Live Webinar April 29th, 2014 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A  – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S004)

Although success stories from individual agile teams abound, agile adoptions often run into significant challenges when companies attempt to scale beyond one or a few teams on a single project or multiple projects.

The role of middle management in agile, especially the Project Management Office (PMO), remains poorly defined. PMO managers often are seen as focusing more on process compliance than on business results. However, in the long run, agile cannot succeed without middle management’s support and leadership.

Learn how to truly lead agile teams and scale agile adoption across the enterprise by implementing an Agile PMO in your organization.

Playing a vital role, Agile PMOs can bring lean discipline to project prioritization, track and monitor the value delivery across projects, support stable teams for higher productivity, and enable mature process adoption through the careful application of metrics, tools, and high-level standardization.

Presenter: Sanjiv Augustine (LinkedIn profile) is an entrepreneur, industry-leading agile and lean expert, author, speaker, management consultant and trainer.  The author of several books including  Managing Agile Projects, and the e-Study Guide for: Managing Agile Projects as well as  several publications including Transitioning to Agile Project Management and The Lean-Agile PMO: Using Lean Thinking to Accelerate Agile Project Delivery  (download best viewed with Acrobat Reader 4.0).  Sanjiv is the founder and moderator of the Lean Startup in the Enterprise Meetup and the Yahoo! Agile Project Management discussion group. Sanjiv was also a founder and advisory board member of the Agile Leadership Network (ALN), and a founder member of the Project Management Institute’s Agile Community of Practice.

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

Click to register for Scaling Agile: A Vital Role for an Agile PMO

Live Webinar April 30th, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A  – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Leadership in PM CoP (REP #S051)

Join John Eisenschmidt  (LinkedIn profile) and Shawn Boockoff (LinkedIn profile) in this engaging session on Leading Virtual Teams.

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

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Live Webinar – April 30th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX  – The Process Excellence Network

Find out how you can easily produce dashboards to measure your process and company goals.

You’ll go beyond the theory with first hand experience from Mark and his special guest José Hernaiz, Process Management & Segment Transfers of Credit Suisse.  They will answer your questions on what it really takes to practically apply these principles to your business.

What you’ll take away

1. Effective KPI design including common mistakes and how to avoid them
2. Simple ways to build and use more intelligent dashboards to drive decision making at your company
3. Why making information personal and relevant is important in measuring business processes
4. Plus the importance of real-time monitoring

Presenters:

José Hernaiz Process Management & Segment Transfers Credit Suisse

Mark Bednarski (LinkedIn profile) is Product Manager Global of iGrafx, based in Portland USA. Mark is responsible for BPM product and project development and the support of iGrafx customers and prospects with special focus on the financial sector. Through his work he has profound knowledge on various topics around Business Process Management. He specializes in Performance Management, Enterprise Architecture Modeling, Process Analysis, Control & Risk Management and Compliance.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 6 – Time 7 – Costs

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 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 How to Create Powerful KPIs that Drive Action

Live Webinar – April 29th, 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

Establishing a PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office) is considered to be a best practice approach to improving the value an organization can receive from its project investments.

Why is it then, that a study, conducted in 2005, of 750 organizations worldwide indicated that over 75% of organizations that set up a PMO shut it down within three years because it did not demonstrate any added value?

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar where you will learn key reasons why so many PMOs fail, and gain some valuable knowledge of the critical success factors required to ensure the survival of your PMO.

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: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 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 Setting Up a PMO is Not for the Faint Hearted!

Live Webinar April 29th, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

The Cost Of A Bad Hire Can Be Staggering”

Harvard Business Review states that as much as 80 percent of employee turnover is due to bad hiring decisions. Recent studies have put the figure as high as the annual salary of the employee.

Forbes research suggests that 46 percent of new hires turn out to be bad hires.

What role can technology play in improving these statistics?

Join this webcast for an overview of some of the technologies currently available to drive engagement for the entire recruiting lifecycle and improve the ROI on the firm’s recruiting budget. By focusing on the user experience and the needs of both the hiring manager and team firms will see a drastic improvement.

Forbes writer and author George Anders (LinkedIn profile) author of the “The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else” will evaluate the importance of the following topics:

• Social recruiting
• Collaborative hiring
• Advanced candidate assessments
• Video interviewing
• Integrated ATS and L&D software for more efficient onboarding

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 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”

Click to register for You Had Me at Hello: Engagement with Technology from Sourcing to Onboarding