Live Webinar Dec 18th, 2013 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Government CoP (REP #S007)

Is Efficiency Your Goal?

Lean Thinking defines a technique to make projects more efficient. This philosophy was born in the 1990s and was mostly applied in massive production projects. On the other hand, in 2001, software developers define the approach known as agile software development.

From these two philosophies, Lean and Agile, we will discuss tips for Project Managers in order to manage efficient projects in the Government Sector, but not just for Production or IT projects, but also for whatever kind of project they should manage.

Presenter:

Pablo Lledo (LinkedIn profile) MSc, MBA, PMP, is the founder of a PMI Chapter and has served as VP and President of two PMI Chapters; both of them receiving the PMI Chapter of the Year award during his service. Pablo has guided business development projects in multinational companies, and helped enterprises in the re-engineering process of operations. Pablo has written numerous articles and has published eight project management books, including:

• Gestión Ágil De Proyectos: Lean Project Management (Spanish Edition)
• Project Manager: How To Pass The Pmp Exam Without Dying In The Attempt
• Director de Proyectos: Cómo Aprobar El Examen PMP Sin Morir En El Intento (Spanish Edition)

Join Pablo and explore tips and tricks to making your next project leaner!

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

Click to register for Can Government be Lean? Learn these Lean Tips and Tricks

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

During the project intake process all projects are considered critical, all others never get approved. So how do you decide which “critical” projects are most critical? These decisions are typically made politically, emotionally or without consistency.

The Impact:

• Poor resource utilization
• Frustrated resources
• Projects not aligned with strategic objectives
• Higher risk and lower ROI

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar demonstrating a balanced approach to prioritizing initiatives. Projects affect many aspects of your business; all factors should be considered when taking on a new project. Learn the prioritization secrets of successful companies using a Project Portfolio Management mentality.

The Result:

• Decreased risk
• Higher ROI
• Optimized resource utilization
• Maximum aggregate value of projects

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.

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

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 How to Prioritize Projects When Each One is Critical

Live Webinar Dec 19th, 2013 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
Presented by: Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Discover the 7 talents of great managers

When it comes to company performance, it’s the leaders who tend to take the spotlight whilst the managers linger in the shadows. Yet the research tells us that if an organization wants to improve productivity, profitability, retention and engagement, it’s the humble managers that make the most difference.

It’s your managers who act as sentinels and have most influence – they give hope, nurture ambition, set boundaries, have tough performance conversations, build alliances, generate trust – and so deliver on top and bottom line results.

In fact, get good management right and watch performance rise by anywhere between 12-29%.

But recruiting new managers is often expensive and definitely risky. Building the skills of your current brood of managers costs less, delivers results faster and adds to the feeling that ‘they care about me’.

If you’re unsure what makes a great manager, then Mind Gym has done the hard work for you. We’ve combined 13 years of industry experience with a meta-analysis of over 50 academic studies to reveal seven essential talents that distinguish the exceptional managers from the rest.

Join Sebastian Bailey (LinkedIn profile) President Mind Gym for the webinar and you will:

• Discover the seven essential talents that distinguish the great managers from the rest
• Know that there’s one particular talent that, when perfected, multiplies the impact of the others
• Be able to build the business case for management development: personally means profitably

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 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’

Click to register for The Return of the Manager: This Time it’s Personal

Live Webinar Dec 18th, 2013 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: BAW1305
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Requirements are at the core of any project, and therefore, must be carefully managed.

In this webinar, you will learn the essential requirements management practices, including the requirements lifecycle from inception to implementation, requirements management planning, and requirements management tools.

In addition, you will learn how to write SMART requirements statements that are useful and actionable.

Finally, we will contrast and compare the traditional requirements management approach with agile requirements management.

Learning objectives include:

• Learn how to write good requirements
• Appreciate the value of a requirements management plan
• Contrast plan-driven and change-driven requirements management approaches

About the Presenter: Dr. Martin Schedlbauer (LinkedIn profile) has been leading and authoring seminars and workshops in business analysis, software engineering, and project management for over twenty years. Martin, an accomplished business analysis subject matter expert, is a recognized leader in software development practices, a practicing scrum master, experienced software architect.

Click to register for Getting it Right: Best Practices for Requirements Management

Live Webinar – December 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

It has been well over a decade since Agile practices were introduced and phenomenal results have been realized by organizations putting this approach into use.

Many teams find that although challenging, the initial implementation of an Agile approach can be done relatively quickly and the associated benefits are realized just as soon.

It is after the initial transition that teams begin to wonder about things not so simple, such as how to scale Agile, how to effectively run an Agile project in a large organization with distributed teams, and how to ensure continuous improvement in the approach long after the initial implementation.

This hour long web seminar explores the advanced Agile topics that help teams move past the very common Agile plateau that teams often experience.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule
• 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 Dec 18th, 2013, 11:00 am 12:30 pm EST or
Live Webinar Dec 19th, 2013, 4:00 pm 5:30 pm EST
Presenter: Change Management Learning Center
Duration:1 hour Webcast – 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Prosci specializes in change management processes. With a strong developed expertise in change management processes they produce high quality informative presentations and seminars

You know the value change management brings to a project, but how do you convince senior leaders and project leaders to invest in change management?

In Prosci’s final webinar of the year, they will present an exciting new webinar: Business Case for Change Management.

This fast-paced, inspiration-loaded session will pull together the rationale and approach to change management into the structure of a business case.

Learn how to gain credibility, buy-in and the ultimate commitment to apply change management by presenting the Business Case for Change Management.

Agenda:

1. What is a business case?
2. Why a business case for change management?
3. The business case for change management

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

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 December 18th Presentation of Business Case for Change Management

Click to register for the December 19th Presentation of Business Case for Change Management