Live Webinar – Feb 12th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Live Webinar – Feb 12th, 2014 7:00 am – 8:00 am BT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Sponsored by: APMG International

IT Asset Management has become a critical issue within corporate IT departments.

Beyond the expense associated with unused assets, corporations run real risks if they are not prepared.

Among these are:

• Incurring substantial fines due to mismanagement of software licenses
• Improperly disposing of IT Assets still containing critical corporate data
• Managing corporate information assets in an age of ‘bring-your-own-device’
• Unnecessary expenditures on tools and services due to lack of understanding of organizational needs or capabilities
• The knowledge gap of undocumented information on contracts, licenses, services etc. when an employee leaves an organization

Corporations are best prepared when they have robust IT asset management processes in place, and when their staff are properly trained.

This webinar will look at the imperative for today’s businesses to follow best practice disciplines in IT Asset Management, and the opportunity for training companies to serve the burgeoning market for best practice IT Asset Management training.

Click to register for Adding IT Asset Management Training to your ITSM Portfolio

Live Webinar Feb 13th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

The purpose of Plan BA Activities is to determine the activities that must be performed and the deliverables that must be produced, estimate the effort required to perform that work, and identify the management tools required to measure the progress of those activities and deliverables.

Upon Completion, You will:

• Learn how these tools can support planning BA activities with focus on estimation of effort and tracking of progress of the activities against that estimate.

This webinar series is open to everyone in the BA community and we strongly encourage you to invite the senior leaders and key decision makers in your organization to attend.

Presenters:

LeanKit – LeanKit is a flexible, visual project management platform designed to improve team collaboration and efficiency. LeanKit’s built-in Forecasting and Risk Management tool provides the ability to harvest project data to accurately predict future delivery dates.

Sandhill Consultants –Sandhill Consultants is the leading provider of Process and Data Modeling solutions, services and training to organizations. Sandhill combines its process and data modeling experience with a standards-based repository to deliver successful outcomes between IT and the Business.

Polarion Software – Polarion Software are creators of an enterprise, web-based Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution. Polarion REQUIREMENTS, is an online Requirements Management solution to allow teams to create professional online Requirements Documents, leverage their existing Microsoft Office Documents, simplify collaboration, and support any process or workflow.

Click to register for IIBA: Plan Business Analysis Activities – BABOK® Guide Task 2.3

Live Webinar – Feb 13th, 2014 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Decision Management Solutions

Decision management and business rules management systems are the ideal platform for an agile and cost-effective compliance approach.

In regulated industries like financial services, leading companies are building compliance into every process and system with consistency and transparency across the entire organization and with the agility to meet ever more challenging deadlines.

Companies that fail to do so incur huge costs with manual checks and balances and risk significant fines.

James Taylor (LinkedIn profile) will share know-how and best practices from our extensive experience of helping clients implement decision management and business rules management systems to conquer complexity, improve agility, lower costs and measure ongoing effectiveness in financial compliance.

You will learn:

• Why a business rules driven approach is an advantage, but it’s not enough in isolation – decision management is the essential ingredient
• An approach to decision modeling that eliminates confusion and inconsistency, even in the face of mounting complexity
• How implementing decision models in business rules delivers automated, reliable compliance.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 7 – Cost

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 7.1 Plan Cost Management
• 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 Agile and Cost Effective Financial Compliance: Going Beyond Business Rules with Decision Management

Live Webinar Feb 12th, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Presented by: Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Are Your Employees As Important
As Your Customers?

The most successful companies are admittedly customer-obsessed. They understand the value each customer brings to their organization, not only in bottom line profit, but through the power of referral and word of mouth to their peers. Companies strive not just for customers but for raving fans.

But what if companies viewed and valued their employees
The same way?

What would the impact be if organizations took a customer-like focus and applied it to employees?

