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I have been taking PDU2Go Courses since 2008. I find the courses to be convenient and “Top Notch” and I highly recommend them.
Live Webinar August 25th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm< EDT/strong>
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category C – Free PDUs Presented by: HR.com
Are you letting the most important strategic influence you can have on your organization pass you by?
Do you want to be know for your ability to acquire talent?
Do you know how to make sure that talented person with the great resume isn’t using your job as a steppingstone to something else?
Do your interview team agree on what they are looking for in an important position?
Do members of your interviewing team know how to interview for the all-important “fit factor?”
This practical webinar will take you step by step through the process of determining the qualifications your want your candidates to have, sourcing, interviewing, and selecting the right person for your organization now.
It will also include how to review resumes and decide whom to interview, how to gain agreement among interviewers, and how to check references so there are no surprises.
Agenda items include:
Strategic staffing concepts:
Do you want to upgrade the skills of the department?
Offer career development opportunities?
Or, simply replace a person?
Developing your own back-of-the-envelope competency models:
Do you know the personal characteristics that make a person a good fit for your organization?
Preparing questions from resumes:
What do you see that makes a person a good candidate?
Assessing behavior in interviews using critical incident interviewing
Special interviewing techniques to get the information you need
Selling the candidate, if you want the person to say yes
Reference checking, the most neglected but most important part of the process
If you are in human resources, or setting up personel for your team, in this webinar you will learn how to be more strategic and more influential with the personnel and managers you hire for.
PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details (for this conference):
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources
9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
9.2 Acquire 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’
Live Webinar August 26th, 2014 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Is your Workforce Experiencing a Generational Shift?
This webcast highlights differences in personality characteristics between assessment respondents from different generations:
The Silent Generation,
Baby Boomers,
Generation X and
Millennials.
Analysis comprised the results of 500,000+ assessments completed over the last 11 years.
Key highlights include:
The significant differences in personality style found between generations
A review of the differences in context of other research and historical/sociological factors related to each generation
Guidance to effectively engage and address the unique needs of job candidates and employees from different generations
This webcast is of value to those in management roles or in recruitment and hiring positions, as well as any professional responsible for the development of current employees.
Presented by:
Keith McCook – Director, Research & Science Assess Systems (LinkedIn profile)
Casey Johnson Research Consultant Assess Systems (LinkedIn profile)
PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details Process Groups: Executing Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources
9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
9.2 Acquire Project Team
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”
Live Webinar August 26th, 2014, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT or Live Webinar August 26th, 2014, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars
Recent technology developments like the Internet of Things and 3D printing are redefining digital manufacturing.
New emphasis on speed, productivity and sustainability provide strategists opportunities to innovate the role of production in the value chain. This creates new revenue opportunities and changes the competitive landscape.
Few companies are prepared to sustain this shift. Gartner and The Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) explore the current and future possibilities of technology innovation on manufacturing strategies.
Discussion Topics:
The three ways digital business is impacting manufacturing operations
How industry-driven collaboration is opening new doors to technology innovations
The core capabilities your organization should be establishing in order to capitalize on these innovations
PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details: Process Groups: Executing Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope
4.1 Develop Project Charter
4.3 Direct & Manage Project Work
5.2 Collect Requirements
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’
Live Webinar August 21st, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by:IIBA
The BABOK® Guide v2.0 Task (7.3) Assess Organizational Readiness is important for the success of a change initiative.
An organizational readiness assessment describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether it is prepared for the change that the solution will cause.
In this session Maureen McVey, CBAP will introduce you to strategy to address the often overlooked requirement related to those impacted by the change.
Maureen will also introduce you to tools and tactics for assessing if the change will be successful and what is needed to address gaps.
Upon completion of this webinar you will be able to:
List the elements needed for successful change
To identify resistance to change
Describe the structure of an effective change team
List the tools that can help with change
Presenter: Maureen McVey (LinkedIn profile) , Head of Learning and Development at IIBA
Live Webinar – August 21st, 2014 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
By BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 1 Hr 1 Cat A PDU/CDUs – Free PDU / CDU
What are the different modelling techniques business analysts should know about?
In this session Gerry will discuss and compare the most important modelling techniques used by BAs.
For each model, he will answer three questions:
What is it a model of?
What questions does it answer?
What does the notation look like?
A discussion of how to use models, and the strengths and weaknesses of each type of model, will equip the participants to select the right model for each situation and decide what models you should add to your personal toolkit.
Course Learning Objectives Include:
Become familiar with the main models used by Business Analysts
Decide what models to add to my toolkit
Know when to use each model
With the Course You Will Receive:
Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
Personalized Certificate of Attendance
Presenter: Gerry de Koning (LinkedIn profile) has over 35 years experience as a practitioner, manager, consultant and educator. His specialties include business analysis, process analysis, metrics, modeling, requirements management, consulting and training. Gerry works closely with Global Knowledge to deliver business analysis training to clients throughout Canada and the United States.
