Live Webinar January 9th, 2014 11:00 pm – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

To help accomplish its mission of facilitating lawful international trade and ensuring dangerous and illegal cargo doesn’t enter the country, one of the government’s largest and most complex organizations initiated a multi-year project to modernize the business processes essential to securing U.S. borders.

A large part of the renovation was the use of customized Agile methodology to help deliver functionality to its end-users quicker and meet evolving business needs.

With the creation of Scrum teams and the addition of Business Analysts on those teams, this is the story of one Agile development team’s ability to push high-priority requirements through to convert product backlog into reality while the business stakeholders retain the capability to continuously refine and reprioritize that backlog.

What does Agile mean for the role of the business requirements analysts?

The case study offer perspective into the role of the Agile BA:

• Fully embrace the role of Product Owners Representative
• Structure the tool by sprints, not product
• Be flexible because of shifting product owner priorities
• Begin working with the capability owner and product owner early in the process
• Help think about velocity tied to use stories and picking the right work for the sprint

Click to register for IIBA: BAs join Agile Team to Help Secure U.S. Borders: A Case Study

Online Webinar – Recorded Dec 13th, 2013
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Sponsored by: APMG International

Agile methods and frameworks are increasing in popularity as organizations and individuals seek increased flexibility when managing change initiatives.

Agile approaches are often seen as rivals to waterfall methods including PRINCE2®, when in reality they complement each other.

This webinar will show how the speed of delivery from Agile and the quality of project definition from PRINCE2® satisfies those seeking excellence and flexibility in project deliver, whilst maintaining strong project governance.

The session will:

1. Define what agile working means and how this has been captured in the APMG Agile Project Management qualification scheme
2. Use the PRINCE2® process model to explain how agile project management can govern development, with PRINCE2® governing the overall project.

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work

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 Integrating Agile into PRINCE2®

Live Webinar – January 10th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Adoption of new principles has a life cycle.

1. First you see groundbreakers,
2. Then evangelists (often purists)
3. Then pragmatists.

As adoption grows, market forces have impact based on real world needs and requirements. Stay a purist or evangelist too long and the market might pass you by.

Using data from our 2013 Agile Salary Survey and drawing from the 20,000 professionals who have taken Agile classes with us since 2006, we have a wealth of insight to glimpse the direction of Agile for 2014 and beyond.

The goal is to provide specific information to enable you to map your professional development and organizational process plans as they relate to Agile.

In this panel discussion, Moderator: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) (president of ASPE) will pose questions to three practicing Agile coaches, trainers and professionals.

• Dave Caccamo, (LinkedIn profile) MS. Eco, PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP (VP of ASPE Inc.’s Project Management Curriculum)
• Kelley Bruns, (LinkedIn profile) MS, PMP, CBAP, CSM, PMI-ACP (VP of ASPE Inc.’s BA Curriculum)
• Mike Eason, (LinkedIn profile) Ex-CIO of the American Board of Anesthesiology and real-world adaptor of Agile development practices

Discussions will center on how Agile has changed since its introduction to corporate America in 2001. David will discuss the skills professionals need to become agile, and dig into the agile practices that have added the most value to organizations – including how those practices have been incorporated into non-pure Agile “deployments.”

David will then conclude the session with Q&A from our audience.

This one-hour investment of time can provide you with a map to guide your own development plan to maximize your earning potential, and you will also get a free PDU.

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.’

Click to register for Agile in 2014

Live Webinar January 8th, 2014 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
Presented by: Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Are Your Employees Disengaged

Recent surveys continue to show levels of job satisfaction and employee engagement to be at record lows.

This is a crisis for business and individuals alike.

Based on his NY Times bestseller, We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement, Kevin Kruse (LinkedIn profile) presents conclusions from surveys of over 10 million workers in 150 countries and based on his own experience as a former Best Place to Work award winning CEO.

He reveals the surprising ways that emotions at work spill over to other areas of our life, and shows how growth, recognition and trust are the three keys to gaining massive emotional commitment and loyalty.

Key Webcast Objectives:

1. Learn about new research that shows that highly engaged companies achieve a 5x higher shareholder return than companies with disengaged workers
2. Gain insight on how the spillover and crossover effects are causing your own career satisfaction to impact your health, marriage and children
3. Experience easy and affordable actions leaders can take to create an environment rich in growth, recognition and trust

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) 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’

Click to register for Growth, Recognition and Trust as Keys to Employee Engagement