Live Webinar – June 27th 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

In a recent SharePoint class, a student presented the following scenario:

• They needed a way to view reports from the current month.
• They also needed to sort the reports by status, and
• If possible use color-coded indicators so they could see where the reports stood at any point. the solution needed to be automated.

Lets break down how we might solve this issue in SharePoint:

1. We need to filter company reports by the current month.
2. We need to sort company reports by reports status.
3. We need to create a Key Performance Indicator to view reports by status and percentage.

But There Is One small issue

According to Microsoft, Status Lists and Status Indicators have been depreciated in SharePoint 2013!

This webinar will demonstrate how we created an automated solution to address this real-world issue.

This includes calculating fields to assign a month to reports as they are added to the reports library – meaning:

1. The user uploading the report didn’t need to worry about selecting a value for the month field; SharePoint automatically supplied this value for them.
2. We will create a view that allows us to display only reports for the current month, and to group our reports by status.
3. Finally, we will also learn that not only are status lists and indicators still present, but how to create and use them in SharePoint 2013.

Presenter: Andy Huneycutt

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications 13 – Stakeholder

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 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’

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Live Webinar June 25th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

• Are you a Business Analyst trying to find your role in an Agile project?
• Are you looking for ways to ramp up your Agile team’s productivity?

There are a lot of misconceptions about Business Analysis in an Agile development environment, and sometimes Business Analysts find it hard to adapt to the short iterations, just-in-time planning and minimalist documentation that characterizes Agile development.

This webinar is a frank discussion about what Agile demands from a Business Analyst and how Business Analysts can succeed and ensure their team succeeds.

Learning Objectives:

1. Dispel common myths about Agile, including the belief that Business Analysts aren’t welcome in Agile
2. Explain why every development team needs excellent business analysis to be successful
3. Guide analysts in how to deliver the most value in Agile settings

Click to register for Three Ways Business Analysts Enable Agile Success

Live Webinar June 26th, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category B – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

NOTE: We have listed this as a Category B but the provider has stated that this session is ** Eligible for PDUs, CDUs. ** This most likely will be a category A presentation presented by Diversified Business Communications (Rep #1811 – parent company). More Information will be available will be available at the end of the session.

Process and organizational changes alone are no longer sufficient to meet the mandate of improved quality, governance and auditability in today’s complex, high-pressure development environments.

Regg Struyk, (LinkedIn profile) Product Manager, Polarion Software & Jiri Walek, (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Product Management, Polarion Software will discuss the value of real-time collaboration, where everything is connected through bi-directional traceability, and all collaborators have access to the information and functionality they need to succeed.

They will demonstrate why engaging stakeholders early and in context provides a clear path forward and helps uncover issues before defects occur.

They will also share how easy access to previous work products combined with fully linked variant and change management can bring your team collaboration to the next level.

Topics covered in the presentation include:

• Integrate Workflow into your existing process
• Power of Granular Work Items
• Complete Traceability and Versioning
• Real-Time Collaboration using Social Media

Join this interactive webinar to learn how successful organizations have accelerated innovation while protecting integrity by unlocking synergies across disparate teams.

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Live Webinar – June 26th 2014, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number and may need to be recorded as a Category C PDU. Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

The project manager (PM) and business analyst (BA) have to be key allies in the management of any project.

That can be difficult when project work is duplicated because of the overlapping tasks defined by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) and the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

Still, as long as roles are clearly defined and understood, the two can cooperate and collaborate, instead of competing.

In this hour-long webinar, Global Knowledge instructor and PMP-certified project management expert Daniel Stober (LinkedIn profile) will explain how to delineate the roles.

Click to register for The Project Manager as Business Analyst

Live Webinar June 27th, 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)

This webinar is fifth in a five part series series on “Meetings That Work” by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

Often times Project Managers may feel it is a success factor for their projects to eliminate conflict among project stakeholders.

While it is true that some Stakeholder conflict can be a major roadblock to meeting effectiveness and project success, not all conflict is bad for the project effort.

Conflict can be healthy (productive) or destructive conflict exists for many reasons and is imperative for a Project Manager understand the sources of conflict and possess the skills to encourage productive conflict while reducing destructive conflict.

Solutions Cube Group’s “Managing Conflict and Working Towards Consensus” one hour in depth webinar will help you understand why conflict exists, when conflict is valuable to the project effort and how to manage conflict through the use of consensus building techniques in every meeting!

In the Managing Conflict and Working towards Consensus webinar, participants will:

• Understand the differences between healthy and destructive conflict
• Understand how communication factors into conflict among team members
• Recognize the obstacles to effective communication on projects and how to overcome these obstacles to diffuse conflict
• Understand the difference between achieving consensus and other decision making techniques
• Learn techniques for gaining consensus in team meetings for project decisions

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

Click to purchase Managing Conflict Working Toward Consensus: Meetings That Work Series Session 1 of 5

Live Webinar June 27th, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Poor requirements lead to failed projects. There is solid evidence that visualization of requirements result in higher quality results. Engaging stakeholders by the use of a variety of modeling techniques results in much higher quality requirements and greatly improved project results.

In this webinar, you will gain insight into a wide array of modeling tools that assist in more effectively documenting customer requirements. You will gain an understanding of how these tools can effectively improve the communication with your clients.

Examples of modeling tools will be overviewed, including: context diagrams, use cases, activity diagrams, screen flows and prototypes. This allows a business analyst to connect the dots when documenting requirements.

Learning objectives include:

• Understand the value of creating a context diagram at the beginning of the project
• Learn how to derive use cases from the context diagram to document functional requirements
• Increase the effectiveness of process documentation by developing activity diagrams
• Learn how to create screen flows and use prototyping for improved usability
• Understand how these modeling techniques come together to provide a true picture of requirements

About the Presenter: Terrell Smith (LinkedIn profile) MPA, PMP, CBAP With over 25 years of experience in a wide range of project management and business analysis assignments, he brings concepts to life in a practical and easy to apply manner. Terrell has assisted clients in the development of project management methodologies, risk assessments, quality management, agile methods, problem solving, rescuing troubled projects, implementing business analysis best practices, and team building.

Click to register for It’s all About the Visuals: Effective Modeling Techniques for Business Analysts