Live Webinar December 8th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Risk Management CoP (REP #S048)

While Baker officially used the term ‘stakeholder’ in 1962, as project professionals we began to work to actively engage them and meet their expectations in the last 10-15 years.

Now on programs and projects with greater complexity numerous internal and external stakeholders with varying degrees of interest and support are the norm and not the exception.

This presentation will focus on nine Federal Government or quasi-Government programs and projects and will talk about guidelines to best engage stakeholders with specific examples and lessons learned.

It will describe project work for a dead stakeholder, a missing stakeholder, negative stakeholders, and positive stakeholders and how to achieve a balance in one’s time in working to help turn negative stakeholders into ones who are hopefully positive or neutral while maintaining the support of positive proponents.

Dr. Ginger Levin has worked in the IT/IS field for 48 years.
The IT/IS field has changed tremendously over this time!

These IT/IS programs and projects include work done as a U.S. Federal Government employee and in consulting for public and private sector organizations.

Each program and project had some highs and also some lows, and all were and are learning experiences. Some were global, and many used virtual teams.

They were completed on time and within budget. Many of the consulting projects were won through competitive Requests for Proposal.

Dr. Levin, an active member of PMI, also is a member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals, and assisted in the development of the Business Development Capability Maturity Model (BD-CMM) in conjunction with the Business Development Institute.

In this webinar, Ginger will discuss experiences and lessons learned with nine selected IT/IS endeavors. She will discuss her work with OPM3 and will conclude with an overview of the recently released Version 2 of the BD-CMM.

The webinar will cover the following points:

• Covers successful approaches for stakeholder engagement
• Focuses on the importance of customer relationship management
• Describes some key lessons learned
• Emphasizes the importance of on time, within budget delivery especially in IT

Presenter: Dr. Ginger Levin (LinkedIn profile) is also author of several Project Management books and materials including:

• Interpersonal Skills for Portfolio, Program, and Project Managers
• Program Management: A Life Cycle Approach (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series)
• Implementing Program Management: Templates and Forms Aligned with the Standard for Program Management, Third Edition (2013) and Other Best Practices,
• Program Management: A Life Cycle Approach (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series)
  
• PgMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide, Fourth Edition (ESI International Project Management Series)

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Lessons Learned And Guidelines: From 9 Programs & Projects

Live Webinar December 9th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

Much of what you may have heard about management is myth—based not on evidence, but on something from the Industrial Revolution, or something that someone else read in a book that does not fit your context.

If you would like to learn how to help people develop solutions when they are stuck, when to utilize training and which kinds, and how to work more effectively — in other words, the kinds of management that works for knowledge workers — then join Johanna in this webinar on exploding management myths.

Presenter:  Johanna Rothman  (LinkedIn profile, @JohannaRothman) is a Keynote speaker Author & Agile expert

• Johanna has written many popular books including:
  • Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management
  • Hiring Geeks That Fit
  • Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects
  • Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
  • Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People
• Johanna has been a part of many conferences and given great presentations such as:
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  • Focus keeps you going  from Gil Broza’s Individuals & Interactions Conference – Earn 10 Category B PDU’s For Just $97 USD
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    • Purchasing this conference at the  $79 USD Special  entitles you to purchase Packing List For Your Agile Journey webcast at just $39.00 – 20 PDUs 2 conferences just $118.00 USD

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Live Webinar December 9th, 2014, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar December 9th, 2014, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

There is a sea change happening in technology and in business.  That change is starting to revolutionize the global economy.

The world in 2020 will be a far different world than today’s. So what will happen in the next five years?

This session covers the rise of digital business: what it is and why it is important now.

Patrick Meehan (Gartner bio) will discuss how companies are starting to build their own digital businesses to create the type of competitive advantage that can dominate markets for years and about the technology engines that will propel digital business.

He will also focus on the reality of how to leverage digital business as digitalization becomes complete.

Discussion Topics:

• What digital business is and why it is important now
• How companies are building their own digital businesses to create competitive advantage
• What are the technology engines that will propel digital business

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning
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’

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Live Webinar December 9th, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly Webcasts

This talk will focus on new approaches​ ​for​ ​business leaders​ ​looking to harness data solutions, tools and platforms for building robust business opportunities.​ ​

Rod Smith, who leads IBM’s Emerging Internet Technology group, will discuss some early proof-of-concept ideas that are uniquely addressing customer challenges and opportunities.

You will hear about future technologies and open source projects that are demonstrating great promise for customer engagement, including:

• Notebook IDEs
• Spark
• Big Data Analytics Stack
• Visualization
• Cloud Computing

One big change for future solutions is who’s the new boss – and clearly not the same as the old IT boss.

Tech savvy business leaders frustrated with the rate & pace of IT to meet their needs are taking development into their own departments.

Data scientists and engineers now are sitting at the table with decision makers who are expecting the use of big data analytics to have immediate insights & impact.

Last millennium tools like BA workbenches or IDEs don’t meet the expectations of fostering business team collaborations like web applications do today – and their tolerance is low with regards to geeky explanations.

Even the notion of an application seems outdated as business units see their business contexts continually changing.

This talk will focus the shifting and emerging landscape that most businesses find them selves navigating in the data world, and how today’s successful businesses are capitalizing on insightful data as a distinct corporate advantage.

Sign up now to hear how you can get your business ahead in today’s data-intensive world.

PDU Category C (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’

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