

Estimating time is one of the more difficult aspects of project planning. In this webinar, you will learn some techniques to help you estimate better and provide more confidence to your stakeholders.

Objectives:

• Identify techniques for estimating time
• Differentiate between effort and duration
• Use team members’ estimates more effectively
• Define best practices to implement within Project Insight

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.

Click to register for Estimating Time

Live Webinar January 2nd, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST or
Live Webinar January 2nd, 2014 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hr Webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Software Quality In General Is Pretty Bad

If you’re a professional tester, that statement is no surprise. What does surprise people, even testers, is how much damage a single bug can do.

In this free webinar, Rex will examine case studies of ten bugs that caused:

• At least $1,000,000 in damage,
• The death of at least one person,
• Or both.

Beyond just recounting the bug and its damage, we’ll look at how—or even whether—better software testing could have detected the bug before it did its dirty work.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

Click to register for the 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of Ten Bugs that Shook the World

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of Ten Bugs that Shook the World

Live Webinar – January 8th, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Presented by: Enfocus Solutions
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: 1 Category C PDU- Free PDU

Agile development is here to stay. It has definitely been proven to deliver higher quality products and shorter cycle times.

However, it is not perfect.

All too often, teams have long and frustrating Sprint planning sessions because backlog items are poorly defined and not well understood.

This results in slow velocity as well as poor design because details are still being worked out during the Sprint. The end result is waste and rework because backlog items were not adequately validated.

Product managers must find a better way to identify and validate ideas instead of the current practice of validating and building an idea during development.

In this webinar, John Parker (LinkedIn profile) will address how product managers can use a dual track of Discovery and Delivery.

Discovery is about identifying and validating ideas in the form of features with key stakeholders. Delivery is about quickly generating a releasable product with minimal waste and rework.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 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’

Click to register for Product Design in an Agile Development Environment: A Guide for Product Managers