Live Webinar June 19th, 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 the first 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.

Whether your project is large or small, it’s important to know who your stakeholders are and what they expect from the project. How are they going to be involved in the project and what kind of communication do they need? How do you figure out who the people and organizations are that need to be engaged in your project and what their perceived impact of the project is on the area they’re representing?

This is the first webinar in a 2 part series on Stakeholder Analysis. This webinar will discuss how to identify your stakeholders and obtain information about those stakeholders required to ensure that the project is a success.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn how to perform a stakeholder analysis, document the results of your analysis in the Stakeholder Register, and use the information to determine what key stakeholder expectations and communication needs are.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Identify all stakeholders impacted by the project and who have influence on the project
• Gather critical information about each stakeholder
• Develop the Stakeholder Register

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

Click to purchase How to Perform a Stakeholder Analysis – Stakeholder Analysis Session 1 of 2

Live Webinar June 18th, 2014 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Featured Sponsor : Jama

As a Business Analyst or Project Manager, you are on the front lines of bringing products to market that build value for your business. If you’re like most BAs, however, you spend too much time reporting status, explaining context and tracking decisions.

In this session, learn tips and tools to help you keep your teams aligned, provide better visibility and maintain a continuous feedback loop so you can spend less time reporting and more time innovating.

By bringing in your stakeholders early and often, you can slay the productivity-killing monsters that wreak havoc on your job.

Some “Productivity Killers” are:

• The 11th hour swoop-in  – Don’t you love when an executive comes to you at the last minute with some critical feedback you asked for weeks ago?
• Decision recollection disorder – Isn’t it fun to revisit decisions months later? Don’t you love trying to prove who decided what, when and why, even six months after the fact?
• CYA Syndrome – Can you trace the final feature set back to the original business objective? No? Can you explain why?
  The Missing Vault Remember that one person who knew everything? Who left the company? How can you tap into all that intelligence?
• Mismatched expectations – Ever had a product you drove met with a resounding “meh.”? Or find out after the fact that so and so was expecting x, y, and z instead of q, r, s.
• Missing pieces – Does everyone on your team even know enough about what your product actually does to make sound decisions on the fly?

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 6 – Time 10 – Communications

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 13.2 Plan Stakeholder Management
• 13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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 Owning the Collaboration Circle: Bring In Your Stakeholders Early & Often

Live Webinar –  June 19th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Establishing a PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office) is considered to be a best practice approach to improving the value an organization can receive from its project investments.

Why is it then, that a study, conducted in 2005, of 750 organizations worldwide indicated that over 75% of organizations that set up a PMO shut it down within three years because it did not demonstrate any added value?

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar where you will learn key reasons why so many PMOs fail, and gain some valuable knowledge of the critical success factors required to ensure the survival of your PMO.

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: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 7.4 Control Costs

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  Setting Up a PMO is Not for the Faint Hearted!

Live Webinar June 17th, 2014 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Want Better Customer Experiences?

Consistently engaged employees are the key to creating better customer experiences and loyal customers, but as companies struggle to keep up with the fast-paced world of cultural transformation they are losing the hearts and minds of their employees.

Why?
Because nobody likes change.

Simply focusing on the benefits of change isn’t going to unlock the performance within your employees. You must shift from a conversation about change management and move forward with building momentum for a cause.

A cause is an opportunity for your employees to feel powerful. It focuses on the power they do have and helps to make their work meaningful. Adding value to stockholders is not an appealing cause. Making people’s lives better will inspire employees.

Strativity President Lior Arussy  (LinkedIn profile) will explore why you need to move from change management to cause management, and why it is imperative that you present a challenge as an opportunity to make a difference!

He will also discuss:

1. Principles for successful cultural transformation
2. How to design and deploy cultural transformation – in less than a year!
3. Why exceptional experiences are the new standard
4. Take actions that will lead to positive, lasting change, exceptional employee performance and improved financial results.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: 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 Accelerating Cultural Transformation To Unlock Exceptional Performance In Your Employees

Live Webinar June 17th, 2014 – 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm EDT
Duration: 75 Min webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Change Management CoP (REP #S056)

As a Project, Program, or Portfolio Manager your career success hinges on your ability to lead successful and sustainable change.

Yet, the harsh reality is that 70% of major organizational changes fail to meet their mission-critical objectives.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to build your Change Intelligence to achieve impactful and lasting results for your organization, team and career.

Barbara A. Trautlein will explore the distinction between Change Management and Change Leadership, how to lead the people side of change and reframe resistance from your enemy to your ally, and the “triple enablers” to leverage for change.

Change Intelligence is a competency that can be measured and developed just like any other leadership skill.

Join Barbara and learn how!

Presenter: Barbara A. Trautlein, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) is principal and founder of Change Catalysts, LLC, a change management and leadership development consultancy. She is the originator of the CQ® (Change Intelligence®) System and author of Change Intelligence: Use the Power of CQ to Lead Change That Sticks. She is gifted at sharing strategies and tactics that are accessible, actionable, and immediately applicable.

Click to register for Develop Your Change Intelligence

Live Webinar – June 19th 2014, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hr 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.

Cloud computing enables development teams to get applications into production faster.

IT Service Management (ITSM) leaders must adopt new strategies and change existing processes or risk becoming a barrier to success.

Cloud computing requires DevOps—the blending of development and operations with the goal of accelerating time-to-market and reducing time-to-value.

The good news is that ITIL is uniquely positioned to accelerate DevOps, but it requires changes to existing ITSM processes.

In this hour-long webinar, you will learn:

• How to fine-tune your ITIL processes to move your operations into high gear and make sure your organization benefits from cloud computing
• The many ways cloud changes business and how IT has to respond to remain relevant
• How ITIL is perfectly positioned to facilitate DevOps

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 6.2 Define Activities

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 DevOps: The Future of ITSM & ITIL