Live Webinar – July 30th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Member Only Event

1. More accurate forecasts.
2. Transparency over deviations.
3. Improved stability of the project plan.

In this webinar you will learn how to take the smaller and bigger hurdles within Project Management and improve the quality of your schedule in Microsoft Project 2010, 2013 or Project Online at the same time.

Process oriented approach:
Do you plan based on methods from e.g. PMI or do you use your own custom project management process?

In both cases you should also align all steps you take accordingly within Microsoft Project Professional.

Based on a PMI compliant configuration of a custom ribbon you will see how project managers can efficiently work in the Microsoft Project Client without being distracted from the nitty-gritty.

See how to bypass the calculation logic regarding Units, Work and Duration in the Client to stabilize your data.

Efficient reporting:
Standardize KPIs between project leads and executives and stay in control.

Optimized collaboration
Improve the collaboration between the project stakeholders. Use pre-configured Project Sites which are available automatically for every project and optimize task and risk management.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …….

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

Presenter: Markus Waldinger, (LinkedIn profile) Microsoft MVP and Manager at Campana & Schott, has more than 10 years of experience in Project Management and Social Collaboration. In this decade he has implemented Microsoft Project Server from version 2003 on and EPM based solutions within a variety of customers such as Bombardier, EADS or Bayer.

Click to register for Increase Your Productivity By Directly Implementing Your PM Process Within MS Project

Live Webinar – July 29th, 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

Resource availability is a key source of negative risk to projects. Even if your project has well-defined scope and validated activity effort estimates, if the resources you are provided are working on multiple projects and operational activities, predictability of schedule outcomes is poor.

This webinar will review some options for responding to this risk from both a systemic and project-focused perspective.

LESSONS LEARNED:

1. Understand the criticality of uncertain resource availability on project outcomes.
2. Learn which approaches for getting better knowledge of resource availability won’t work in your organization.
3. Gain a better understanding of the pros and cons of the practices that can successfully incorporate resource availability uncertainty into project planning and tracking.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating  & Executing, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 11 – Risk

• 11.1  Plan Risk Management
• 11.2  Identify Risks
• 11.5  Plan Risk Responses

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”

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.

Click to register for  Managing Uncertainty in Resource Availability

Live Webinar – July 29th 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 the business world, we hear a lot about technology and disruption, and their many challenges. But we’re also starting to hear more about pitfalls related to the human side of business…gaps in the “soft skills” that are equally critical to successful people and companies.

Although many of these skills gaps are nothing new, they are more relevant than ever, and in some cases have been made worse by disruption.

Without core professional skills like communication, initiative, leadership, and etiquette, no team can be truly great and no professional can be truly successful.

You probably deal with the consequences of “soft skill” deficits every day: communication breakdown, misunderstanding, conflict, and damaged morale – just to name a few.

These are productivity killers, and the root causes are broad. There are rising cross-generational differences, a growing lack of interpersonal skills, differences in personality and culture, and erosion in consensus about what constitutes professional behavior.

The good news is that there are teachable skills to address these challenges, and accessible techniques to overcome them. In this free one-hour presentation, we’ll take a look at some of the most common “People Problems” in the mainstream business world, and how we can start dealing with them.

Key topics include:

• How to communicate effectively
• Overcoming generational and cultural barriers
• Leveraging emotional intelligence in the business environment
• Encouraging self-awareness while building a team mentality
• Keeping action and culture tied to productivity

Although these needs aren’t new in the business world, even seasoned veterans are beginning to see the need for a “reloaded” approach to developing these skills. This will be a high-level conversation about how to navigate these soft skills as we face continuing changes in business landscapes and a rising new generation of professionals.

Presenter: Chris Knotts PMP – (LinkedIn profile) ASPE Creative Director

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 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’

Click to register for Core Professional Skills: A 60 minute Primer

Live Webinar July 29th, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly Webcasts

Want To Get The Most Out Of Your Usability Testing?

Start with the question: What are you trying to learn about your design and your audience?

Each question suggests the right usability testing method. It’s more than just remote vs. in-person. Are you trying to find out what happens or why it happens?

Trying to dig into what makes a design work best, or understand what people really need and want.

Those usability goals all suggest different ways to run the test.

Lou and Whitney will put the goals together with a recipe for planning a usability test, so you can mix your own.

This session will leave you  thinking about:

• Location and context: formal to informal
• Recruiting: defined to opportunistic
• Activities: instructed tasks to free tasks
• Questions: structured to unstructured
• Data collection: observation to task/data only
• Results: quantitative to qualitative

You can look beyond a single test, and think about how to use the right tool at the right time, with a balance of methods, and a ‘cadence’ that fits into your design and development schedule.

In the end, you’ll be able to match your questions to the right usability test method to get those answers.

Presenter:  Whitney Quesenbery (LinkedIn profile, @whitneyq) is the author of written three books  Storytelling for User Experience: Crafting Stories for Better Design and Global UX: Design and Research in a Connected World to help practitioners keep users in mind throughout the creative process. Her latest book, A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences is a collaboration with Sarah Horton. Look for Whitney’s next event on Lanyrd.

Presenter: Lou Rosenfeld (bio) is the author of the best-selling Books Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites and Search Analytics for Your Site: Conversations with Your Customers ), Lou is also founder of Rosenfeld Media, co-founder of the annual Information Architecture Summit, and the Information Architecture Institute

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

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 What You Can Learn From A Usability Test