Archive for May, 2014

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Live Webinar – May 13th, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX  – The Process Excellence Network

Automated Rapid Process Improvement at Pitney Bowes

At Pitney Bowes, the winner of PEX Network’s Best Process Improvement Project award 2014, customer satisfaction is one of its top priorities. But despite recent improvement efforts, the company found there were still situations where they were finding it difficult to get Customer Service Time within agreed service levels and error rates.

In this webinar, Ronnie Mahabir, Senior Manager, North America Call Centre Operations, will share some of the pitfalls and learning points on how they accelerated customer response time by 56% and saved 30% of operating costs without involving an army of consultants or changing the IT infrastructure.

Find out how they achieved these results in less than 90 days using StereoLOGIC Automated Discovery.

Join this webinar to:

  • Learn how Pitney Bowes developed an Automated Rapid Process Improvement practice that accelerates the achievement of improvement goals throughout the company
  • Understand the power of continuously visualizing the “hidden world” of what employees actually do, how much time they actually spend and what mistakes they make
  • Identify ways that you can quickly discover and measure processes to find and fix process issues including visualizing employee processes, time, deviations and inefficiencies

Then, industry expert Jim Sinur will interview Pitney Bowes:

  • Hear the Challenges Pitney Bowes had to overcome to deliver these impressive results
  • Hear how process intelligence technologies help deliver these benefits
  • Hear the Pitney Bowes plans to leverages the StereoLogic process intelligence technology in the future

Presenters: 

Ronnie Mahabir Senior Manager, North America Call Centre Operations Pitney Bowes  has worked for 18 years in managing customer services. Ronnie has been managing employees and sub-contractors working in multiple distributed call centres and back-offices, both domestic and outsourced.  In 2014 he has implemented a new Automated Rapid Process Improvement approach, which brought to company large savings and improved the quality of customer services. Ronnie’s project has been presented at 2014 PEX conference, where won the award for the Best Process Improvement under 90 days.

Jim Sinur  CEO of Flueresque (LinkedIn profile) BPM Expert is an independent thought leader in applying business process management (BPM) to innovative and intelligent business operations (IBO). Gartner emeritus and author of Business Process Management: The Next Wave  Jim is a leader in process management approaches. His focus is on business process & innovation, and business policy/rule management (BRMS). When with Gartner, Jim was critical in creating the first Hype Cycle and Maturity Model, which have become a hallmark of Gartner analysis, along with the Magic Quadrant.

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PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope

  • 4.1 Develop Project Charter
  • 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
  • 5.2 Collect Requirements

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’

ick to register for Accelerate Your Journey to Improve Customer Satisfaction and Reduce Operational Cost

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Live Webinar May 14th, 2014, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm  EDT or
Live Webinar May 15th, 2014, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm  EDT
Presenter: Change Management Learning Center (PROSCI)
Duration:1 hour Webcast  – Up to 1 Category C PDU –  Free PDU

Prosci specializes in change management processes.  With a strong developed expertise in change management processes they produce high quality informative presentations and seminars

While the ultimate goal of change management is to enable individuals to successfully move from their own current state to their own future state, change management practitioners use a variety of tools at an organizational level to manage the change of large scale projects.

This webinar presents the five levers or tools that change management practitioners use to bring about individual change: communications plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, training plan and resistance management plan.

Learn what the best practices research tells us about each of the five levers available to change management practitioners.

Agenda:

  1. Change management process overview
  2. Communications plan
  3. Sponsor roadmap
  4. Coaching plan
  5. Training plan
  6. Resistance management plan
  7. The end result

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 13 – Stakeholders

  • 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
  • 5.3 Define Scope
  • 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
  • 13.2 Plan Stakeholder 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 the May 14th Presentation of  How to Drive Adoption with Five Strategic Change Plans

Click to register for the May 15th Presentation of  How to Drive Adoption with Five Strategic Change Plans

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Live Webinar – May 13th, 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 Trail Folder”

Click to register for  How to Prioritize Projects When Each One is Critical

Unlock Innovation

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Live Webinar May 15th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Category A – Free PDU/CDU
By: The Versatile Project Management Company (REP 1524)

Innovation Drives Growth

Innovation is driving growth and productivity gains in every industry, including yours.

Do you work in healthcare, government, retail, or education? How about wireless telecomm, aerospace, software or computer hardware?

Non-profits around the world are benefiting from innovation, too.

What do you need to know to stay relevant and engaged in this innovation-driven economy?

Bestselling author Eric Verzuh shares the building blocks of innovation and a strategy for increasing your firm’s capacity to innovate.

In this webinar you’ll learn:

  • Two modes of innovation
  • Why we pay lip service to creativity
  • How to multiply (and divide) creativity
  • The characteristics and strengths of an innovative workforce

Earn one PDU and gain a new insight on innovation!

Presenterer :  Eric Verzuh (LinkedIn profile) founder and President, of The versatile Management Company is recognized around the world as an authority on practical project leadership. Eric has written the best sellers The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management and  The Portable MBA in Project Management.

Click to register for Unlock Innovation

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Live Webinar May 12th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Government CoP (REP #S007)

Project management is an essential ingredient to innovation. It is only with great project management that you can bring an innovative idea to action.

However, innovation requires a different type of project management than the standard multi-year government project.

In this webinar, you will learn:

  • How innovative project management differs from traditional project management
  • Tools to leverage agile project management and human centered design
  • How to treat change as a variable and learn from the scrums
  • Concrete tips and tricks from those doing it right and bringing innovation to their agency

Presenters:

Dr. William Brantley, (LinkedIn profile) PMP (Data Scientist, PM, & OpenSource Developer)  Innovative Federal government professional currently involved in building the data science and project management capabilities for the Office of Personnel Management. Strategic thinker in public policy, investigative, analytical, qualitative/quantitative research, and information technology. Highly-accomplished university instructor, presenter, and trainer. Knowledge Management Lead for Government Community of Practice.

Winnie Liem, (LinkedIn profile) PMP (Project, Program & Portfolio Manager)
Professional career with the Ontario Public Service at the Ministry of Health and previously at the Ministry of Attorney General advocating for Innovation and Excellence in Project Delivery to drive success and better outcomes in government. Winnie is currently the Community Manager for the Government Community of Practice.

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

Click to register for Project Management: An Essential Ingredient for Innovation

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Live Webinar May 13th, 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)

Why should you reinvent the wheel each time you are ready to
Do a project?

In this webinar, you will learn how everything we do today is a derivative of a previous project that was done before.

In general, the projects we are involved with have already been done, either successfully or unsuccessfully.

Either way there is knowledge to be leveraged

Presenter : Wes Balakian PMP (LinkedIn profile) is a PMP prep instructor, speaker and author of both books and materials. His products include:

Click to register for The Value of Forms in Project Management

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