Live Webinar July 17th, 2013 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 second in a two part series series on Status Reporting by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

Once you’ve developed your Communications Management Plan, you have to effectively implement the plan. How do you ensure you’re providing the right level of detail to the right audience? What communication methods and tools should you use? How do you retrieve and store information?

This is the second webinar in a 2 part series on Project Status Reporting. This webinar will explain to both project managers and project participants what types of project reporting should be generated, discuss the frequency of status reporting that is appropriate and review various examples of status reports including typical weekly status reports, financial reports, issues logs, and executive presentations.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn how to implement your Communications Management Plan by confirming the level of status detail required based upon the audience, making decisions on the right communication methods and tools to use, and finalizing how often information should be provided.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Identify who will implement the Communications Management Plan
• Assess the level of status detail that needs to be provided based upon the audience • Select the appropriate communication methods and tools
• Develop a schedule for providing communication
• Review and select status report formats

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Live Webinar July 16th, 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)

Despite their universality, return on investment (ROI) and total cost of ownership (TCO) are lousy measures of a system’s value.

Though they dominate pre-acquisition conversations, they rarely are revisited once the vendor is selected, and they take no notice of the fact that a system’s true value involves more than raw economics.

This webinar analyzes all the factors that contribute to value, addressing issues that range far beyond money spent/money saved.

Encompassing process change and collaboration as well as payback periods and aggregate expenditures, Steve Weissman (LinkedIn profile) will equip you to derive Maximum Total Value© from your information solutions and prepare you to do so at every point along your timeline.

Click to register for Why ROI and TCO Stink as Measures of System Value

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Live Webinar July 17th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category A – Free PDU/CDU
By: The Versatile Project Management Company (REP 1524)

Be More Effective Using Microsoft Project!

There Were Too Many Tips & Tricks for 1 Session!

• Strategies for making it easier to enter your plan.
• Navigation tips to access more features of Project
• Avoid the most common mistakes
• and much more!

This webinar is for users of Microsoft Project who need to plan, track, and communicate effectively even if your title doesn’t include the words “Project Manager”

Presenter : Sam Huffman (LinkedIn profile) is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Project Management Professional, and Project MVP

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Live Webinar July 16th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Explore Fundamentals Of Software Testing
The ST lifecycle

In this session you will learn about how it can be instrumental in achieving project success.

This general overview provides descriptions of the deliverables involved in the ST lifecycle and how to apply them to your projects.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

Click to register for Explore the Software Testing Lifecycle

Live Webinar July 15th, 2014 – 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Quality CoP® (REP #S019)

PMI® Quality Community of Practice: Our mission is to increase members understanding of Project Management Quality by exploring the Quality Processes as defined in the PMBOK and encouraging members to network by sharing experiences, knowledge and tools.

Monitoring is the systematic supervision of activities in progress to ensure that they are on curse and schedule in meeting objectives and performance targets.

It is a test or sampling on a regular or ongoing basis of a system, program, project or activity for any changes in application performance, transaction, problems and potentials for changes as well as the effectiveness and efficiency.

This involves a systematic collection and analysis of data as a project progresses.

Generally, monitoring involves:

•  Establishing indicators of efficiency, effectiveness and impact
• Setting up systems to collect information related to these indicators
• Collecting and recording the information
• Analyzing the information
• Using the information to inform day-to-day management

Evaluation is the systematic determination of the merits, worth and significance of something or following some certain set standards, an assessment of the degree to which a program, project, system or activity fulfills stated objectives and goals.

This requires a comparison of actual project impact against the agreed strategic plans.

Generally, evaluation involves:

• Looking at what the project or organization intended to achieve
• Assessing its progress towards what it was made to achieve
• Looking at the strategy of the project or organization
• Looking at how it worked

The bottom-line is that both monitoring and evaluation all focus on efficiency, effectiveness and impact of projects, programs or activities and through the two processes, we review progress, identify problems and potentials in planning and implementation, suggest possible solutions, raise questions, stimulate some reflection on the goals and objectives, provide information on insight and make necessary adjustments for improvement.

Join John Morfaw (LinkedIn profile) as he covers Project Monitoring and evaluation.  Johns extensive experience in International Development will bring a new light to issues in project monitoring and evaluation.

John is the author of a number of books on Project Sustainability:

• Fundamentals of Project Sustainability 
  • 169 pages Kindle Price now only: $2.73 USD Reading this book is worth up to 6 Cat C PDUs.
    
• Total Quality Management (TQM): A Model for the Sustainability of Projects and Programs in Africa
• Fundamentals of Project Sustainability: Strategies, Processes and Plans
  • 214 pages paperback Price now only: $8.96 USD Reading this book is worth up to 7 Cat C PDUs.
• Total Quality Management: A Comprehensive Strategy Toward the Implementation of an Effective and Efficient Healthcare Delivery System in Africa
• Project Sustainability: A Comprehensive Guide To Sustaining Projects, Systems And Organizations In A Competitive Marketplace
  • 224 pages paperback Price now only: $9.03 USD Reading this book is worth up to 7 Cat C PDUs.

Presenter: John Morfaw, MBA a faculty member of the International Law Institute, Washington, DC and a Facilitator/Trainer/Consultant for the Hetta Institute of International Development(HIID) in New York. John also has extensive experience with Project/Sustainability with the African Center for Training in Public Administration and Management (CAFRAD) in Tangier, Morocco.

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

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Live Webinar July 14th, 2014 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT or …
Live Webinar July 14th, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hr Webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Last year, Rex did a series of tweets over a few months, each one calling out a specific test management, testing, project management, or lifestyle best practice—or worst practice.

Rex has collected these practices into a two-part series of webinars.

At the beginning of the series, Rex will discuss the concept of best practices and refute the software testing canard that there are no best practices.

Next, in each webinar, he’ll describe a dozen or more of these practices, including examples of why it is a best practice—or a worst one.

Finally, at the end of the series, Rex will give some ideas on how you can remove worst practices and institute best practices in your organization.

Tune in and take part in the discussion.  After all, continuously improving your skills and knowledge is one of the best practices!

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of   Testing Best–and Worst–Practices: Part 2

Click to register for the 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of Testing Best–and Worst–Practices: Part 2.