Live Webinar – Feb 13th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
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

Ranorex is an excellent award-winning tool for test automation of many technologies allowing you to set-up robust test automation scripts for desktop, web and mobile applications and to manage and execute your automated tests.

Get an overview of the major Ranorex advantages:

• Test Automation of Many Technologies
  • The basis for robust test automation is accurate recognition and unique identification of user interface elements. Ranorex’ award winning object recognition makes it easy to deal with any user interface technology.
• Record and Edit Reliable Test Actions
  • Forget 1st generation capture&replay tools and coordinate-based test automation. The Ranorex Recorder simplifies not only the creation, but also the reusability and maintenance of recorded steps.
• Flexible .NET-based Automation Projects
  • Ranorex has not reinvented the wheel by providing another limited and proprietary scripting language. Within the test development environment, Ranorex Studio, testers create test suite projects based on the Microsoft .NET Framework, but without the need of being a programmer. Enhance your test suites and recordings with user specific automation code in C# and VB.NET.
• Reuse Automated Tests and Minimize Maintenance
  • One of the biggest challenges of automation is the associated maintenance. Ensuring reusability of automated test steps is one approach to reduce the effort in keeping automated tests up and running. Create, maintain and share a modular test automation solution within your test team and create your personal test automation library, which is flexible to use for everyone in your QA team.

Presenter: Martin Schloegl

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
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

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 12th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Leading effective virtual meetings with our teams is a large challenge today, especially since 70% of participants are multi-tasking and not engaged.

Problems, misunderstandings and communication breakdowns are magnified in virtual communication compared to face-to-face meetings.

The key is to build relationships and trust with virtual team members and take specific steps to keep them engaged and increase participation in virtual meetings.

Objectives:

• Develop strong relationships and trust with virtual team members
• Overcome the biggest obstacles to conducting effective virtual meetings
• Increase engagement during virtual meetings
• Use best practices for virtual meetings to produce results you want

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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Live Webinar – Feb 13, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Organization structures in most companies today make resource management a daunting task. A lack of visibility into resource allocation and capacity, consistent prioritization and validation of actual work versus planned, contribute to this challenge.

Over 50% of IT organizations surveyed use their “best guess” when determining what capacity IT has to perform projects in a given period.

This webinar presents the fundamentals for creating and implementing a Resource Management Model using people, process and technology. A Resource Management Model is a set of processes that provide visibility, decision support and structure to effectively manage people in an organization.

Allocating resources based on availability and fit, supported by standard processes, will improve the success and predictability of projects across your organization.

Who should attend this webinar?
COO’s, CIOs, Department VPs and Managers, PMs, Resource 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

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire 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.’

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Live Webinar Feb 12th, 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)

Whether you use agile, lean, waterfall, iterative, or some other approach, the basic tools of sound project management must be followed if you want your projects to be successful.

This webinar outlines the basics of solid project management and how such practices can be integrated into any methodology or technology.

Presenter: Rebecca Staton-Reinstein (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar Feb 11th, 2014 – 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Legal Project Management CoP (REP #S049)

In this webinar, PMI Legal Project Management CoP will show you how to use a Kanban system to make legal work visible and streamlined.

They will show how Kanban helps everyone to see where the work is at, what’s going right, what needs immediate attention and what’s worth keeping an eye on.

additionally thy will ‘ll illustrate the counter-intuitive principle that doing fewer things at the same time leads to achieving more.

Presenter:

Horia Slușanschi (LinkedIn profile, @KiwiHoria) is an Agile Coach and Strategist leading the HP Agile Mentoring Office. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, and has a fairly eclectic background inspired by the Agile mindset, Enterprise Architecture, Lean Six Sigma, ToC and many other ways of thinking. Horia serves as co-organizer of AgileWelly, and as New Zealand Chapter Engagement Representative and co-lead of the Knowledge Management team of the PMI Agile CoP.

Shaun Plant (LinkedIn profile) is a New Zealandlawyer who also hosts Legal Project Management training workshops for the College of Law NZ, and is managing the Organizational Process Asset Library programme for the PMI Legal PM CoP. Mr. Plant has over 15 years experience as a PM managing large capital construction, infrastructure and power generation projects. He has acted as a PM mentor and has been responsible for developing and implementing PM processes in a number of organizations.

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

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Live Webinar Feb 11th, 2014 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Organizational Project Management CoP (REP #S043)

After studying and quietly championing the concept of a Program Management Office at Montana State University, Anne Milkovich and her team were able to successfully launch a PMO with low resource overhead.

After one year of official operation, the PMO team attributes their success to a focus on portfolio management that enables them to demonstrate results to executives and win the support of distributed teams.

This session is appropriate for individuals from all levels of the organization who are exploring, launching, or re-focusing PMOs.

• By sharing practical tools, techniques, and processes developed and tested at MSU, attendees will be able to customize pre-built tools to quick-start portfolio management solutions adapted to their needs.
• By focusing on a high return for low investment, a portfolio-focused PMO demonstrates high value to executives and stakeholders to enhance trust, credibility, and reputation in the organization.

Take this session if you are exploring the effectiveness of PMOs, If you are launching PMOs, or if you are re-focusing existing PMOs.

Audience members and their organizations will learn techniques, tools, and processes for establishing a low-overhead PMO that provides accountability and transparency into IT and organizational investments.
After attending this session, participants will be able to:

• Explain the emphasis and advantages of a portfolio-focused PMO
• Describe the main functions and resources needed for a portfolio focused PMO
• Adapt a portfolio focused process and structure appropriate for their organization
• Customize pre-built tools to quick-start and support a portfolio focused PMO

Presenter: Anne Milkovich (LinkedIn profile) is the Associate CIO for Enterprise IT Governance at Montana State University and author ofManagement Bytes: Ten Essential Skills for Technical Managers. In her capacity Anne oversees the IT governance process, strategic planning and policy, IT service management, the PMO Office including portfolio management, program and project management, as well as overseeing IT finance, procurement, and human resources.

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

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