Live Webinar – June 24th  25th & 26th, 2014
12:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT Each Day
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 3 x 2 hour + Q & A 6 PDU / 6 CDU Total
Mpug Member Free – This is a members only opportunity
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EARN AN MPUG Certificate:
Managing A Resource Constrained Project
(upon completing three 2 hour sessions)

• Session 1  (Click For Topics Covered)
  • June 24th 2014, 12:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT
• Session 2 (Click For Topics Covered)
  • June 25th 2014, 12:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT
• Session 3 (Click For Topics Covered)
  • June 26th 2014, 12:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT

Prerequisites and Recommendations

• This series is designed for Project Managers who are experienced in using Microsoft Project (i.e. understand task predecessors, constraints, resource assignments, utilization, etc.). We will use these features to properly plan and manage resource constrained projects.
• Microsoft Project 2013 will be used during the session. The majority of features that will be shown are available in all Microsoft Project versions, but the instructions and process can best be followed using Microsoft Project 2013 or 2010.
• Please note that training files will be provided in Project 2010 file format. Project 2007 users must be able to open Project 1020 files. It will also be the responsibility of the user to transpose the ribbon-based menu commands to the appropriate toolbar commands in Microsoft Project 2007 during this session.
• As an alternative, attendees will also have the option to use a hosted version of Microsoft Project 2013.
• Finally, it is advised that you use two monitors while participating in the training sessions. Use one monitor for viewing the instructor-led session and the other for working with your schedule.

Session One

• Create and setup your project
• Build the schedule
• Activity sequencing for resource leveling
• Add and assign resources

Session Two

• Level resources and respond to results
• Approve and baseline your project
• Track project progress

Session Three

• Respond to project and resource changes
• Close the project
• Managing resources across programs
• Using resource leveling with Project Server

Presenter: Larry Christofaro, (LinkedIn profile)  PMP, MCITP  is the president and Executive Consultant with EPM Solution Partners, with over 20 years of project management experience. He combines strengths in EPM architecture and project management to successfully manage Project, Program, and Portfolio engagements ranging from 50-2000 users that deliver winning solutions for his clients.

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• Access to in-person chapter meetings worldwide
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• Earn Weekly PDUS with the WebnLearns
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• Opportunities to participate in beta testing, webcasts, product surveys and discounts on Project-related events
• PMI and Microsoft Project educational credits for participation in meetings, special events and volunteer activities
• Search and post Project-related job openings through the Career Center

Note: All three sessions must be completed for certificate to be issued

Click to register for Managing A Resource Constrained Project: MPUG Certificate Program

Live Webinar – June 25th, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

Staff Turnover Causes Loss of Institutional Knowledge

Over the next decade, organizations will experience the largest wave of retirements in history. To further impact turnover rates, Gen X and Gen Y workers on the average are leaving after only 5 and 2 years of services respectively.

Without a solid and ongoing information succession plan to capture, transform, align and track your employees’ tacit knowledge, your company’s ability to maintain and/or increase its performance will be affected.

Register to hear more about this challenge and to learn about strategies you could implement at your company to protect your institutional knowledge.

Speakers:

Gwen Tracy (LinkedIn profile) With over 20 years of experience in telecommunications, information technology and software, Gwen has worked with companies of all sizes in multiple industries and has extensive experience in helping business leaders transform day-to-day talent management processes into highly configurable and collaborative engagement experiences infused with social, video and analytic capabilities.

Jeff Fissel is recognized as an expert in streaming media technologies, Jeff also leads PeopleFluent’s Video interoperability initiatives, ensuring the company’s industry leadership position working with Communication, Collaboration and Learning systems. Previously Jeff founded a webcasting company producing hundreds of global video productions over a 5 year period.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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 18th, 2014 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Course ID: MDW1302

In the late 1990’s our Project Management Office (PMO) was established to define project standards ahead of large and looming business system projects.

Within its first five years the Project Office had successes, established methodologies, and hired more project managers.

However, within ten years something changed.

The business required support for a shift from a print-centric model to an online products and services model.

This required a transformation of the Project Office from a group espousing process to a collaborative, agile, business partner.

Today, we focus on cultivating business relationships and programs, enabling IT strategy, running large projects as well as overseeing feature release cycles, and a driver of the IT demand/capacity conversation.

Join Bonnie in learning how the PMO has endured and managed to maintain its relevance in a matrix organization experiencing business transformation.

In this webinar you will learn to:

• Describe the PMO maturity model
• Provide concrete examples of PMO maturity and business alignment
• Identify expanded PMO roles to include business analyst and program manager

About the Presenter: Bonnie Cooper (LinkedIn profile), PMP®, Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group, is a twenty-year information technology professional. In her current role as the Program Director for the Massachusetts Medical Society™(MMS) Corporate IT Program Office, Bonnie is responsible for coordinating the efforts of project teams, overseeing the implementation of project standards, managing the corporate IT strategic plan, and leading the program to re-engineer the membership platform for MMS.

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Live Webinar June 20th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is fourth in a five part series series on “Strategic Planning”  by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

There are many ways for teams to achieve the Objectives and Goals of an organization.

Part of the Strategic Planning effort is determining the appropriate actions to be taken to enable the objectives to be met.. These actions should be based on conditions associated with the current environment as well as changes associated with the future environment.

Unfortunately, many teams feel the list of prioritized projects is a result of random selection and are left wondering how their projects fit into the overall corporate direction, if at all.

Planning and change management staff as well as department and team leads require appropriate tools and techniques to define Action Plans for implementing future change. They can use these tools to define plans for tactical and strategic projects which will enable the organization to successfully perform its mission and achieve its vision.

In this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand the relationship between initiatives and projects
• Develop an Action Plan establishing direction and accountability for achieving documented Goals
• Update the Strategic Plan to reflect shifts in the organizational environment
• Understand the use of a Communication Plan in keeping a Strategic Plan alive

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Live Webinar June18th, 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)

Laura Burford (LinkedIn profile) discusses five organizational characteristics often found in flat organizations as well as the most common mistakes made by project managers in such organizations.

Click to register for Lectures Common Project Management Mistakes Within a Flat Organization

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Live Webinar – June 19th, 2014 11:30 am – 12:30 am EDT
Duration: 1 Hour PDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: DCG – David Consulting Group (REP 3525)
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Sometimes It Is Necessary To Split User Stories

The backlog of user stories needs to be managed so that, as a story gets closer to being accepted into a sprint and developed, the story becomes as granular as needed. Thus, it is sometimes necessary to split user stories.

The process of grooming and splitting user stories (when needed) is an ongoing operation across the life of any project.

In doing so, epics and larger stories are condensed into smaller pieces that can be understood and developed within the context of an individual sprint.

Stories, when they are accepted into a sprint, must meet the “rule.” The rule is that each story must deliver functionality that is potentially implementable, and it’s important to keep this rule in mind when splitting stories.

In this webinar, Tom Cagley will explain why it is sometimes necessary to split user stories and how best to split them into valuable slices of functionality.

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PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope

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’

Presenter: Thomas Cagley (LinkedIn profile @TCagley) David Consulting Group Mr. Cagley is the Vice President of Consulting for The David Consulting Group and author of Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques. Read Tom informative blogs about software development and management topics. Tom also edits a podcasts of essays and interviews titled “Software Process and Measurement Cast”. The blog and podcast serve as a platform to share information with development industry and to foster a continuing dialog. Sharing and dialog is a means of paying it forward.

NOTE: Calendar conflict? Register below and receive the link to the recording to view at a later time.

Click to view How to Split User Stories