Live Webinar June 26th, 2014 – 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI International Development CoP (REP #S034)

Multilateral and international development organizations have been heavily criticized by governments and donors for not realizing expectations due to lack of accountability leading to corrupt practices, waste of resources, bureaucracy and poor service delivery.

This trend has continued to plague development in the third world for decades, according to evaluations conducted on previous projects and programmes.

Many of the existing programming and monitoring tools used by development organizations do not have built-in mechanisms for highlighting shortcomings, discrepancies and financial irregularities and hence cannot effectively expose mismanagement or corrupt practices.

Although Earned Value Management (EVM) has been utilized mainly as a performance measurement tool in the corporate world, it may possibly be employed in development programmes as a tool for accountability and highlighting mismanagement of financial resources.

The first challenge will be to identify and establish the appropriate EVM tools that can be employed within the context of development programmes bearing in mind that development results and outcomes are not expressed as benefits in financial terms.

Suffyan will then explore a couple of scenarios whereby he will demonstrate how to apply EVM in monitoring and controlling development projects to ensure better accountability of project team members while also ensuring funds are not misused.

It is important to recognize that EVM alone will not be sufficient to resolve financial mismanagement or wipe out corruption.

It must be part of a broader framework that includes various programming, monitoring and auditing techniques that collectively strengthen accountability, enforce regulations and develop business processes that will reduce or greatly minimize illicit financial practices in development projects.

Presenter: Suffyan Bashir MBA PMP is a specialist in strategic planning, project and programme management with several years of experience working for international organizations and private sector institutions in various capacities. He has worked extensively with PRINCE2 and is well versed in Agile methodologies.

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Live Webinar June 26th, 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 second in a two part series series on “Stakeholder Analysis” by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

It’s important to keep stakeholders aligned with the objectives of your project and obtain their support so that, ultimately, you can gain their acceptance of project deliverables and closure.

This is the second webinar in a 2 part series on Stakeholder Analysis. This webinar will discuss how to identify stakeholders that can significantly influence the project either positively or negatively and develop a strategy for obtaining and/or increasing support for the project.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn how to develop an approach for managing stakeholders, whether their perceptions about your project are negative or positive. Tips will be provided to help you retain and increase the support of influential stakeholders and to reduce or eliminate the impact of stakeholders who perceive your project negatively.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Confirm which stakeholders can significantly influence the project either positively or negatively
• Consider key information about each stakeholder such as level of participation, area/s representing, and key relationships within the organization
• Develop a plan for increasing support and minimizing negative impacts, then implement the plan

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Live Webinar June 25th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour  Credits: 1 PDU Category B  – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Today’s leader must be participatory and flexible yet also powerful enough to inspire others.

No formula is available that can teach the ideal leadership style, since what works for some people doesn’t work for others, and what works at times doesn’t work all the time.

Energy Leadership™ is the process that develops a personally effective style of leadership that positively influences and changes not only yourself, but also those with whom you work and interact, as well as your organization as a whole.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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Live Webinar June 24th, 2014 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Organizational Project Management CoP (REP #S043)

After the great success in June 2012 with their Masterclass in Project Management Maturity, Dr. Beverley Pasian and Dr. Nigel Williams are honoring The PMI Organizational Project Management CoP with a new webinar!

Presenters:

Beverly Pasian BA, M.A. (ODE), DPM (LinkedIn profile) For almost 20 years Beverly has worked as a project management practitioner,  and researcher.  Beverly is also an Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics & Management, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands.

Dr Nigel L. Williams (LinkedIn profile) PMP is Senior Lecturer in Project Management at Bournemouth University.  Nigel worked for 15 years as a Project Manager and Business Consultant for manufacturing organizations in the Caribbean Region. He holds a BSc in MechEng and an MSc in Marketing  and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

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Live Webinar – June 24th, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a strategic decision making approach aimed at maximizing overall returns on project investments. By focusing on the “right” projects, it is expected that there will be improved organization alignment to strategic plans as well as optimized utilization of financial and human resources.

Unfortunately, there is a significant amount of misinformation in the marketplace about PPM and many organizations that have attempted to implement these practices have failed. Of course, vendors stand ready to “help” unsuspecting executives with snake oil claims of “silver bullet” process or tool purchases to achieve PPM nirvana.

This webinar will provide you with a solid grounding of PPM principles – costs, benefits, critical success factors and lessons learned. These will help you decide whether pursuing PPM improvement is a valuable and realistic goal for your organization. This presentation will also improve your knowledge of the PPM lifecycle and provide you with the key decisions and approaches necessary to launch a successful PPM initiative.

Who should attend this webinar?
C-Level Management, IT Directors and Managers or Directors of PMOs

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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”

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Live Webinar June 24th, 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)

Nearly every large organization in virtually every industry and government sector has used Lean and Six Sigma to realize dramatic improvements in cost, quality, and cycle time.

But, for some reason, penetration into software and IT organizations has lagged far behind. Why is that? What might be done to improve that picture? In this webinar we will explore both the “why” and the “what”.

Presenter: Gary Gack (LinkedIn profile) PMP MBA ITIL ASQ CSQE & Lean Six Sigma Black Belt  Gary is the author of Managing the Black Hole: The Executive’s Guide to Software Project Risk has more than 40  years of diverse experience in process improvement and the  the software industry. President of Process-Fusion.net, Gary provides assessment, strategy advice, training, and coaching related to the integration and deployment of software and IT industry best practices. Gary  is a Visiting Scientist with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

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