Live Webinar – December 5th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
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It’s been exciting over the past year to watch as big products become available that really give development teams the tools they need to perform agile software engineering  (Microsoft Team Foundation Server in particular, but the story is bigger than that).

With tools like TFS and a host of others, development teams can track and store all their code, automate their releases, control versioning, automate testing, collaborate across the team and much more.

But how much are these tools doing to bridge the infamous gap between development of the product and the production environment into which it is released?

For years we have heard about breakdowns between agile developers, release teams, and operations staff who have to maintain system stability and keep customer-facing software stable. We wanted to talk to a real-world expert about how newer tools and techniques are being used to break down walls between agile development and release engineering.

Join  Chris Knotts,  (LinkedIn profile) for one hour of open Q & A with ASPEs resident Agile Engineering guru and TFS expert, Brian Brewer. They will have an unscripted conversation about how teams are using these tools, and how real-world IT shops can use agile practices and have stable deployments too.

Presenter: Bryon Brewer (LinkedIn profile)

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 6.2 Define Activities

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 – December 4th, 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

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Live Webinar December 2nd, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Bullying, Avoidance, Stress, Frustration, Should not be in the workplace!

When it comes to emotional intelligence, the gap between knowing and doing is holding many leaders back.

While it has become widely accepted that emotional intelligence is a key ingredient of leadership success, leaders struggle to translate their understanding into day-to-day actions.

The good news is that the steps necessary to become more emotionally effective are not complex and can be integrated into a leader’s daily activities.

Learning and development professionals can also use this information to design more effective programming that supports leaders to bridge the knowing-doing gap.

Presented by: Drew Bird (LinkedIn profile) Principal ClearPoint Leadership Strategies

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 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 Developing Emotionally Effective Leaders

Live Webinar December 4th, 2014 – 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Leadership in PM CoP (REP #S051)

Leadership is a critical skill that is needed in every organization and as our budgets become tighter, our resources more limited, and our teams are spread more widely…leadership has taken on new meanings.

In our globalized workforce, the same skills of success that leaders have been using for years just aren’t gaining the same traction any longer. The new rules of leadership are much more concrete and much more difficult to deliver.

This webinar is going to introduce you to the 3 keys of modern leadership: adaptability, judgment, and integrity.

Dave will also discuss the capstone skill that makes all of these other skills important: communication.

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

Presenter: Dave Wakeman, (LinkedIn profile, @davidwakeman) is an expert in management and leadership and works with organizations around the world in the areas of team building, communications, strategy, and change management. His work has appeared in PM Network, Voices of Project Management, US News and World Report, and many others.

Click to register for Leading is Communicating: The Essentials of Modern Leadership

Live Webinar December 3rd, 2014 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

The Office of Management and Budget issued an order (M-14-03) to the heads of all executive departments and agencies requiring guidance for management of information security risk on a continuous basis and for building the cyber security framework.

This includes the requirement to monitor security controls in Federal information systems on a continuous basis, one of the six steps of the NIST Cyber Risk management framework.

This webinar will discuss the application of state-of-the-art architectural, governance, and risk engineering solutions for cyber risk assurance and for continuous monitoring of IT and controls systems.

Presenter:  Dan Sawyer

Click to register for Cyber Risk Assurance

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Live Webinar December 3rd, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C  – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Learn To Harness Risk
And Reinvent Your Business Model

Join Karan Girotra as he explores how new startups and large established companies alike are designing or redesigning their business models to better manage risk and outpace their competitors.

This program focuses on the growth achieved from business model innovation rather than product innovation and reveals how to harness risk to do so, with examples from Apple to Zipcar, Blockbuster to Netflix, Ford Motors to Tesla.

The webcast will address the following questions:

• What key decisions need to be made in a business?
• When are these decisions made?
• Who is empowered to make the decisions?
• Why do these individuals make the decisions they do?

Whether you are a start-up founder or a seasoned executive with P&L responsibility, this webcast will provide the key points on how you can harness risk to reinvent your business model, increase efficiency, outpace competitors, and improve your bottom line.

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter: Karan Girotra (LinkedIn profile) is author of  The Risk-Driven Business Model: Four Questions That Will Define Your Company  &  Four Paths to Business Model Innovation (Harvard Business Review) and is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD. Karan’s main interests are in the areas of entrepreneurship, business model audit, design and innovation.   Karan also blogs about business model innovation

Click to register for The Risk-Driven Business Model