Archive for April, 2014

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Live Webinar April 16th, 2014, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

What if you could automate many tests
As an integral part of the development process?

In both agile and traditional development environments, the most common practice for automating regression tests is to script manual tests after development is done and the build is deployed.

With the Indium Sprint-Cycle Testing (SCT) approach, coupled with a powerful automation tool such as Borland Silk Portfolio, you can learn how to develop and run automated tests in parallel with developers so the regression test set is updated immediately after the build is complete.

Find out how to transform your test automation with the SCT approach:

  • Identify test cases to automate—and ones to not automate
  • Automate the tests in parallel with development
  • Estimate the effort for test script automation
  • Develop and execute automated tests during and after build process
  • Reduce automation backlog and improve regression suite coverage

NOTE: Adopters of the SCT process report 30% faster test execution times, 35% reduction in regression efforts, and 60% of defects caught earlier in the development process when using Borland Silk Portfolio.

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’

Click to register for New Test Automation Paradigm: Earlier, Faster, Better

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Live Webinar April 11th, 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)

Learn how to become a more effective leader
And begin to differentiate yourself from the pack

There are many project managers in the business world today, but what makes them GREAT instead of just good?

Great project managers not only have management skills in their tool kit, but they know how to use those skills to inspire their team to produce the best results.

Solutions Cube Group’s live Webinars address many relevant project issues. Join us for them for this insightful 1 hour in depth presentation to learn the difference between good and great project managers.

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

Click to purchase The Difference Between Good and Great Project Managers

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Live Webinar – April 10th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
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

There are some big changes happening in the way large companies approach project and program management. In many ways the profession of project management is being “reloaded.” Join us to explore this trend.

Panelist Info:

  • Chris Knotts, PMP  (LinkedIn profile) ASPE Creative Director
  • David Mantica, (LinkedIn profile)  has  has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries.
  • Jennifer Valdez, Valdez (LinkedIn profile)
  • Dave Caccamo, (LinkedIn profile) MS. Eco, PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP (VP of ASPE Inc. Project Management Curriculum)

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 6 – Time 8 – Quality 9 – Human Resources

  • 4.1 Develop Project Charter
  • 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
  • 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work

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 Project Management 101: Why Enterprise PMs are Getting Back to the Basics

Intelligent Disobedience

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Live Webinar April 10th, 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 Raj Kapur(LinkedIn profile) will explore the value of intelligent disobedience, how to practice it, and how this practice can help deliver better outcomes, improved morale and higher business IQ.

Click to register for Intelligent Disobedience

The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
ITMPI Membership

Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
An Excellent Value!!

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Note: ITMPI charges a fee to obtain individual PDU codes. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code should be able to be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. An ITMPI Membership entitles you to receive all ITMPI PDU Codes and recordings.

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Live Webinar April 10th, 2014, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: StickyMinds/Techwell

In response to the shifts in technology as seen in mobile and big data—along with the shifts in methodologies like agile—the pace of application development has changed, causing the need for total traceability in your requirements to become even more evident for success.

Join HP for this webcast, where they will discuss how end-to-end traceability in your requirements will help you link together a single repository for your requirements along with other key development assets like source code, test, and defects.

In this interactive webinar you will learn how to:

  1. Encourage widespread adoption through ease of use
  2. Provide a single point of truth for both visual and textual requirements
  3. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure the right requirements are captured
  4. Enforce a standardization of consistency and quality across your teams

Click to register for The Importance of End-to-End Requirements Management

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Live Webinar April 9th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free

In the first of the four-part “Digging Deeper” series of MPUG webinars, the “Learning More about Inactivating Tasks and Inserting a Repeatable Block of Tasks” presentation will help you to gain in-depth knowledge about the Inactivate Task feature available in the Professional version of Microsoft Project 2010.

In addition, Dale will show you how to avoid using copy and paste in projects stored in Project Server 2010, and to avoid the risk project corruption by using a repeatable block of tasks instead.

This presentation will include the following topics:

  • Understanding The Purpose Of The Inactivate Task Feature In Microsoft Project Professional 2010
  • Understanding the Relationship Between a Baseline and Inactive Tasks
  • How Does Microsoft Project 2010 Calculate Variance for Inactive Tasks?
  • Understanding the Behavior of Inactive Tasks and Their Summary Tasks
  • Using the Proper Technique to Inactivate a Summary Section
  • When Should You NOT Inactivate an Unnecessary Task?
  • Deleting Unnecessary Inactive Tasks
  • Copying and Pasting Tasks from a Local Staging File
  • Inserting A Repeatable Block Of Tasks From A Custom Task Library
  • Creating a Custom Task Library

Presenter: Dale Howard, (LinkedIn profile) MS Project MVP (2004), MCT, MCTS, CTT, MCITP, MVP, MCT, MCTS, CTT, MCITP Dale manages educational services for MSProjectExperts. Dale is an enterprise project management trainer/consultant with more than 12 years of training experience, Dale volunteers many hours each week answering user questions in the various Project news groups in the Microsoft Communities.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT…. Even if you only take the 3 session 6 hour MPUG Project Portfolio Management Masterclass (6 Category A PDUs) the$129 Per Year Membership Fee  is a terrific value to get the PPM MPUG Certificate and add it to your resume.

MPUG Membership also includes:

  1. MPUGs Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
  2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
  3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
  4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
  5. And so much more ….

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

Click to register for Digging Deeper – Learning More about Inactivating Tasks and Inserting a Repeatable Block of Tasks