Live Webinar July 24th, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Change Management CoP (REP #S056)

Change Is Inevitable!

Businesses globally are having to come to terms with this reality, and for the companies that are committed to being market leaders, there is continuing talk and matching investment in making change resilience part of their corporate DNA.

Whilst some projects improve an organization’s ability to “run the business” but do not rise to the level of a “strategic initiative,” all of an organization’s strategic initiatives are projects or programs, which inevitably “changes the business.”  – PMI, 2014

This session:

• Introduces the challenge of change (especially as corporate change is achieved through employees engaging in the change)
• Highlights the opportunities possible to companies that make change resilience a priority, and
• Sets out a roadmap for achieving this lofty goal within a corporate setting.

W. Edwards Deming said, “It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” For those that do want to survive and excel, this paper provides a guideline.

Presenter: Deji Ishmael (LinkedIn profile) PMP  is a results focused senior management executive with experience in various sectors across Europe and West Africa. Deji helps organizations achieve their goals by helping to build high performing leadership teams and also increasing the capacity of such organizations to plan and deliver consistently. An experienced and versatile course designer, courseware author and facilitator Deji focus on team building, organizational development, conflict resolution interventions and change management.

He is the PMI region mentor for Africa and an international speaker.

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

Click to register for Making Change Management a Competitive Advantage

Live Webinar July 23rd, 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)

Managing global software and IT projects on an industry scale has rapidly become a key competence for successful engineers and managers.

Challenges vary, be it distributed teams and collaboration, optimizing outsourcing and offshoring capacities, and supplier management. The vast majority of global activities do not deliver to targets and half fail. The diversity of cultures, suppliers and products require dedicated techniques, tools, and practices to overcome challenges.

This webinar with Dr. Christof Ebert (LinkedIn profile) summarizes experiences and guidance from industry in a way to help knowledge and technology transfer. It looks to processes and approaches for successfully handling global software development and outsourcing and offers many practical hints and concrete explanations to make GSE a success.

Session attendees can raise specific questions from industry practice or academic research to get first-hand insight into GSE state of practice as well as new thoughts and trends that will shape the future.

Click to register for Global Software and IT: Lessons from Industry

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Live Webinar – July 23rd, 2014 8:00 am – 9:00 am EST
Live Webinar – July 23rd, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM BT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Sponsored by: APMG International

Proving that you have the knowledge and skills to lead change is an important differentiator for accessing new roles, new responsibilities and promotions.

In this webinar APMG International will help you:

• Identify how change management is becoming a recognized profession, supported by professional associations;
• Define the core skills needed to become an effective leader of change and business transformation initiatives;
• Review the structure and contents of the APMG-International Change Management Foundation and Practitioner qualifications;
• Understand how this qualification helps you to develop your understanding and prove your professionalism to your employer, your colleagues and your customers.

Click to register for A Recipe For Effective Change Management

Live Webinar – July 23rd, 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

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: 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 – July 25th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
This session is now recorded follow the link to view

A key component of SharePoint Server 2013 is Business Process Automation, taking the repetitive daily tasks business users are presented with and configuring SharePoint to handle them.

Microsoft made significant improvements to workflow in SharePoint Server 2013. All of your SharePoint Server 2010 workflows will continue to work in the newer SharePoint, in fact the standard workflow engine is installed automatically.

SharePoint Server 2013 also introduces a new workflow service called Workflow Manager. This is the service platform SharePoint 2013 uses for workflow activities.

Workflow Manager is built on top of Windows Workflow Foundation and is part of the .NET Framework 4.5. SharePoint Designer 2013 has also undergone improvements and has added new functionality, designed specifically to take advantage of the new workflow capabilities in SharePoint Server 2013.

Join Andy in this series of lectures as he explores the process of creating custom SharePoint 2013 workflows using SharePoint Designer 2013. We will implement real-world solutions to solve real-world problems.

Some of the new features covered in this webinar are:

• Creating a custom List based workflow
• New workflow building blocks such as Stages and Loops
• Workflow actions in SP 2013
• Creating a Task and starting a Task Process

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
• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 5.5 Validate 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’

Click to register for  (and view the recording of) Custom Workflow Solutions In SharePoint Server 2013