Live Webinar September 4th, 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)

From an aspiring PhD student in philosophy to owner of several retail businesses to developing software and finally, full-time corporate project manager now independent consultant, trainer, educator and writer on the topic of managing projects, Don Kim (LinkedIn profile, @pmation)  should know what it means to get into the field of project management by accident!

While such an unorthodox path would have been looked at with raised eyebrows in the past, this unorthodox career path is becoming one of his strongest assets when selling himself to clients and customers.

Unlike in the past, we are transitioning between careers more than ever and mastering the skills of project management is becoming ever more important.

Attend this presentation to learn about Don’s unorthodox journey into project management and how instrumental it was in providing not only a lucrative but also a fulfilling career.

Click to register for The Accidental Project Manager: The True Story Of My Unorthodox Career Path & How Becoming A PM Was A Perfect Fit

The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
ITMPI Membership

Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
An Excellent Value!!

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Memberships Include all PDU Codes

Note: ITMPI charges a fee to obtain individual PDU codes. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code should be able to be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. An ITMPI Membership entitles you to receive all ITMPI PDU Codes and recordings.

Live Webinar Sept 4th, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Service and Outsourcing CoP (REP #S020)

Every Organization Needs To Build Value For Its Customers to Survive
How Is This Done?

There is a critical view that the very existence of any organization is only to support the organization’s customer, whether that customer is internal or external or both.

Organizations that focus themselves onbuilding value for customers and on making decisions that take impacts to customers as a top priority are far more likely to survive and prosper than organizations that are focused on their own internal interests.

This seminar explains the concept of “Customer Value” and how this mindset can be used to focus an organization and teams on customer needs. The seminar is an excerpt of a longer workshop and is based on decades of industry experience.

You will learn:

• The concept of “Customer Value” and why it is critical to any organization
• How a customer value mindset is instilled in an organization
• What sponsors and project managers can do to implement this critical concept

Time for Q & A and a customer value checklist is included.

Presenter: Mark Waldof  (LinkedIn profile) has over 40 years of industry experience in systems engineering, project and program management, systems design, and process development. Mark has worked to develop and implement organization assessments, processes, training courses and related infrastructure in both technical and management areas providing services to a wide range of large Fortune 50 and 500 corporations, government agencies, academic institutions, non-profits.

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

Click to register for The Concept Of Customer Value

Live Webinar – September 4th 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

On the surface Scrum and agile practices seem simple — don’t they?
At heart, they are. In fact, “doing Agile” is relatively straightforward.

So why are so many organizations struggling to
Effectively Implement Agility?

There are several culprits. During this hour, ASPE expert and Certified Scrum Coach Bob Galen will address some of these impediments, and take your Q and A in a free one-hour coaching clinic.

Come ready to listen to discussion and learn about:

• Estimation
• Release Planning
• Agile at Scale
• Done-ness
• Investing in Technical Debt
• Engaging Leadership
• Enhancing Transparency
• Effective User Stories
• Team Buy-in
• MVPs
• Distributed Teams

If you’re struggling with various aspects of agility, getting the return on your agile investment or stuck “going it alone,” with no guide you through tough Scrum challenges, this free, one-hour coaching session with a pragmatic and highly experienced agile practitioner is for you!

YOU create the Product Backlog for this workshop, so bring your questions and challenges and let’s see what “being Agile” looks like in the wild.

Presenter: Robert “Bob” Galen (LinkedIn profile) is the President and Principal Consultant of RGCG, L.L.C and author of SCRUM Product Ownership – Balancing Value From the Inside Out. Bob has held director, manager and contributor level positions in both software development and quality assurance organizations.  He has over 25 years of experience working across a wide variety of software technology and product domains.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.6 Develop Schedule

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 Achieving Scrum Mastery: 1-Hour Coaching Clinic

Live Webinar – September 3rd, 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

There are only so many hours in a day and only so much we can do at once.

Accepting this “reality” is a key to successful project management and the ticket to ensuring your team still likes you at the end of your project.

Project 2013 helps you prepare a responsible project plan for your team with new enhancements like the Team Planner and workload leveling.

The tools helps you implement one of two opposite approaches: Resource Capacity Planning (hire/fire resources adjusting capacity to demand) or Resource Demand Management (delay projects adjusting demand to capacity).

Join Eric Uyttewaal in this one hour webinar on advanced resource management features from Eric’s  soon to be released book “Forecast Scheduling with Microsoft Project 2013”. Your team will thank you!

Presenter: Eric Uyttewaal (LinkedIn profile) author of the new book Forecast Scheduling with Microsoft Project 2010  founded ProjectPro that specializes in Microsoft Project and Project Server. Eric has been involved in large programs at the Canadian Forces, IBM Cognos, Northrop Grumman, SanDisk and Investors Group. He was President of the PMI Ottawa Chapter in 1997. Eric is president of the MPUG-Ottawa chapter. Eric received awards from MPUG in 2012 (Community leader), from Microsoft since 2010 (MVP) and from PMI in 2009 (‘Significant Contributions to the Scheduling Profession’).

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!

Click to register for Level with Me: Advanced Resource Management With Project 2013 & Project Server 2013

Live Webinar September 3rd, 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)

Projects are more successful when managed using an appropriate project management methodology.

An appropriate project management methodology is one that is documented, discoverable and reflects the level of complexity, size and duration of your projects.

This webinar will introduce you the processes, tools, tips, techniques and templates required to start the process of building your own appropriate project management methodology.

Special Bonus: You will also learn why off-the-shelf methodologies often fail.

Click to register for How to Build a Project Management Methodology

The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
ITMPI Membership

Premium Memberships are only $199 USD per year
An Excellent Value!!

Search for “2733” to see other great titles available!
Memberships Include all PDU Codes

Note: ITMPI charges a fee to obtain individual PDU codes. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code should be able to be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. An ITMPI Membership entitles you to receive all ITMPI PDU Codes and recordings.

Live Webinar Sept 3rd, 2014, 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EDT or
Live Webinar Sept 3rd, 2014, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Many organizations have multiple, uncoordinated and tactical business intelligence (BI) implementations that have led to “silos” of technology, skills and processes.

A new set of skills, organizational competencies, and funding and sponsorship models is needed to overcome these silos and the harm they do to realizing the business value and impact of BI, including increased total cost of ownership.

Discussion Topics:

• Core skills and competencies needed to support a BI competency center
• Organizational and funding models for a BI competency center
• Best practices for using BI technologies skillfully to gain the insight needed to make better decisions

Presenters: Bill Hostmann, VP Distinguished Analyst (Gartner bio) &  Josh Parenteau, Research Director (Gartner bio, LinkedIn profile)

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 10.2 Manage Communications

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 Business Intelligence: A Core Business Competency