Live Webinar – March 26th, 2014 8:00 am – 9:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX – The Process Excellence Network

Too many companies lurch from crisis to crisis trying to put out “fires” as they go.

While the “firefighters” are often touted as heroes, the root causes of the problems can often be found in poor planning and silo’ed behaviours. Worse, this kind of behaviour leads to waste and inefficiency and endemic under-performance.

So how can you go from a firefighting culture to one that prevents the problems in the first place?

In this webinar you will:

1. Get practical ideas on how to allocate critical resources – people, equipment, inventory, materials, time and money – to satisfy customers in a more profitable way
2. Learn better ways of aligning the strategic and tactical plans each month
3. Gain insight into a proven methodology for managing process and culture change
4. Understand why putting in place business objectives – rather than individual performance objectives – is a powerful way of driving high performance throughout the value chain

Join this webinar to learn a proven approach that teaches you how to manage your business more holistically to predict and respond to events before they become “fires” your teams have to put out.

Presenters:

Liam Harrington provides practical change management to companies implementing Business Excellence processes As a Partner for Oliver Wight. Liam has helped diverse organizations implement Integrated Business Planning and strategic deployment processes. With particular expertise working with complex and matrix organisational structures, Liam helps instil the appropriate behaviours, engage the leadership team and coach them through the change process, ensuring results that last. He speaks at many events both in the UK, mainland Europe and the USA.

Andy Walker (LinkedIn profile) is a Partner at Oliver Wight with over 15 years experience in a diverse range of business disciplines. With a background in finance, demand and supply chain management, he has delivered substantial gains for clients in efficiency, cost reduction and customer service.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define 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’

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Live Webinar March 21st, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI International Development CoP (REP #S034)

Stakeholder management is a new addition to the PMBOK. In this webinar we will see this new area from a development perspective and we will see how critical it is to fully understand the levels of interest and influence that stakeholders have on the project.

In the webinar will discuss the various techniques to help identify and analyze all project stakeholders, and how to develop a plan for building stakeholder support and manage their expectations.

Additionally, we will discuss the best practices for communicating with stakeholders, along with how to deal with difficult stakeholders.

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

Presenter: Rodolfo Siles PMP (LinkedIn profile) a Master’s degree in Management Science with a concentration in Project Management; and has over 20 years of experience with international development organizations. Rodolfo was the lead consultant in the development of the course pm4R for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and has trained Bank personnel and executing units from various Latin-American government institutions in the tools and methodologies of project management.

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Live Webinar March 21st, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

Project teams must be able to understand and document the full scope of their project effort and communicate all of the project deliverables that must be built. Without this complete picture of the project outcomes, the risk of project failure increases due to higher probability that requirements and related solutions will missed from the project effort.

Establishing the project’s Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) provides the most comprehensive baseline of expected project deliverables. Building the WBS is not a one time project activity. The WBS is expanded using progressive elaboration to incorporate growing knowledge of the project as the project scope is being defined.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn about:

• Factors that influence the content of the WBS
• Updating the WBS to reflect clarifications provided by Objectives, Context Diagram, Constraints, CSFs and Project Assumptions
• Ensuring the WBS accurately reflects only those deliverables that are in scope for the project

Solutions Cube Group’s live Webinars address many relevant project issues. Join them for this 1 hour in depth presentation to learn about how the Project Scope Statement provides valuable knowledge to build and adjust the WBS ensuring it represents the full scope of the project effort.

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar Although this is a part of a series the information from each session can stand on its own.

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Live Webinar March 20th, 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)

Complexity theory – which teaches that total order does not allow for enough flexibility – has become a new area of potential in the field of management.

Not surprisingly, program management (which emphasizes rules and hierarchy) has tended to be resistant to these concepts.

As a result, there is very little material that would help practicing program managers in the area of leveraging complex communications.

In this webinar, Wanda Curlee (LinkedIn profile) and Robert Gordon (LinkedIn profile) will address this problem and share with you practical tips on how to use complexity theory to manage and lead the communication effort on programs.

Click to register for Successful Program Management: Complexity Theory, Communication, and Leadership

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Live Webinar – March 21st 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
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Knowing where to focus our efforts is one of the tricky aspects of being and becoming an effective business analyst. I believe it is important to analyze and prioritize our skill development, much like we do in helping our customers with their requirements.

In order to be effective in our role, we will examine the “must-have,” “nice-to-have,” and “should-have” professional skills to help you on your business analysis journey. Where you are located on the business analysis career path has an impact on which skills need to be emphasized.

This web seminar will help you identify what is critical for your success, including strategies to help you enhance and develop those essential skills.

Presenter: Kelley Bruns PMP (LinkedIn profile) has over 25 years of experience in the learning and development industry and is a PMP and a certified Development Dimensions International Facilitator. Kelley’s expertise lies in her extensive experience in a wide range of industries including banking, construction, energy, engineering, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 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’

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Live Webinar March 19th 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Metavis

What is the future of Social SharePoint?

Social has had a huge impact on our digital world and the business world in recent years.

We are all familiar with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Many companies make internal and external use of these Social media for sharing knowledge and communicating with potential customers.

SharePoint, a platform of choice for knowledge sharing and communicating, by using Social features.

Since SharePoint 2010 this trend has been put through with SharePoint 2013, but the acquisition of Yammer has had a huge impact on the use of Social in SharePoint.

During this session we look together at the past, present and future of Social and SharePoint.

Presenter: Jasper Oosterveld (LinkedIn profile) is an active member of the SharePoint community. He is a speaker at community events and Conferences. He is the co-founder of the site SPCNL and the SharePoint Business User Group NL. In February 2012 Jasper received the Microsoft Community Contributor award for supporting the SharePoint community at the TechNet forums. In 2013 Jasper was listed in the top 25 European SharePoint Influencers.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 10.1 Plan Communications Management
• 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 Social and SharePoint: The Past, Present And Future