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

Live Webinar July 24th, 2014 – 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Duration: 1 Hours webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Global Consulting CoP (REP #S029)

This engaging and interactive webinar will inspire project managers to understand the most important components of communication that will allow them to be most effective and successful.

This presentation discusses the three most important contexts in which a project manager will find 90-95% of their communication needs, identify specific components within each context that cause the biggest problems and offer insights with strategies to overcome these communication challenges that are practical and immediately applicable.

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

Presenter: Skip Weisman, (LinkedIn profile) spent the first 20-years of his career serving as CEO for five different professional baseball franchises, during which time he and his team’s were honored with one “Executive of the Year Award,“ “Organization of the Year Award” and one league championship. Since 2001 Skip has been working with organizational leaders, and their teams, to create high-performance results by transforming interpersonal communication skills with programs

Click to register for Mastering the 3 Levels of High-Performance Project Management Communication

Live Webinar July 24th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Sustainability CoP (REP #S046

An expert on leadership, culture change, and organizational development, Bob Willard distils lessons learned about cultural transformation that are described in his book, The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook.

Bob provides practical guidance on how to embed sustainability into corporate culture, even if you are not the CEO.

He outlines a seven-step sustainability change process; seven leadership practices to use throughout the change process; seven paradoxes that enable successful change strategies; and seven derailers to avoid.

By connecting the dots between timeless leadership practices and sustainability strategies, Bob shows how sustainability champions at any level in a company can lead a transformation to a smarter and more sustainable enterprise that will be fit for the future.

One of the seven steps in the change process is to develop a compelling business case fo the transformation.

Business leaders are paid to focus on the bottom-line, and they should. They acknowledge that environmental and social concerns deserve attention, but not at the expense of company profit. Surprisingly, many companies are discovering that they can enhance their competitive positioning by behaving more responsibly.

Based on Bob’s latest book, The New Sustainability Advantage, the business case repositions innovative environmental and social strategies as a means to achieving existing company goals, rather than a separate imperative to worry about. That is, smart sustainability strategies help companies survive current economic uncertainties, while positioning them to thrive in the new economy.

Presenter: Bob Willard (LinkedIn profile) is a leading author, keynote speaker, and expert on quantifying the business value of corporate sustainability strategies.  Author of  The New Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line, The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook: How to Transform Your Company  he was inducted into the International Society of Sustainability Professionals’ Hall of Fame in 2011. Bob has a PhD in sustainability from the University of Toronto.

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

Click to register for The New Business Case for the Sustainability Imperative

Live Webinar July 23rd, 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

Why do some organizations innovate while others stagnate?

Often small organizations excel at launching new products and innovate quickly.

However, as organizations increase in size, maintaining that creativity becomes more difficult.

• What are the secrets?
• How can your organization increase it’s innovation maturity?

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 Sustainable Innovation

Live Webinar – July 22nd, 2014 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour PDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: DCG – David Consulting Group (REP 3525)

Note: Although DCG is an Rep this event may not have a course number contact DCG for further information

1. Do you have an unusually high percentage of non-functional requirements in your projects?
2. Are you using function points in your estimation model and have difficulty estimating the non-functional work?
3. Have you been reluctant to use function points because they only cover functional requirements and not the non-functional ones?

SNAP may be a software sizing solution for you.

The Software Non-Functional Assessment Process (SNAP) is an IFPUG-developed, innovative approach to sizing non-functional requirements.

As a complement to Function Point Analysis sizing, SNAP sizing can become an integral part of your estimation model for projects that have both functional and non-functional requirements.

This webinar, presented by SNAP trained specialists, will provide an overview of what SNAP is and what it can do for your organization.
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• DCG LinkedIn,
• DCG Twitter

During the webinar, join the conversation on Twitter using #DCGwebinar.

NOTE: Calendar conflict? Register below and receive the link to the recording to view at a later time.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 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 view SNAP – A New Approach to Sizing Non-Functional Requirements