Live Webinar Feb 6th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST
Duration:1.5 hour – Up to 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
A Microsoft Event Presented by: Imaginet

Are you Using Kanban Techniques?

Imaginet is going to show you…

• How Kanban will FINALLY give you process, automation, and consistency in your development projects.
• How we construct Kanban systems that work seamlessly in TFS 2013.
• Read valuable reports that provide practical insight into your software development teams speed and efficiency.
• Spot roadblocks and learn how to systematically eliminate them.
• Why most organizations fail at implementing formal processes for developing software.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management

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’

Please Note: In order to attend the webinar series attendees will need to have a Windows Live ID. A link to set up this ID is located on the registration site. Please do this prior to the session

Click to register for Discover How the Kanban Method Can Kick Start a Culture of Continuous Improvement for Your Organization

Live Webinar Feb 5th, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

(With Proof from Four Years of Fundraising Data from Wikipedia)

The Wikipedia fundraising team was performing up to 100 AB tests per week. It wasn’t enough to find the gains they needed. They needed to use statistics to interpret Their AB tests accurately, but also to estimate smallest acceptable sample sizes to increase testing frequency. They were not comfortable trusting methods proposed by other practitioners or academics who could not prove that their methods would work accurately for Wikipedia data.

In this webcast talkZack Exley (Strata bio, Wikipedia) and Sahar Massachi (LinkedIn profile, Strata bio) will present simple methods that we believe accurately predict future performance from AB test results, and that allow them to determine the smallest acceptable sample size.

Using four years of AB testing data, they’ll show that these methods really work. By taking a walk through four years of data, they will show how their current methods would have predicted the actual outcomes of long tests with much smaller samples, and the implications of various decisions about statistical confidence, power, sample size and choice of statistical method.

This webcast session will be useful to anyone who performs AB tests, manages teams that rely on AB testing, or holds responsibility for implementing or maintaining AB testing platforms.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance
• 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.’

Click to register for How to Get Statistics Right in AB Testing: The Short Answer

Live Webinar Feb 5th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Information Systems CoP (REP #S010)

Dr. Ginger Levin has worked in the IT/IS field for 47 years.
The IT/IS field has changed tremendously over this time!

These IT/IS programs and projects include work done as a U.S. Federal Government employee and in consulting for public and private sector organizations.

Each program and project had some highs and also some lows, and all were and are learning experiences. Some were global, and many used virtual teams.

They were completed on time and within budget. Many of the consulting projects were won through competitive Requests for Proposal.

Dr. Levin, an active member of PMI, also is a member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals, and assisted in the development of the Business Development Capability Maturity Model (BD-CMM) in conjunction with the Business Development Institute.

In this webinar, she will discuss experiences and lessons learned with nine selected IT/IS endeavors. She will discuss her work with OPM3 and will conclude with an overview of the recently released Version 2 of the BD-CMM.

The webinar will cover the following points:

• Covers successful approaches for stakeholder engagement
• Focuses on the importance of customer relationship management
• Describes some key lessons learned
• Emphasizes the importance of on time, within budget delivery especially in IT

Presenter: Dr. Ginger Levin (LinkedIn profile) is also author of several Project Management books and materials including:

• Interpersonal Skills for Portfolio, Program, and Project Managers
• Program Management: A Life Cycle Approach (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series)
• Implementing Program Management: Templates and Forms Aligned with the Standard for Program Management, Third Edition (2013) and Other Best Practices,
• Program Management: A Life Cycle Approach (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series)
  
• PgMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide, Fourth Edition (ESI International Project Management Series)

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

Click to register for Lessons Learned from Nine “Interesting” IT/IS Projects

Live Webinar Feb 5th, 2014 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)

In this webinar, you will learn how to:

• Prepare and facilitate an agile retrospective
• Create an environment conducive to such retrospectives, and
• How to get more business value out of them.

Presented by: Ben Linders (LinkedIn profile)

Click to register for Getting Business Value out of Agile Retrospectives

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Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
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Live Webinar Feb 5th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm 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.

Your Microsoft SQL Server database often contains the most valuable information in your organization. Get tips for securing it properly and effectively in this free, information-packed webinar with Microsoft SQL Server expert Gidget Pryor.

In just an hour, Gidget will demonstrate:

• Tthe layered security approach used by SQL Server.
• She will step you through the process and best practices of setting up logins, users, roles, schemas, and permissions
• She will review the security model changes that have taken place from SQL Server 2005 through SQL Server 2012.
• She will also review SQL Server 2012 training and certifications.

Presenter: Gidget Pryor, (LinkedIn profile) SQL Server is a SQL Server consultant and instructor with more than 20 years of database, systems engineering, application development, and programming experience. She worked with multiple database platforms including SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, FoxPro, Access, and Sybase. She especially enjoys business intelligence and performance tuning.

Click to register for Secure Your SQL Server Today!

Live Webinar – Feb 6th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Establishing a PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office) is considered to be a best practice approach to improving the value an organization can receive from its project investments.

Why is it then, that a study, conducted in 2005, of 750 organizations worldwide indicated that over 75% of organizations that set up a PMO shut it down within three years because it did not demonstrate any added value?

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar where you will learn key reasons why so many PMOs fail, and gain some valuable knowledge of the critical success factors required to ensure the survival of your PMO.

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: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 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 Setting Up a PMO is Not for the Faint Hearted!