Register now for Live Webinar Interviewing Testers  January 2, 2015, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST

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Online Webinar – Recorded May 30th 2014
Duration: 1.5 Hr Webinar Credits: 1.5 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

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This is a repeat presentation of one of our most popular webinars and workshops. If you missed it before, you can catch it now. Did you know that dealing with a single problem employee can consume as much as 50% of his or her manager’s time?

Imagine how that reduces the manager’s effectiveness!

This is why making smart hiring decisions is one of the most important and central roles for test leads and test
managers. However, it’s also one of the hardest roles we face.

In this webinar, Rex Black, having hired dozens of testers and coached managers around the world on how to improve their hiring practices, will share some of the techniques you can use to ensure that your next hiring decision is
the best one you’ve made—so far.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

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Register now for Live Webinar January 2, 2015, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
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Online Webinar – Recorded February 13th, 2014
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Decision Management Solutions

Decision management and business rules management systems are the ideal platform for an agile and cost-effective compliance approach.

In regulated industries like financial services, leading companies are building compliance into every process and system with consistency and transparency across the entire organization and with the agility to meet ever more challenging deadlines.

Companies that fail to do so incur huge costs with manual checks and balances and risk significant fines.

In this webinar James Taylor and Jan Purchase (LinkedIn profile) Director and Founder of Investment Banking Specialists Lux Magi, share know-how and best practices from their extensive experience of helping clients implement decision management and business rules management systems to conquer complexity, improve agility, lower costs and measure ongoing effectiveness in financial compliance.

You will learn: 

1. Why a business rules driven approach is an advantage, but it’s not enough in isolation; decision management is the essential ingredient
2. An approach to decision modeling that eliminates confusion and inconsistency, even in the face of mounting complexity
3. How implementing decision models in business rules delivers automated, reliable compliance.

The webinar includes illustrations of how the decision management approach has been applied in compliance projects and a walkthrough of real decision model from one of these.

Presenter:  James Taylor (LinkedIn profile) is the CEO of Decision Management Solutions, and is the leading expert in how to use business rules and analytic technology to build Decision Management Systems. If you are looking for information on decision Management Systems Sign up for his newsletter – Decision Management News. Read his blog: JT on EDM; or Follow him on Twitter: jamet123. James is passionate about using Decision Management Systems to help companies improve decision-making and develop an agile, analytic, and adaptive business. He has more than 20 years working with clients in all sectors to identify their highest-value opportunities for advanced analytics, enabling them to reduce fraud, continually manage and assess risk, and maximize customer value with increased flexibility and speed.

For more great information read James’ books Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Using Business Rules and Predictive Analytics and Why You Need Smart Enough Systems.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 7 – Cost

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 7.1 Plan Cost Management
• 7.4 Control Costs

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 Agile & Cost Effective Financial Compliance: Going Beyond Business Rules With Decision Management

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Online Webinar – Recorded April 1st, 2014
Duration: 1 Hour PDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: DCG – David Consulting Group (REP 3525)

Note: Although DCG is an REP this event may not have a course number contact DCG for further information

Knowing when to stop your car in traffic keeps you …
And everyone around you safe.

Knowing when to stop your measurement program is another matter because corporate programs tend to have an inertia all their own.

Most organizations over-measure what does not matter!
STOP!

This web briefing, by DCG Measurement expert Tom Cagley, reviews the Measurement Roadmap Process that helps organizations dialog on what is important, trim their metric palette to the essentials and connect the dots from business goals to real data.

Connect with DCG social media networks.

• DCG LinkedIn,
• DCG Twitter

Presenter: Thomas Cagley (LinkedIn profile @TCagley) David Consulting Group Mr. Cagley is the Vice President of Consulting for The David Consulting Group and author of Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques. Read Tom informative blogs about software development and management topics. Tom also edits a podcasts of essays and interviews titled “Software Process and Measurement Cast”. The blog and podcast serve as a platform to share information with development industry and to foster a continuing dialog. Sharing and dialog is a means of paying it forward.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 5.5 Validate 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’

Click to view Knowing when to Stop your Measurement Program

Live Webinar January 6th, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly Webcasts

Just as developers use design patterns in software development, architects use well-defined architecture patterns to define the characteristics and shape of the architecture.

Using the wrong architecture pattern (or no pattern at all) can sometimes be a very costly mistake resulting in an architecture that doesn’t work. It is therefore vital that architects are aware of and understand the various architecture patterns available.

During this webcast Mark will discuss several common architecture patterns, including the traditional layered architecture, microservices architecture, space-based architecture, event-driven architecture, and microkernel architecture.

Along the way he  will show real-world examples to demonstrate how the patterns work, as well as describe the pros and cons of each pattern.

Mark will also discuss how requirements and operational aspects can drive which patterns to use. Using the right architecture pattern for your system is critical, because as we all know, once in place the architecture is very hard to change.

Presenter:  Mark Richards MSc (O’Reilly bio) is a hands-on software architect involved in the architecture, design, and implementation of Microservices Architectures, Service Oriented Architectures, and distributed systems in J2EE and other technologies. Since 1983, Mark has developed significant experience and expertise in application, integration, and enterprise architecture. He is the author of several technical books and videos, including “Software Architecture Fundamentals” (O’Reilly video), “Enterprise Messaging” (O’Reilly video), and “Java Message Service 2nd Edition” (O’Reilly book).

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

• 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.’

Click to register for Software Architecture Patterns