Live Webinar – December 3rd, 2014 9:00 am – 10:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX  – The Process Excellence Network

Leadership buy-in continues to be the number one cause for project failure in Operational Excellence. If you don’t have it, you need it.

So how can you avoid this major roadblock in your business critical initiatives?

Two IPM speakers and a senior leader guest speaker will be sharing tips, stories, case study examples, and their perspectives regarding best practice approaches to gaining and holding onto leadership buy-in.

In this webinar you will:

1. How to engage senior leaders and keep them engaged in your initiatives.
2. The importance of scope, process and requirements definitions to gaining buy-in.
3. Why change management is key to the process and shouldn’t be overlooked.
4. How to stay one step ahead of changing priorities.

Presenters:

Anthony Scrima (LinkedIn profile) Strategic Business Consultant Integrated Project Management Company, Inc

Greg Flickinger (LinkedIn profile) VPM & CE Snyder’s-Lance, Inc

Rob Neufelder (LinkedIn profile) Director, Regional Operations Integrated Project Management Company, Inc

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
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 13.3 Control Stakeholder Engagement

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 How To Gain Senior Leadership Buy-In: Achieving Success In Operational Excellence Initiatives

Live Webinar – December 3rd 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

Data theft and digital attacks on established enterprise organizations have reached epic proportions!

Top retailers and even companies who specialize in security consulting are being hacked almost every day.

In September, JP Morgan suffered a devastating information breach – and they are said to have almost 1,000 staff and $250 million of budget dedicated to security.

Even the largest companies and robust organizations are failing to secure their data against now-widespread threats: organized cybercrime, state-sponsored hackers, well-financed black marketeers, etc.

• Why is the current security landscape so dysfunctional?
• Is it possible to keep your information secure these days?

The reality is that although you are more likely than ever to be attacked, the majority of major attacks over the past couple years were actually preventable.

The technology and processes to safeguard your organization do exist – but unfortunately our management methodologies and integration of security objectives into the business have lagged behind.

It’s time to update your understanding of what it takes to prevent data theft in 2015 and beyond. Be prepared for a discussion that goes beyond technology and focuses on the real key to a secure organization – effective security management and process.

Presenter: Mark Williams, CISSP (LinkedIn profile)

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 8 – Quality 11 – Risk

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 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”

Click to register for Why the @*#! Is Everybody Getting Hacked? Expert Q&A

Live Webinar – December 2nd 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
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

We hear more about the importance of culture every day.

As technology advances, software and connectivity grow, and open-source tools become de rigeur, it’s becoming easier to find tools that can fill tricky-yet-crucial roles in our processes.

We’re tapping new gold mines of scalability, automation, and compute. But with every step forward in the world of tools – and processes – and management – there’s something that continues to stay exactly the same: the human nature of the tool users.

The team of people on the mission, and the workplace environment they create, are foundational to everything else that’s used to do our work.

Culture is the primary factor.

With a strong, positive, motivated culture, more work is done. More quality is delivered. And more money can be made.

1. But can it be improved?
2. Can it be influenced?
3. Can it be changed?

That’s the million-dollar question we’ll spend the hour on during this web seminar.

Presenter: Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile) ASPE Creative Director

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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 Workplace Culture: Can You Really Change It?

Live Webinar – December 2nd, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  EST
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

During the project intake process all projects are considered critical, all others never get approved. So how do you decide which “critical” projects are most critical?

These decisions are typically made politically, emotionally or without consistency.

The Impact:

• Poor resource utilization
• Frustrated resources
• Projects not aligned with strategic objectives
• Higher risk and lower ROI

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar demonstrating a balanced approach to prioritizing initiatives. Projects affect many aspects of your business; all factors should be considered when taking on a new project. Learn the prioritization secrets of successful companies using a Project Portfolio Management mentality.

The Result:

• Decreased risk
• Higher ROI
• Optimized resource utilization
• Maximum aggregate value of projects

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: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

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  How to Prioritize Projects When Each One is Critical

Live Webinar December 3rd, 2014, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm  EST or
Live Webinar December 4th, 2014, 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm  EST
Presenter: Change Management Learning Center (PROSCI)
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU –  Free PDU

Prosci specializes in change management processes.  With a strong developed expertise in change management processes they produce high quality informative presentations and seminars

Have You Ever Been Asked To Justify The Value Of Your Change Management Effort?

Steven Covey once said, “priority is a function of context.”

To effectively and engagingly present the value of change management, it is essential that you tell the story in context – the context of organizational value and initiative success.

This new webinar provides tips, suggestions and a tour of the new Prosci CMROI Calculator that enable you to shift the conversation and add context when telling the story of the need for change management.

Agenda:

1. Foundation – what is the real value of change management
2. The importance of context
   • Change management value in the context of project success
   • Change management value in the context of organizational success
3. How you tell your story

The question shifts from “what is the value of change management?” to “what portion of project success depends on the people side of change?”

Click to register for the Dec 3rd Presentation of  Presenting The ROI Of Change Management In Context

Click to register for the Dec 4th Presentation of  Presenting The ROI Of Change Management In Context

Live Webinar – December 2nd  2014, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number and may need to be recorded as a Category C PDU. Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

Technology in the Digital Age is disrupting everything in our lives and our workplace – and is impacting all aspects of the ‘People, Process, and Technology’ paradigm.

Changes for IT professionals, project managers, and business analysts are profound and are happening at lightning speed – faster than we’ve ever seen before. Individuals and organizations must keep pace – or will find themselves left behind.

There are opportunities for tremendous career growth along with the danger of quickly finding yourself on the sidelines.

Learn:

• About the forces that are impacting business,
• How skills are evolving, which new skills will emerge, and
• What you can do to adapt and succeed in the Digital Age.

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

• 9.3 Develop 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 Get Ready! Career Management In The Digital Age