Live Webinar – August 21st, 2014 12:30 pm – 1:30 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

Performance benchmarking typically involves the collection, analysis and reporting of quantitative data. As a result, organizations can identify and track their levels of performance regarding productivity and software quality.

DCG’s benchmarking model incorporates a qualitative analysis component along with the quantitative analysis, which provides further insight into why certain projects are experiencing lower levels of performance.

Learn how this benchmarking model can work for you, providing you with the data you need to improve your software development practices.

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PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.3 Control Quality

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 August 20th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Government CoP (REP #S007)

The shift from command and control to servant leader is essential to the large scale application self-directed teams and agile.

Under this model the PMO provides services to projects and treats project managers as customers.

Using LEAN Pull techniques ensures the PMO is always focused on what projects need and want most.

The result is a leaner PMO and a more satisfied customer community.

Presenter: Phil Magrogan (LinkedIn profile) is a Program Manager for Lockheed Martin, PMP, ITIL, Agile Certified & author of Object technology at Lockheed Martin: Success factors for large systems. Phil volunteers with the PMI Government CoP and has been involved in:

• The Action Cycle Maps: An alternative to Microsoft Project; A simple tool for building trust and commitment
• Franchise Management: A Innovative Approach for the Servant Leader
• Agile in Government Contracting: What’s possible now and what needs to change
• Project Metrics in an Agile World: How EVM and Agile can be used together
• Commitment Management Check Up Kit: A simple and fun tool to manage stakeholder relationships

This webinar will focus on Franchise Management and its innovative approach to the PMO

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

Click to register for Franchise Management: An innovative approach to the PMO

Live Webinar – August 20th 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

More than a decade has passed since the Agile Manifesto was written to help software developers implement a light-weight mindset and more efficient processes on the projects.

The ideas have now transformed into something much larger with an impact that can be seen across the majority of software development groups and organizations.

During this one-hour web seminar, Tom McGraw will discuss a brief evolution of Agile in software development.

Included will be his thoughts on the various flavors that are typically identified as Agile and how they tie to the original Manifesto.

Furthermore, Tom will discuss the idea of a ‘hybrid’ Agile approach (“AgileFall?”) and whether these groups are considered Agile.

He will explore how Agile is viewed by practitioners, specifically, whether Agile should be seen as black and white (i.e., your team is using it, or your team is not using it) versus the idea that Agile can be viewed as a spectrum, indicating that certain teams could be ‘more agile’ than others based on their processes.

By the end of the seminar, you will be equipped with the tools to better understand how your group is utilizing Agile processes and determine “Where your team falls on the ‘spectrum’.”

Presenter: Tom McGraw (LinkedIn profile)

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 13 – Stakeholders

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.1 Plan Scope Management
• 6.1 Plan Schedule Management
• 13.2 Plan Stakeholder Management

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 Agile, Iterative and Waterfall: Where does your team fall on the ‘spectrum’?

Live Webinar August 20th, 2014 11:00 am – 11:45 pm EDT
Duration: 45 Min Credits: 0.5 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

As the project team develops the code to meet the authorized requirements, the newly built functionality must be verified to ensure it reflects the authorized requirements and satisfies the business need.

This can be accomplished by implementing the following integrated methodology deliverables:

• Project status report,
• Team status report,
• Issue definition,
• Risk definition,
• Change request,
• Unit test defect log(s),
• System integration test (SIT)
• Defect log(s),
• User acceptance (UT) defect log,
• Requirements traceability log

Learn how to each deliverable can be beneficial to your project.

Click to register for Project Control & Verification

Live Webinar August 20th, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:  1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU  Category B – Free PDU
By:  Capella University (Y Professional Development Series)

The world of work is rapidly changing.

Your ability to effectively work with people who are different from you is becoming increasingly more important to your success and the success of your organization.

There are currently 4 generations in the workplace. While generational differences can present challenges, these differences can also bring great value when understood and leveraged.

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 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’

Click to register for 4@Work: Understanding & Leveraging Generational Differences

Live Webinar August 20th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI International Development CoP (REP #S034)

PART 1 Now Recorded – (Click To get info and link to the session)

This is part 2 of the 2 parts “Sustainable Development” webinar series. The sustainability concept is sweeping across the entire world involving almost all social, economic, cultural, educational and political institutions. It is now unrealistic to think of running a program or project without a plan for its sustainability.

The current economic and financial crisis plaguing world economies have a been a litmus on their sustainability and long-term viability of many banks and other financial institutions and this has had some dramatic effects in the implementation of projects sponsored by these financial institutions.

It is a truism that Project Sustainability remains a major challenge nowadays not only to developing countries but to developed countries as well due to technological transformation, political changes, corruption, nepotism, deregulation, financial instability characterized by insolvency and liquidity problems, and other social, cultural, environmental and economic factors.

This webinar focuses on the relationship between Project Management and Total Quality Management and how they complement each other towards project sustainability. It also evaluates the contribution of other concepts such as Six Sigma Methodology, Configuration Management, Capacity Building, Knowledge Management, Project Planning and Management, human resources management and their impact project implementation and its sustainability.

The webinar also elaborates on basic quality improvement tools such as SWOT Analysis, process flow analysis, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, quality organizational structures, systems analysis, feasibility studies, change management, issue management, risk management process and organizational behaviour and team building which help to analyze and evaluate various quality management processes.

The webinar is intended for scholars, researchers, professional consultants in project management, quality assurance, quality improvement and general management, health research institutions, hospitals and clinics, health insurance companies, small and large-scale businesses, Governmental and Non-Governmental and other international organizations involved in the implementation of projects around the world.

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

Presenter: John Morfaw, (LinkedIn profile) 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.

John is also the author Of a number of books including:

• Fundamentals of Project Sustainability
  • Only $2.99  A Great Introduction to Sustainability
  • 169 pages – Earn up to 7 Cat C PDUs with this book
• Fundamentals of Project Sustainability: Strategies, Processes and Plans (his most recent)
  • 214 pages – Earn up to 7 Cat C PDUs with this book
• Total Quality Management (TQM): A Model for the Sustainability of Projects and Programs in Africa
  • 200 pages – Earn up to 7 Cat C PDUs with this book
• Project Sustainability: A Comprehensive Guide To Sustaining Projects, Systems And Organizations In A Competitive Marketplace
  • 224 pages – Earn up to 7 Cat C PDUs with this book

Click to register for Sustainability in Organizations and Institutions – Part 2