Online Webinar – Recorded Sept 24th 2013
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

Sometimes we wonder how Microsoft ever came up with SharePoint. SharePoint is the perfect enterprise integration platform and Microsoft is the perfect transactional, product-focused, marketing company. It just doesn’t fit, which is the main problem surrounding the poor adoption and use of the most powerful business application on the market, SharePoint 2010.

The reality is, for a large enterprise to gain the competitive advantage and efficiencies SharePoint can provide, it must look at HOW or better yet WHO is driving adoption.

Here is why the SharePoint BA is so critical. It isn’t about governance or basic administration. Yes, those things are important, but they are the chicken before the egg. The egg is USE!!!

We are right in the middle of the transformation of power in IT systems moving from geeks to the users, because the users are becoming geeks. SharePoint is the pinnical of user enabled IT power.

This web seminar will discuss at a high level

• The vast potential real world applications for SharePoint.
• ASPE will dig into the traditional role of a business analyst
• And they will discuss what the roles and responsibilities would be for a SharePoint business analyst

The optimal goal is to provide details on how organizations can increase the use of SharePoint in the enterprise, which will save a significant amount of money and time and lead to much quicker time to market.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Manage Communications

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 SharePoint Business Analyst

Live Webinar – March 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!

Live Webinar – March 6th 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

*LLAMA stands for Lot Like Agile Methods Approach and is a blend of classical Agile methods and instructional design & development approaches.

Either by design or by default, your team’s environment and work practices are reflected in the level of service you deliver to clients and customers.

New technologies, rising expectations and shrinking budgets challenge us all to new levels.

• How do you keep your project from falling short in delivering on time and in budget when things are constantly changing?

Agile project management is a hands-on practical approach created by the software development industry to keeping up with the ever-increasing speed of change.

In this session, we’ll explore how TorranceLearning’s approach to Agile project management (LLAMA*) creates the team ecosystem and project management methods that set the stage for delivering amazing results for your clients (internal or external) and for your team.

Megan will take a look at how TorranceLearning has adapted classical Agile techniques to suit the needs of training design & development projects by bringing in elements of tools you already know like ADDIE, SAM, Action Mapping and more.

Megan will:

• Talk about how Agile and ADDIE do and don’t work together,
• How to use Agile techniques for iterative development to build better training
• Share tips for successfully introducing Agile to your team, your SMEs, and your clients.

Ready to get started?

Presenter: Megan Torrance (LinkedIn profile) AsCEO (Chief Energy Officer) of TorranceLearning she sets direction for instructional design, technical and media delivery, client relationships, team member development and overall business management. She has 20 years of experience in the learning industry, covering everything from instructional design, to change management and project management.

PDU Category C (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
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule

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 Project Management for Learning Projects – LLAMA!

Live Webinar Mar 6th, 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 you having issues with Employee Assessment?

We have all heard the sales pitch; Best ever, thousands use it, it’s better than sliced bread, the highest validity in the universe… and so on.

We should all know better, but the parade persists and too often the wrong tools are selected for the job.

The result is high attrition, low engagement, frustrated managers, and lost business.

If you want to avoid the common traps and gain a competitive advantage, this webcast is for you. In a very objective way.

This session will help you understand:

1. How to avoid the confusion regarding the various types of assessment instruments
2. Proper use of various assessment types
3. Types of validity and why they are important
4. Criteria that should be applied for selection of an assessment for pre-hire, coaching, succession planning, career planning, and team development

To round out the session you will hear a testimonial from a Talent Management leader who has applied an effective assessment strategy to impact results.

Presented by: Suzanne Miklos (LinkedIn profile)

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 To Assess or Not Assess: The Dilemma, its Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them