Live Webinar Feb 12th, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 ) Course ID: MDW1253
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

A project is a temporary endeavor, with a distinct beginning and end that is undertaken to create a unique product or service.

Projects are everywhere, regardless of your industry or profession, and an effective project management process can benefit anyone.

If you are looking for non-technical tools and techniques to successfully manage your projects and project teams, this webinar is for you.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• Greater confidence in defining, planning and managing projects
• Reduced stress and greater sense of control of your multiple projects and daily work load
• Increased effectiveness and efficiencies by using simple, step-by step processes for project management and communications
• Understand best practices for iterative (and agile) project execution

Who should attend:

• Managers,
• Supervisors, and
• Individual contributors who struggle with balancing the complex demands of project work while maintaining their daily workloads.

About the presenter: Eileen Twichell, (LinkedIn profile) is a dynamic and accomplished presenter and is highly regarded in the project management community for her expertise and knowledge of the field. She brings to you over twenty years of project management training and design experience and has developed and facilitated classes in project management, time management, presentation skills, coaching, and communications.

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Online Webinar – Recorded Feb 11th 2014
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

As Agile project practices move from the revolution phase into mainstream adoption, it becomes critical to take the flexible, values-driven principle of Agile and apply them in large-scale enterprise environments.

Join us Chris & Steve for a one-hour discussion, including an open Q&A, on how it’s is being done and how some of their enterprise customers are avoiding pitfalls along the way.

Presenters:

• Chris Knotts, PMP, ASPE, Inc. -(LinkedIn profile) Director of Communications
• Steve Davis, ACP, CSM, CSP, (LinkedIn profile) Davisbase Consulting

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Live Webinar Feb 11th, 2014 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hours webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Global Consulting CoP (REP #S029)

Consulting Community of Practice Book Club:
Learning how to manage using techniques
From Americas Greatest Game…

The next book club selection is Management by Baseball: The Official Rules for Winning Management in Any Field (website) by Jeff Angus (LinkedIn profile), which will run in Jan/Feb 2014. Register now to earn PDUs and network with your colleagues.

The Book – Through Management by Baseball learn how Hall of Fame baseball managers like Connie Mack and John McGraw have more in common with today’s business leaders than you may think.

Find out why baseball managers like Joe Torre and Dusty Baker are better role models for business, government and non-profit management than even the most respected corporate giants.

Discussion Topics:

• How do you redesign corporate strategy in response to your competitors? Learn Joe Torre’s secret advantage.
• How do you start an organization from scratch? Take a page from baseball’s 19th century origins.
• How do you adapt to changing markets and social conditions? Learn from the man who invented Babe Ruth.
• What are the simplest ways to turn around a weak department? Pick up Dick Williams’ proven tactics.

In Management by Baseball, Jeff Angus arms you with practical examples and proven techniques you can use to improve your managerial effectiveness at work, at home-anywhere. As you dash from first base to home plate, Jeff Angus makes learning to become a great manager, a great reading experience:

How it works – We will read the book together over a period of weeks, commenting and discussing using between us (and perhaps the author will join in too!). It will culminate in a special webinar for our readers where we will discuss how we can apply the lessons to our own industry and ask questions of the author.

PMI has bought a number of copies available for members to borrow on a “first come, first served” basis, or you can purchase your own via Amazon.

How to register – Send an email to pmi.roving.reporters@gmail.com with your name, address, PMI member number, and indicate if you would like to borrow one of our copies or purchase your own.

Presenter: Jeff Angus is an award-winning manager and management consultant and author of Management by Baseball: The Official Rules for Winning Management in Any Field. He is also a professional baseball writer and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. Angus also works as a project management course instructor for elite-level classroom and remote training provider SmartPath LLC.

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

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Live Webinar – Feb 11th, 2014 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a strategic decision making approach aimed at maximizing overall returns on project investments. By focusing on the “right” projects, it is expected that there will be improved organization alignment to strategic plans as well as optimized utilization of financial and human resources.

Unfortunately, there is a significant amount of misinformation in the marketplace about PPM and many organizations that have attempted to implement these practices have failed. Of course, vendors stand ready to “help” unsuspecting executives with snake oil claims of “silver bullet” process or tool purchases to achieve PPM nirvana.

This webinar will provide you with a solid grounding of PPM principles – costs, benefits, critical success factors and lessons learned. These will help you decide whether pursuing PPM improvement is a valuable and realistic goal for your organization. This presentation will also improve your knowledge of the PPM lifecycle and provide you with the key decisions and approaches necessary to launch a successful PPM initiative.

Who should attend this webinar?
C-Level Management, IT Directors and Managers or Directors of PMOs

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’

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Live Webinar – Feb 11th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDUs Credits: 1Category C PDU- Free PDU
Presented by: Enfocus Solutions

John will discuss how project management adds business value and he will explain the differences between managing the project tasks and managing business value.

Presenter: John Parker (LinkedIn profile), CEO of Enfocus Solutions Inc.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope

• 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’

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