Live Webinar November 12th, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDWxx
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Talented individuals who successfully manage people and projects but who do not manage the relationship with their bosses run the risk of damaging their own careers and negatively impacting organizational success.

Managing up is the ability to manage the relationship with your boss.

It is not about political maneuvering, manipulation or promoting your self-interests.

Rather, it’s the process of working with your boss to obtain the best possible results for the two of you and for your organization.

Understanding the dynamics of this relationship and knowing how to manage it is essential to your personal fulfillment and career development.

This webinar will help you:

• Examine the interdependent relationship between you and your boss.
• Get to know your boss: Understand his or her style and adjust your own style to meet it.
• Know which behaviors are designed to develop a positive and productive relationship with your boss and which are not.
• Develop strategies to deal with a difficult boss.
• Become a valuable asset to your boss and to your organization.

About the Presenter: Casey Mitchell, (LinkedIn profile) is Founder and Principal of Waybridge Associates, Inc.   Casey’s primary focus is on management learning and development and working with new managers who want to make a successful transition into move into leadership roles. Prior to founding Waybridge Associates, Casey was human resource development manager at Marshalls Department Stores.

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Live Webinar – November 13th 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

You will hear a lot about the importance of culture in the DevOps community!

In a world where success is measured by getting I.T. projects deployed, some have wondered if there has been too much focus on something as soft and difficult to define as “culture.”

Culture cannot be overemphasized.

The gurus are right:

• The foundation of DevOps is the culture of your technology teams, and with the right foundation, amazing technical successes are possible.

Defining the ingredients of that culture…that’s the hard part. And actually changing a culture to nurture a true DevOps mentality is harder still.

Join Chris Knotts (LinkedIn profile) for a one-hour info session as he presents the core ingredients of successful DevOps culture.

Chris will peel back a few layers of uncertainty, and describe specifically the “teachable” aspects that can take root in the technology environment to create the DevOps mentality: fearless, collaborative, responsible and mission-focused.

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 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’

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Live Webinar – November 11th, 2014 2:00 pm EST
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category B 1 PDU- Free PDU

NOTE: Eclipse will provide a Certificate for attendance upon request.

Risks exist on projects because by definition, projects possess uncertainty. Organizations that ignore risks experience reduced project success rates due to the wasted effort and delays that result from dealing with issues.

Risk management methodologies address this challenge but tend to be too theoretical or require significant process discipline or historical data to be practical.

During this webinar you will learn practical, lightweight best practices for managing risks throughout a project’s lifecycle.

Benefits of managing risks through this approach include:

• Improved project predictability
• Improved ROI for your overall portfolio
• Quantification of cost & schedule contingencies
• Reduced effort spent resolving project issues

Who should attend this webinar?
Managers/Directors of PMOs, Project Managers

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: Initiating  & Executing, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 11 – Risk

• 11.1  Plan Risk Management
• 11.2  Identify Risks
• 11.5  Plan Risk Responses

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 – Nov 13th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX  – The Process Excellence Network

The Internet of Everything (IoE) is perhaps the hottest trend in digital technology. However, the focus is more often on the shiny, connected gadgets and widgets and rarely examines the processes and strategies required to realize its true value.

The sensors on Things offer little by themselves; only by including them in your end-to-end digitized processes can you add value and real benefit for your core business objectives.

This webinar will delve deeper into the technical as well as business potential of IoE. In particular, through practical illustrations, it will highlight three core use cases of the Process of Everything.

In this webinar you will Learn:

1. How to leverage the Process of Everything to achieve core business objectives
2. The value of a properly considered analytics strategy tied to IoE
3. The true power and potential of digitization could be achieved with IoE.

Presenter: Setrag Khoshafian PHP  (LinkedIn profile) Chief Evangelist Pegasystems, an expert in BPM Sertag is author of Service Oriented Enterprises & Multimedia and Imaging Databases.  Sertag has invented, architected, and led the production of several enterprise software products and solutions

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define 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.’

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