Cornerstone asks top industry thought leaders this very question: Join Josh Bersin (Principal & Founder of Bersin by Deloitte,LinkedIn profile), Jason Averbook (Chief Business Innovation Officer of Appirio, Appirio bio), and Elaine Orler (CEO of Talent Function, LinkedIn profile) for a lively discussion.

Topics to include:

1. How truly valuing employees can translate into long-term employee engagement
2. How creating an employee culture of raving fans can help you attract the best talent
3. How creating this type of culture can differentiate your organization and become a competitive advantage
4. Best practices to transitioning your organization to becoming employee-obsessed

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 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 2014 -The Year of the Employee Why Companies Should Value Their Employees As Much As Their Customers

Online Webinar – Recorded
Duration: 1 Hr – 1 PDU Category A PDU $19.95 USD
Presented by: IIL International Institute for Learning IIL, Inc.

Note : This webinar is presented in combination with IIL & ThePMI®Venezuela Chapter. (WBANKN / BA0007)

Different chapters offer different opportunities and benefits for chapter members. We encourage you to take a look at the this wonderful webinar presented by IIL andPMI®Venezuela. Consider joining this vibrant chapter or taking an IIL course..

The goal of this webinar is to introduce participants to the basic principles and concepts related to negotiation methods for the Business Analyst.

There are three things a Business Analyst needs to know in a negotiation:

• What’s in it for me?
• What’s in it for you?
• What’s in it for us?

This webinar will provide you with a working knowledge of the art of negotiations and how a Business Analyst can apply negotiation to their role as facilitator for their initiative in the organization. Knowing how and what to negotiate is an important component of the role of the Business Analyst.

This webinar will:

• Provide you with a working knowledge of negotiations for business problems
• Set a foundation for how to manage conflict in a project
• Describe a few useful negotiation principles

Upon completion of this webinar, the participants will learn:

• What a BA can negotiate
• About the role of the BA as a negotiator
• How to create a win-win strategy for negotiations
• When to walk away from the negotiation table

Choose the PMI Chapter (s) That are Right For You.

Project Managers can join any number of chapters that may suit their needs(not just their local chapter). Different chapters offer different opportunities – We encourage you to find the chapters that meet your specific needs.

Please consider joining theVenezuela Chapter
Membership is only $15.00!!

If you speak Spanish, Want to network with colleagues in Spanish or are looking to take one of the wonderful IIL Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses this is a great value.This chapter has negotiated special rates for courses from IIL(The International Institute for Learning, Inc) and has a made a special agreement to offer this session. If you are considering an IIL course – Consider a membership with theVenezuela Chapter..

NOTE:This offering is accessed through a special link provided by thePMI Venezuela Chapter. Follow the link below and sign into IIL with your account. If you do not have an account with IIL you can register for a free account.

Click to register forWhat a Business Analyst Needs to Know About Negotiations

Live Webinar Feb 13th, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

Organizations launch projects with the assumption that the new or improved solution will provide worthwhile benefits for stakeholders and a suitable return on investment. Understanding your business requirements can help ensure that your teams actually deliver those benefits.

In this webcast presentation you will learn:

• how to define clear business objectives and corresponding success metrics
• how to craft a focused vision statement
• how to specify other elements of the business requirements.

Drawing from the book she co-authored with Karl Wiegers, Software Requirements, 3rd Edition, Joy will explore four different scope representation techniques you can apply at any stage of a project. Keeping user and functional requirements aligned with the business requirements is a key element of successful solution delivery.

Presenter: Joy Beatty, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Research & Development Seilevel, Joy Beatty has 15 years of experience in helping change the way customers create requirements with new requirements methodologies and training courses. She is a contributor to the core team for the new release of the IIBA BABOK^® Guide. She is a co-author of the newly published book, Visual Models for Software Requirements (Best Practices (Microsoft) and on Software Requirements, 3rd Edition with Karl Wiegers

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope

• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 5.5 Validate Scope
• 5.6 Control Scope

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 Business Requirement Techniques for Delivering Value While Controlling Scope