Online Webinar – Recorded April 9th 2013
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

In any project development and delivery methodology there is a need to ensure the proper communication of status to the project’s stakeholders.

The need for this communication does not go away when utilizing an Agile approach, but it does change.

In this web seminar we discuss the purpose of communicating status and how best to achieve that expected value through a different mechanism.

Presenter: Bill Gaiennie (LinkedIn profile) has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer,with 5 years of Agile experience effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.

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Online Webinar – Recorded May 28th 2014
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
CourseID:  WS051414

Currently so much of agile adoption—coaching, advice, techniques, training and even the empathy revolve around the agile teams.

Leaders are typically either ignored or marginalized at best, and in the worst cases often vilified.

Bob Galen contends that there is a central and important role for managers and effective leadership within agile environments.

In this workshop, we’ll explore the patterns of mature agile managers and leaders. Especially those that understand Servant Leadership and how to effectively support, grow, coach, and empower their agile teams in ways that increase the teams’ performance, accountability, and engagement.

Bob will explore training and standards for agile adoption, and situations and guidelines for when to trust the team and when to step in and provide guidance and direction. We’ll examine the leader’s role in agile at-scale and with distributed agile teams.

• Good leadership is a central ingredient to sustaining your agile adoption.
• Bad leadership can render it irrelevant or a failure.

Here we’ll walk the path of the good, but also examine the bad patterns in an effort to inspire you and your teams.

Presenter: Robert “Bob” Galen (LinkedIn profile) is the President and Principal Consultant of RGCG, L.L.C and author of SCRUM Product Ownership – Balancing Value From the Inside Out. Bob has held director, manager and contributor level positions in both software development and quality assurance organizations.  He has over 25 years of experience working across a wide variety of software technology and product domains.

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Live Webinar July 2nd, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A  – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Global Sustainability CoP (REP #S046)

Jacqueline will share her real-life (and somewhat humorous) stories about innovations, learnings, and best practices with regard to initiating and implementing a corporate sustainability program.

In 2008, she founded Alaska Airlines’ corporate sustainability program.  Since then, Alaska Airlines has published three sustainability reports, developed a formal governance structure and sustainability initiatives, and has began the challenging process of integrating sustainability into their business practices.

Jacqueline’s presentation will also include tips and lessons learnedfrom Alaska Airlines and other companies for organizations who are interested in publishing their first sustainability report (or those who just want to compare wounds with someone who’s been there).

Presenter: Jacqueline Drumheller (LinkedIn profile) the sustainability manager for Alaska Airlines, is an enthusiastic public speaker who enjoys making sustainability fun. She is on a mission to make her company the sector leader in environmental stewardship. She began her environmental career in 1989, managing hazardous waste; followed by several years of environmental consulting. In  2012, she was named as one of 35 Inspirational Women in CSR by Triple Pundit.

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

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Live Webinar – June 30th 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

Using the new enterprise Agile management capabilities of TFS 2013, you can now efficiently manage a portfolio or projects, teams, and features in a single integrated view. In this free web seminar, we’ll demonstrate the new planning features in TFS 2013 that allow you to create multiple levels of hierarchy representing releases, features, and user stories. We’ll see how to manage efforts across multiple teams and sprints, track progress, gain visibility into overall project status, and see where resources are allocated.

Presenter: Bryon Brewer (LinkedIn profile)

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 6.1 Plan Schedule 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”

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Virtual Training – Recorded March 2014- Transcripts with Gold Pass
Duration: 10 Hours Credits: 9 PDU Category B PDUs
Fees:  $79.00 USD Limited time Special Price (exp July 6th 2014)
Fees: $97.00 USD Reg Price  – Includes Transcripts
Hosted by: Gil Broza, Principal Agile Mentor & Founder at 3PVantage
(Gil Broza LinkedIn profile @gilbroza)

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Note that is 2 Agile Conferences – A great value! 18 Cat B’s To complete at your leisure for a total of just $127.50 USD.  With the registration fees you will receive the recordings and transcripts of all of the presentations. Both events feature 21 of the best agile industry experts giving you practical advice for your agile projects!

Your Agile Journey Conference Information

This is an amazing opportunity to earn up to 9 Category B PDUs and get a great understanding of proven strategies to enhance your agile techniques and create outstanding success on your agile projects – enhancing your productivity.

The lineup for this event includes:

• Nick Oddson (LinkedInprofile,@noddson)
  • Organizational Support: Actions Speak Louder than Words
• Tricia Broderick (formerly Wilkerson – (LinkedIn profile, @t_broderick)
  • A Team-Friendly Environment: Making Collaboration Possible
• Ted Young(LinkedIn profile, @jitterted)
  • Stop Sprinting, Start Iterating: Embracing Uncertainty and Learning
• Andrew McGlinchey(LinkedIn profile)
  • Whole Product Thinking: More than a Backlog of Features
• Paul Carvalho(LinkedIn profile,@can_test)
  • A Quality Mind-set: Beyond Defects and Automated Tests
  • Watch for Paul’s new book Put Your Mind to the Test to be released soon
• Arlo Belshee (LinkedIn profile, @arlobelshee )
  • Technical Excellence: Changing the Rules of the Development Game
• Johanna Rothman (LinkedIn profile, @JohannaRothman)
  • The Get-to-Done Mentality: Finish What You Start
    
  • Johanna has written many popular books including:
    • Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management
    • Hiring Geeks That Fit
    • Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects
    • Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
    • Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People
• Dan Mezick (LinkedIn profile, @DanMezick)
  • Cultural Fit: Can You Handle the Truth?
  • Author Of: The Culture Game: Tools for the Agile Manager
• Guy Nachimson (LinkedIn profile, @guynachimson)
  • Embracing Change: Turning the One Constant from Foe to Friend
• Ken Rubin (LinkedIn profile, @krubinagile)
  • The Agile Principles and Values: Doing What Really Matters
  • Author Of : Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process

You’ll be happy you listened to these folks, because you’ll:

• Receive tons of information and advice, which will be useful and applicable no matter where you are on your Agile journey
• Explore both principles and practices – both what successful teams and organizations do and why they succeed
• Understand just how deep/extreme Agile gets, and the corresponding risks and rewards
• Shorten the journey to success with Agile, which is neither short nor easy

If you can’t attend all sessions, or prefer reading to listening, the recordings and transcripts will be available.

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