Live Webinar Sept 18th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category A – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: Versatile Project Management Company (REP 1524)

Do You Know the 5 Project Success Factors?

Get the practical approach to effective project management with best-selling author Eric Verzuh (LinkedIn profile).

Break through the jargon and understand what makes projects work!
Who do you know that needs to understand the power of project management?

Projects are inherently challenging – every one of them is different and we don’t get a second chance to do it right!

The project management discipline offers the answers – but it can often seem too complex or cumbersome.

In this webinar you’ll learn:

• Five success factors that apply to every project
• The biggest threat to bringing your project in on time, on budget, with high quality
• An easy way to clearly describe project management to colleagues, customers and management.

Walk away knowing how your current project stands up to 5 proven success factors.

Check out Eric Verzuh’s books:

• The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management
• The Portable MBA in Project Management

Eric knows how to make project management make sense to everyone.

Click to register for The Five Project Success Factors

Live Webinar September 18th, 2014 – 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm  EDT
Duration: 75 Minutes Credits: 1 PDU Category A  – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Earned Value Management CoP (REP #L001)

Many projects use SPI and CPI as indicators for past schedule and cost performance.

However these indices do very little to assess the productivity required to achieve project completion on-time and within budget.

To Complete Productivity Index (TCPI) provides that prediction support and if used, properly can greatly aid in timely decision making.

Learning Objectives for this webinar:

1. Discuss the short fall of SPI and CPI in predicting project’s future productivity requirements to achieve budgetary goals.
2. Introduces the concept of required future productivity to achieve project management goals.
3. Illustrates the use of TCPI in various scenarios.Introduces TCPI BAC and TCPI EAC and their uses.
4. Recommended uses for TCPI in project management decision making.

This webinar introduces TCPI and illustrates its power and utility through the use of various scenarios.

Presenter: Dale Boeckman, PMP MBA With 20+ years guiding United States government agencies (DoD and DoS) divisions in their strategic planning Dale helped execute projects to successful conclusion. He has always advocated metric based indicators to manage developmental projects and has successfully been able to manage project risk accordingly.

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

Click to register for TCPI: The Great Fortune Telling Lie Detection Tool

Live Webinar September 17th, 2014 9:00am – 10:00 am EDT
Offered by QuantumPM (REP #1264 )
Duration 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU or 1 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

Learn how to deliver winning projects with Microsoft Project Online.

The following topics will be covered:

• Demo Project Online
• Project Management for Government & Enterprise
• Align Vision and Effort
• Effectively Manage Resources
• Strengthen Collaboration

Recommended Audience: IT Managers, IT Professionals, Project Managers, IT Directors, Solution Architects, Product Managers, Software Developers, Developers, Architects

Please Note: In order to attend the webinar series attendees will need to have a Windows Live ID. A link to set up this ID is located on the registration site. Please do this prior to the session

Click to register for Understanding Microsoft Project Online

Live Webinar Sept 17th, 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

How can IT Methodology contribute to organizational process governance, quality assurance and metrics?

This session identifies how utilizing IT lifecycles and deliverables can be beneficial.

Receive a general overview of organizational process management and how consistent application can lead to overall improvement.

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 Incorporate Organizational Process Governance

Live Webinar September 15th, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Cat A PDU Free Course ID: MDW1261

Projects delivered in matrix organizations have unique criteria when it comes to how resources are assigned, decisions are made, and issues are resolved.

In this webinar, you’ll explore key characteristics of successful matrix organizations and the top skills required for project managers in them; in addition, you will review some of the tools used to balance the challenge of being proactive and collaborative in a matrix, while still acting as an independent project management expert.

Learning objectives include:

• The different types of matrix organizations
• The advantages and disadvantages of the matrix organization
• The top skills that project managers need to deliver projects in a matrix
• The impact the matrix organization has on project delivery and your career
• Exploration of project tools and templates for more efficient matrix project management

Presenter: Star Dargin (LinkedIn profile), PCC, CPCC, instructor and consultant for Corporate Education Group, is founder of Star Leadership, a management consulting firm that offers coaching, training, and consulting services for businesses.

Star held leadership positions at several high-tech companies, in roles such as Director of Engineering, Director of Project Managers, and International Program Manager; additionally, Star is an adjunct professor at Boston University where she teaches graduate level courses on Leadership and Communication for Project Managers.

Click to register for Working in a Matrix Organization: Best Practices for Project Managers

Live Webinar September16th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

The exercise of requirement gathering and analysis for software applications has been around for quite some time.

However, do the conventionally used yardsticks and guiding principles of business analysis, still hold ground in the face of the disruptive mobile technologies today?

While they definitely do, there is a strongly-felt need, for an additional cognizance of the Mobility Factor.

The Mobility Factor drives several considerations while building a mobile solution.

These include the ones brought about by the unique characteristics of the mobile platform:

• limited screen space,
• availability of native device features,
• the ‘on-the-move’ behavior of the user/device etc.

However, it is important to note that mobility is not just about making things work on the mobile platform; it’s also about doing them better as compared to conventional platforms.

Right from improving the workflows of the business process to capturing data with greater accuracy and delivering the best user experience, the Mobility Factor brings in umpteen opportunities for improvisation in the form of the mobile solution.

This webinar will discuss how you, as a Business Analyst, can style your work to incorporate the Mobility Factor. We will cover a range of mobile-specific considerations that can help you design your mobile solution to best address your business needs.

Upon Completion, You Will Understand:

1. Leveraging features provided by the mobile platform
2. Using mobility to enhance/improve the business solution
3. Delivering a good user experience on the mobile device

Click to register for IIBA: Key Considerations for a BA While Addressing Requirements for a Mobile Solution