Live Webinar August 13th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Assessing level of risk involves the five key project Project Management variables.

The Risk Variables Are:

1. Size,
2. Cost,
3. Schedule,
4. Quality and
5. Productivity.

If the five variables are not in balance – then management risk is created.

Recognizing and dealing with management risk is covered in the presentation.

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Live Webinar – August 14th, 2014 7:30 am – 8:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – August 14th, 2014 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Associaton for Project Management – APM
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Most strategies (90%) have minimal or no impact. Why?

Because most so-called strategies:

1. Aren’t actually strategies
2. Cannot be understood by the majority of stakeholders
   

A major problem in most cases is the ‘linguistics’ of the strategies.

The OpenStrategies system addresses the taxonomy, syntax and semantics of strategies; in other words; what do the strategy words mean, how should they be logically strung together and what do strategic sentences actually mean?

The OpenStrategies system includes the validating strategies process which is built on the logical sequence of what organisations actually do i.e: ‘Organisations run projects that produce results and enable people to see them to create benefits’ (PRUB).

 Validating strategies:

• Defines the causalities between projects, their subsequent results, their necessary uses and their consequent benefits, all linked together in the form of substrategies (i.e. “is the strategy logical?”)
• Requires compelling cause-and-effect-evidence on the links in the substrategy to confirm that the strategy is genuinely doable (i.e. “will the strategy work?”)
• Requires confirmation that the value of the benefits exceeds the combined costs of the projects and the uses (i.e. “is the strategy worth it?”)

So validating strategies is a simple yet profoundly powerful tool for guiding projects to produce results that will genuinely be used to create benefits. In effect, validating strategies is a succinct and powerful tool for driving benefits realisation via end-users and their uses.

Validating strategies is a subset of the overall OpenStrategies system for collaboratively developing, validating, implementing and performance managing (including ‘realising benefits’) of large-scale, multi-stakeholder, multi-topic strategies. Details can be found in Dr Phil Driver’s recently published book ‘Validating Strategies’.

During The Webinar Chat On Twitter with the hashtag #APMstrategy

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Live Webinar August 13th, 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)

What Does It Take To Be An Excellent PM?

Yes, it is about knowing what tools to use and when in a project environment you should use them, but how about going beyond the PMBOK® Guide and talk about core skills that can differentiate you in the marketplace.

This webinar highlights one of these eight differentiating skills that move you from good to great.

Objectives:

• Define the ten differentiating skills that improve effectiveness
• Discuss how troubleshooting skills affect project costs
• Learn how to improve your own troubleshooting skills

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.

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Live Webinar – August 14th, 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”

Click to register for  Project Portfolio Management Simplified