Live Webinar – August 5th, 2014 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
By: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 1 Hour 1 Cat A PDU/CDUs – Free  PDU / CDU

Keeping up in today’s fast-paced world requires a robust skillset!

Not only are project managers expected to manage a colossal amount of projects, they’re expected to direct resources to properly plan for those projects. Often times, those two sides of the business don’t align very well.

Join AtTask, Unlike Before and Project Times as they explore three ways you can align people and process for a more productive team.

Get insights from specialists in the PPM field that can help you take your skillset from project manager to project leader.

Key topics of discussion:

• What small tweaks can I make to increase my team’s productivity and my own productivity?
• What is the difference between project management and project leadership?
• How can I coordinate efforts between teams and departments to increase productivity?
• How can I measure my progress on the road to higher productivity?
• What types of tools can I use to align management of resources with management of projects?

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenters:

Deanne Earle PMP (LinkedIn profile  @UnlikeBefore ) Director of Unlike Before LTD. – is a sought after keynote speaker and  International Project Consultant specializing in delivering business technology projects. A founding member of The Glass Breakers global women’s network, a published author, and expert in the areas of project delivery, management, change and leadership, Deanne challenges the DNA of a company’s leadership where necessary to achieve greater business value from technology projects.

Make sure to check out Deanne’s Change Through Action Blog.

Michael Luciano MSc (IT) – (LinkedIn profile) Director of Quality Assurance, AtTask  Michael currently holds the position of Director of Quality Assurance at AtTask and regularly  speaks on the current state of the QA industry . Michael has over twenty years experience in the field of quality assurance, having built high performance global teams for such companies as Xerox, EDS, HP, Thomson Reuters and, currently,

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Live Webinar August 5th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 75 Minutes webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Change Management CoP (REP #S056)

In the execution of a project, collaboration is inevitable. Requiring a combination of skills, knowledge and resources, projects often attract numerous participants from various cultural backgrounds.

Consequently, a great variety of cultural differences and similarities, as well as distinct practices and differing values and interests for participation, emerge when firms and people come together in a project organization.

In this webinar Karen will present the outcomes of her Ph.D. research, which focus on the people-side of project management. She will introduce a new perspective on project management and, in light of the Panama Canal Expansion Program, describe how project participants deal with the cultural complexity in their everyday work life.

Stressing the need for explicit attention to cross-cultural collaboration, and based on the research outcomes, the webinar finishes with both cultural risks in project management and suggestions for the Project Manager.

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

Presenter:  Karen Smits PHD (LinkedIn profile  @Karen_Smits) is an Organizational Anthropologist, and Trainer in Business Culture. Ph.D. Author of Cross Culture Work in Panama Canal Expansion Program. Curious, straight-forward and always smiling, Karen is an excellent speaker on Cross Culture Collaboration.  You can read her blog at  http://crossculturework.com/  or order her book Cross Culture Work: Practices of Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program online.,

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Live Webinar – August 6th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or  1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

The use of business architecture principles by Business Analysts and Project Managers can be a significant ingredient to managing project and requirements risk.

There are established and proven Business Architecture best practices that can be easily used alongside project management, business analysis, lean and agile techniques to maintain and manage scope and alignment to business objectives and requirements.

As businesses, programs, and strategies evolve, Business Architecture concepts can help ensure that risk is mitigated. Business Modeling is a key component to a good Business Architecture. Learn from a couple of experts on how to employ business modeling to your advantage.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will acquire a foundational knowledge of business architecture modeling, the relationship to the business analysis methodology and the link to business strategy / objectives.

Specifically, it will:

• Bring a high level overview of the value of business modelling
• Demonstrate applicability regardless of the Change Agenda
• Illustrate the process architecture as a model type within the business architecture
• Describe the benefits

About William Ulrich and the Business Architecture Guild

The Guild is a “not for profit”, non-vendor aligned, organization with the objective of promoting business architecture best practices and expanding the discipline knowledge base. The board members are well published, distinguished business architects and trainers. The Guild’s 1000 membership community is actively developing the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BizBok), which is currently in V4 prepublication, with a planned release of Q4 2013. William Ulrich (LinkedIn profile), author of   Business Architecture: The Art and Practice of Business Transformation and world class practitioner, is President of the Business Architecture Guild, mentor and contributor to the BizBok.

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Live Webinar August 6th, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Engagement or Productivity –  Is It A Choice?

Much has been said about employee engagement – or the pervasive disengagement of the modern workforce – yet companies cannot control many of the factors that go into people’s propensity to be engaged, such as intrinsic motivation, individual job selection, and absolute opportunities available for advancement.

What HR can do is reorient itself around enabling workforce productivity through establishing a culture and infrastructure of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and constant career development that helps people adapt to the constant change and complexity of the modern workplace and stay focused on driving business results.

Join Christa Degnan Manning (LinkedIn profile) SVP of Global Workforce and Talent Strategies and Solutions at HfS Research as she discusses:

1. Engagement – know what it is and what it isn’t
2. Productivity – understand what the workforce wants in terms of HR solutions and services in the workplace today
3. Serenity – gain the wisdom to know the difference and to drive business relevancy and results

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 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”

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