Live Webinar March 26th 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

Strategic change initiatives are profiling in organizations. To facilitate execution of these initiatives, firms are investing in business architecture to help assess and plan them.

Enterprise Business Architecture is quickly evolving into a mainstream business capability. Some would argue that it is already there considering 50% of the world’s top performing enterprises have embraced business architecture as a strategic differentiator.

The tools and techniques of business architecture should be foundational to strategy development, deployment and executive planning. This webinar intends to demonstrate the business architecture framework, describe the what, why, how and uses of some architectural blueprints.

Learning Objectives:

1. Purpose and benefits of Business Architecture to scope, planning and delivery.
2. Applicability of Business Architecture in the context of the rapid Change Agenda
3. Business Architecture framework and a variety of approaches to know when to use model types.
4. Different views of a business architecture framework and how analysis techniques will expose risk.
5. To think architecturally in the decomposition of the organization as a technique for defining organizational impact, scope and for Process Modeling & Requirements analysis methods.

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Live Webinar Mar 26th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar, Jack Ferraro (LinkedIn profile) will show you how seemingly beneficial policies, some accepted PM-practices, and prevailing organizational structures experience 50% less productivity than they are capable of.

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Live Webinar March 26th, 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

• Do you know who your stakeholders are?
• Have you considered both internal and external stakeholders?
• Do they have competing goals and objectives? Do they want the project to succeed?

This webinar will explore a variety of analytical techniques specifically focused on stakeholders.

Session Objectives:

• Identify key stakeholders
• Assess a stakeholder’s power and influence
• Evaluate a stakeholder’s interest
• Define best practices to implement within Project Insight

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 – March 25th, 2014 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

During the project intake process all projects are considered critical, all others never get approved. So how do you decide which “critical” projects are most critical? These decisions are typically made politically, emotionally or without consistency.

The Impact:

• Poor resource utilization
• Frustrated resources
• Projects not aligned with strategic objectives
• Higher risk and lower ROI

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar demonstrating a balanced approach to prioritizing initiatives. Projects affect many aspects of your business; all factors should be considered when taking on a new project. Learn the prioritization secrets of successful companies using a Project Portfolio Management mentality.

The Result:

• Decreased risk
• Higher ROI
• Optimized resource utilization
• Maximum aggregate value of projects

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: 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 Tr

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Live Webinar March 27th, 2014 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU Presented by Citrix Online – GoToMeeting Corporate

What is it like to work at WordPress?

Scott Berkun knows firsthand. He spent a year at WordPress leading a remote, distributed team of brilliant programmers, and he chronicled his unique behind-the-scenes story in his newest bestselling book The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work . Join Scott Burken as he offers lessons about creativity, productivity and leadership from the kind of workplace that just might be in everyone’s future.

Scott Berkun ( LinkedIn @berkun) is a highly respected author in the fields of Project Management and Innovation. pduOTD featured his book (worth up to 15 Category C PDUs) The Art of Project Management (Theory in Practice (O’Reilly) as a Category C opportunity January 24th 2011. CLICK HERE for the CHAPTER of the book The Art Of Project Management – This Chapter is 18 pages. Reading this Chapter would qualify for up to 1 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs (formerly Category 2 SDL PDUs). (PDF) Book Review of The Art of Project Management by Craig Murphy (11 Pages) Book receives 5 Of 5 stars – A MUST READ.

Enjoy Some of Scott’s best selling books:

• The Myths of Innovation
  • Scott also provides you 2 chapters of his book . Reading these Chapters (31 pages) would qualify for up to 1.5 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs.
• The Art of Project Management – Theory in Practice (O’Reilly)
• Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice)
• Confessions of a Public Speaker
• And another of his best sellers Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds

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

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Live Webinar – March 25th 2014, 10:30 am – 11:30 am EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

Research has shown that (depending on role) people can spend up to 80% of their time in meetings.

Meetings are necessary activities required to communicate, collaborate and make decisions about important business processes, projects and objectives. It is estimated that employees spend up to 50% of their time in meetings.

The challenge is—many meetings are unnecessary, include the wrong people, or are not managed in a way to maximize productivity.

In the Leading Effective Meetings webinar Michelle Moore will explore how to get the most of meetings you need to lead.

The webinar will include the following elements:

• When to meet
• Planning your meeting
• Making the most of your meeting time
• Meeting follow-up

In this 1 hour webinar Michelle Moore will provide actionable ideas to improve the effectiveness of both face to face and online meetings.

Presenter: Michelle Moore LinkedIn profile) is a learning and development professional with in-depth knowledge and experience in Sales, Leadership and Communication Skills. Michelle facilitates Global Knowledge Leadership and Business workshops on a world-wide basis and is responsible for development and promotion of the Global Knowledge EMEA Leadership and Business Skills portfolio.

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