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

Live Webinar March 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)

Kim Pries (LinkedIn) will teach you how to extract value from the world of Big Data.

Kim will suggest the best tools for liberating information, finding ways to avoid specious correlations, and driving decisions.

Click to register for Data Discovery and Big Data

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Live Webinar March 5th 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU
There is also a previously recorded version of this webinar available.

Why should it take months to determine project scope and gather requirements?

Register now to look at the underlying problems that impede the collection of business requirements and make projects less successful.

Within this session, participants get new data from IAG’s research that quantifies the cost of poor requirements and shows the impact on companies of a strong, repeatable process.

Attendees will see some of the techniques IAG uses in our methodology and proven successful on over 1,000 engagements.

Finally, making quantum organization improvement is our specialty and this session will review the levers of change that IAG focuses on to deliver excellent results.

Learning Objectives:

1. Executive perspectives on making requirements change
2. Techniques for optimizing requirements discovery
3. The tactics of requirements competency development

Click to register for Optimizing Requirements Discovery.

Live Webinar March 6th, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST or
Live Webinar March 6th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm SAST
Duration:1.5 hour Webcast- Up to 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
A Microsoft Event Presented by: Imaginet

Kanban Can!

In this Webinar – 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 the Mar 6th 1 PM EST presentation of Discover How the Kanban Method Can Kick Start a Culture of Continuous Improvement for Your Organization

Click to register for for the Mar 6th 12 PM SAST presentation of Discover How the Kanban Method Can Kick Start a Culture of Continuous Improvement for Your Organization

Live Webinar March 5th, 2014 12:00 am – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Decision Management Solutions

Many government organizations are coping with aging legacy systems that are:

1. costly to maintain,
2. difficult to change and
3. lack the modern architecture needed to satisfy today’s consumer.

Instead of trying to replace an entire system with the high risks and costs involved in such a project, these government organizations are instead adopting a decision management approach and business rules management systems to target their modernization efforts where they have the biggest impact.

In this live webinarJames Taylor (LinkedIn profile) andClaye Greene (LinkedIn profile) will share know how and best practices from their extensive experience helping clients modernize their legacy systems with the targeted decision management approach.

In this session you will learn:

• Why you don’t need to modernize the whole application.
• Why focusing on business rules is not enough and why decision management is the essential ingredient
• How to use decision modeling to identify and scope targeted legacy modernization efforts

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 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.’

Click to register for Best Practices in Targeted Legacy Modernization in Government